PawPaw's House

 It's the last day in September, a turning point in the seasons.  I just finished mowing the yard, and it's a point of debate whethe...

 Our inept, fumbling president was on TV the other day, saying words to the effect that Hurricane Ian might be the deadliest hurricane to ev...

 Cool temps, pleasant weather, and I had to make a run to the grocer's anyway.  So, I decided to make a big jambalaya.  Nothing fancy, j...

 This morning I threw the gas cans in the truck and headed down to Holloway General where I get my small engine fuel.  They are one of the l...

Two men found safe after plane crash.  They put it in the tree and walked away from it.

 I awoke this morning to cool temps, in the lower 50s on my back porch.   Mostly Cajun commented on my post from yesterday.  He is able to ...

 I'm trying to get a handle on (now) Hurricane Ian, but everyone else is too.  It's going to hit Florida as a strong hurricane, but ...

 I had to get moving this morning, go to the Doc's place and give him some blood and urine.  It's time for my semi-annual visit, so ...

 Breitbart and other are reporting that an FBI team used upwards of two dozen agents to arrest a Catholic pro-life protestor in Philadelphia...

 I guess the gun writers need something to write about. Shooting Illustrated talks about the 9mm vs 45 ACP debate . Meh.  I got over that ...

 

 It's not every day that we see four named storms on the same NOAA map.  Fiona near Nova Scotia, Gaston churning away in the central Atl...

 A reader from Alaska comments on an earlier post. Well, I’m almost 73 and I’m still splitting and stacking wood here in Alaska. I do have a...

 We are keeping an eye on that tropical nastiness forming in the Caribbean.  What they are calling Tropical Depression Nine is going to shak...

 Back in the 80s, I was raising a family on a small hobby farm.  We would be sustainable. I had a wood lot for fuel, a pasture for livestock...

 On this, the first day of Autumn, the tropics are getting kind of sporty.  That little area off the northern coast of South America is gett...

Mark Novak is ranting about the future of gunsmithing, and it's a pretty good rant. Gunsmithing, like many specialties is becoming more ...

 With tomorrow the height of the statistical hurricane season, the Atlantic basin gives us some things to watch.  Hurricane Fiona is island-...

 Make a pitcher of tea.  Stir powdered lemonade into it.  Pour over ice into a tall glass.  Or in my case, a red Solo cup. The story is that...

 When Belle and I bought this place, I promised her I would cut the grass.  She hates cutting grass, and I promised her that she would never...