PawPaw's House

 The neighbors have been cutting grass since February, but I have wisely abstained until this morning.  The crop of thistles in the front di...

 We rolled in from central Texas yesterday before dark. It was a great match.  Your humble scribe had a great Saturday. After 8 rounds, I ha...

 It's time for Texas State, and I'm remembering a song sung by Part Time at the 2015 Texas State You can find it here. I'm going...

 In March of 2016, Belle and I went to our first state championship, the Texas State Championship of Cowboy Fast Draw in Fort Worth, TX, We ...

 I went this morning for a AAA scan (Abdominal Aorta Aneurism).  It is a sonogram to tell if my abdominal aorta is about to spring a leak.  ...

 I see that an F-35 was damaged this weekend by hostile fire.   The pilot is fine. Everyone is okay. The pearl-clutches are wondering how t...

 I learned yesterday of the passing of Chuck Norris.  He was certainly an icon. A proud US veteran, a movie and TV star,  He played larger-t...

 Yeah, I know, it's not till tomorrow, historically.  But, according to Google, the vernal equinox is today. Regardless, here in sub-tro...

 This, from my buddy Termite, who is in the oil industry and (unless I am mistaken) is currently riding an oil rig somewhere in the Gulf. WT...

 Talking with a lady at the grocers this weekend, she mentioned that she had hummingbirds on her feeders.  I came home and hanged a feeder. ...

Awoke to a light frost this morning, and Belle decided that she had some hamburger meat she needed to cook and today was perhaps her last ch...

 We had a cold front blow through last night.  Barely worth mentioning. A little rain, a little thunder, but the temps were in the mid 70s y...

 Did y'all hear about this Aloha Akbar mother****** who wandered into a classroom at Old Dominion and started shooting? He shot the inst...

 If there is one thing I know for true and for certain, it is what this guy is telling me right here . The best ones were married to a 4-spe...

 As I eat lunch, listening to the news, I hear that the new Supreme Leader of Iran has made a statement, telling us all that he is going to ...

 Busier than hell, lately.  Momma did in November and it's time to break up the estate.  My sister is handling the money.  Dad left Momm...

 Here we go again in Louisiana.  At 2:00 am, some of our clocks jumped forward to 3:00.  Lots of folks are going to be late for church this ...

  News reports are telling us that north Louisiana experienced a 4.9 magnitude earthquake in Red River parish. LINKY HERE We don't norma...

 Cool video here about what purports to be an F-16 dropping munitions on an MLRS (Multiple Launch Rocket System). Personally, I have no clue...

 Iran the air conditioner in the shop today. Came in the house and turned the thermostat from heat to cool.  Looked outside and noticed that...