PawPaw's House

 It's been a wild weekend.  Belle got home late Friday afternoon. Her brother survived surgery and is doing well in recovery.  We hosted...

 I'm only going to use his name once, so listen up.  Do you remember Nidal Hassan? He was a US Army officer and psychologist who perpetr...

 Isaias is hammering Fort Walton/Destin/Pensacola right now.  I'm watching Ryan Hall, who does a great weather channel on YouTube, I sha...

 Awoke this morning, got coffee started then walked outside to the patio to let the dawg get his morning constitutional.  Chilly outside, al...

 As Thursday morning begins, all the weather watchers are focused on that unpronounceable storm in the Gulf.  It's coming ashore tomorro...

 Yesterday while posting, I blindly asked Copilot what the next storm name might be, and it told me Cristobal.  Imagine my surprise when I a...

 This hurricane season has been mild, to say the least.  This is the first year I can remember when we have gotten into October without a hu...

 We didn't get as much rain as expected this weekend, but it is cooling off. Overcast this morning with drizzle before daylight. Shortly...

 So I was watching this meme, asking how "country" this respondent might be. Have you ever fired a shotgun? Have you ever waded ba...

 Are y'all seeing this bullshit about this woman in Tennessee who was supposed to be executed last night?  Something or someone botched ...

 In yesterday's post, I talked about the Hornady LeverEvolution bullet, and I'm not dogging on that ammunition.  It is my opinion th...

 I wanted a seafood gumbo for lunch, so decided to make a small one.   I started with a small dutch oven and added four cups of vegetable br...

 Many of you know, I really like the .30-30 Winchester.  It is an iconic cartridge, the very first factory cartridge to be laded with smokel...

 It appears in this last week of September, that the weather is about to moderate from our usual heat and humidity.  We are expecting a cool...

 Belle was mentioning today that she was ready for the weather to cool off so we could make gumbos and stews and corn maque chou. (mock chew...

 I lost my wedding band last week.  I've been losing weight and noticed that the band was getting a bit loose, but didn't think much...

 I just finished a dry week, which is something I do occasionally.  For one entire calendar week, no  alcohol of any kind.  No beer, no wine...

 Over Sunday lunch, I heard a rumor that truck drivers and others are planning a diesel strike  for October 1st.  What??  That don't mak...

  Climate change - This is the first summer that I can remember when we have ot had a hurricane in the Atlantic basin. I've lived here t...

 Nick Freidas is a conservative voice in the United States.  A proud veteran, he served with the US 1st Special Forces in overseas deploymen...