For many years, I have been trying to find the perfect Hot Dog. The perfect balance of meat and bun has been very elusive. Let's start...

Several years ago, I put together a Ruger 77/17 rifle in .17 Hornet caliber. I had some trouble with reloading the little Hornet...

I now have logged over 13 hours of instruction toward my Private Pilot Rating. My instructor tells me I am ready to Solo as soon as I...

After a couple of disappointing seasons with the Volquartsen IF5 in .17 WSM caliber, I sold it. After 4 or 5 hundred rounds fired, I...

My flying lessons had been going quite well when the Camp Fire and winter all arrived at about the same time. I have accumulated about 7...

Susan and I were in Alturas, CA for the Father's Day weekend this year on a squirrel shooting trip. My daughter Brooke called Saturday...

If you saw my post about the 50th anniversary of Meridian Elementary School, you met my Principal, Teacher and Mentor, A.J. Hyatt Jr. In...

2017 was a record rainfall year in Modoc County, CA. It was also a cold winter and our squirrel shooting was down. I felt a lot of the...

In 1967, Construction began on the new Meridian Elementary School in Meridian, California. I was in 7th grade at the time. The school...

In 2005, I found myself shoveling snow in an RV park in Quincy CA. I got a strange sensation in my chest akin to someone sitting on me. ...