David's Adventures

My friend Mike had a dog he wanted to train to hunt.   On the surface, this sounds reasonable, but when one considers Mike and I were only s...

A couple of weeks ago was Super Bowl XLVII.    Each year I try to watch this game, and some years I succeed, and some years I don’t succeed....

The Long Beach Casting Club has a cement casting pond that is the delight of every dog and child in Long Beach, not to mention the walkers...

For a number of years I have fished the surf at the nearby beaches with my spinning rigs, and have been successful more often than not.   T...

Okay, I hear you.   When I gave out the recipe for Jalapeno Brisket, I mentioned the cornmeal biscuit, and I didn’t include the recipe.   ...

Texans aren’t known for their subtlety.   Personalities tend to be as big as the state, and smiles are as wide as the horns on their famous ...

In the mid-seventies I returned to Roaring River State Park in Missouri for the last time.   I guess I had been there at least 20 times in t...

Anyone who knows me knows I believe that everything goes better with a couple of big cheese enchiladas.   Brisket, chicken, beans, salad...

I first became a reluctant Santa in December 1969 while working for a Sears store in Fort Worth, Texas.   The store’s Santa had called in si...

The Matilija is a small stream.   Very small.   I believe I’ve caused more erosion than the Matilija just by spilling a glass of water.   ...

I have memories of eating at my “Uncle” Joe’s place, but they are vague memories from the early years of my life.   My grandfather would som...