David's Adventures

Hillbillies are found everywhere, not just in the mountains of the eastern parts of America.  And not all talk like Jethro Bodine from the...

Beware of the long dark nights when the only sounds are the chirping of the crickets, an occasional frog croak, and the crackling of the w...

Twenty years and thirty-three days is more than adequate to collect more stuff than I could possibly need or use, and that is exactly what...

Biggie is now nine years old, and sometime this summer he will turn ten.  His actual birthday is unknown, but we renew his shots each ye...

About two years ago my wife Rachael volunteered to be a docent at the Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve located between Sunset Beach and Hunt...

Time always slows down when waiting for the Annual Wild Game Feed at Irvine Lake.  The next Feed is scheduled for Friday, September 16, 20...

It's no secret that I embrace the roll of Santa Claus.  Basically, I look like the guy, so it's an easy transformation to become t...

I was reading an article about “scientific research” on dogs, and I wondered if such “research” was carried out by actual scientists.  The...

The highest peak in Southern California is San Gorgonio Mountain.  It stands at 11,503 feet (more or less), and its peak set the baseline ...

For some reason I am usually aware of the passage of time in small increments.  If I look at a clock at 10:30, then for the next half-hour ...

If grown men are allowed to cry, now is the time.  The 2015 Wild Game Feed is over, and it is not coming back for a whole long, long year. ...

I’m counting down the days.  Seventeen to go.  I’ve already packed, unpacked, repacked, changed my packing list, and started over again.  M...

HELP!!!  I’m 27 years old and trapped in a 66 year old body!  A fat, balding, out of shape 66 year old body!  What Happened???  Today is my...

Service is a relative term.  Car service, room service, military service, tea service, religious service, food service—many kinds of servic...

Seventy Days and Counting Down to the 47 th Annual Wild Game Feed.  Friday, September 18, 2015 is still too far away for me, but it will a...

The dove is never an easy bird to hunt.  I say that after losing a bet with a friend over 40 years ago.  Hank and I were not much for bird ...

New Post on July 8, 2019.  51st Annual Wild Game Feed. New Post on May 30, 2018.  50th Annual Wild Game Feed. New Post on June 23, 20...

Recently I opened an old reference book I used for many years while working as an accountant.   An inserted page fell out and many old memo...

One of the world’s great vacation destinations is Hawaii.  Or so I am told.  Paris, London, Barcelona, Madrid, Rome, Florence, Athens, Amst...

Today is Hump Day.  We are half the way there.  Okay, it’s Friday, but I’m not talking about getting through the week, I’m talking about ge...