David's Adventures

The dove can humble the best of bird hunters, and since I am not the best, one can only imagine my humiliation.  But I’ve already told that...

When I first entered college, money was very tight.  College was expensive, and my wallet was cheap.  I lived in the dorm on campus, but th...

To the members of the Annual Wild Game Feed—Thank You!  You outdid yourself again this year and provided us with the biggest and best Wild ...

Are you ready for some fun?  I know I am.  The Feed is coming up quickly—or slowly depending upon your point of view.  If you have been the...

The perfect vehicle for joining together both transportation and recreation is the motorcycle.  Back in the 1960’s a friend inherited a mot...

Recently my wife and I moved away from our home of over 20 years.  Our neighbor (Biggie’s ‘Mom’) also moved away a few weeks later.  I didn...

Ten More Weeks.  Ten more LONG weeks.  Seventy eternities (a.k.a. Days) until the next Annual Wild Game Feed at Irvine Lake.  I feel like I...

Sitting around waiting for the 48 th Annual Wild Game Feed to roll around on the third Friday in September has started me thinking about ...

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...

I’m beginning to panic.  I don’t like waiting for my order form to arrive for the Annual Wild Game Feed in Irvine each year.  And this yea...

A few days ago someone came to my front door and knocked.  I jumped out of bed, slipped into some jeans and opened the door to find a neig...

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 ...