I got a note over the weekend about the Blog Roll, and when I looked, I was embarrassed to see I had not updated the list since 2017.
Note I have added some:
Quietly Armed, and Kevin Creighton’s blog at AmmoMan.
I also removed some, who haven’t posted in over 2 years. The exceptions were for George Austin (Guffaw in AZ) and Todd Green (Pistol-Training.com), who both passed away from cancer. I shouldn’t have to mention it, but I hate cancer.
So, back in 2016, some of my Interwebz friends were at a pretty fun time, shooting and gathering in east Tennessee. Unfortunately, I was still involved in the Late Unpleasantness, which pretty much kept me from doing much of anything.
Last year, though, they met again, Memorial Day weekend, and I was fortunate enough to take the Dauphin with me. Here are a few pictures:
And so, this Memorial Day, we will be holding the Third Annual East Tennessee Blogger Shoot. If you are interested, contact me here.
Now, I know that’s the kind of title I might use if I were announcing I was closing down my blog.
On the contrary. I mean quite the opposite.
Those who follow me here, or on Twitter or on Facebook or my other blog, Plumb Mad Dog Mean, know that since last March I have been fighting leukemia. Between that and keeping life going, it’s about all I have had time or energy for.
The last USPSA match I shot was on February 27, 2016. I looked at this match as the last one I would shoot before qualifying for Senior in March. I was right, but it was also the last match I would shoot before being diagnosed with leukemia on March 15.
I must confess, thanks to a suppressed immune system, and not really feeling like going to the range, I haven’t fired a gun since that match. But all of that is going to change.
I have come to realize, the hard way, that life is short. There are things I enjoy in life, and I owe it to myself to devote some time and energy to those, and to enjoy them to their fullest.
So, I have put together a set of goals that I want to reach, before the anniversary of my transplant on June 28:
So, look for more posts. The ones involving these goals will be tagged Moving Along.
When I went to my first big blogger shindig, the Lucky Gunner Blogger Shoot in 2011, the first event I went to was a dinner for all the participants. I mingled a little, not really knowing anyone there personally, and then we all took seats.
As it turns out, I sat directly across from Great Satan, but fortunately, I also sat next to Reverend Kenn Blanchard. We chatted throughout the evening, and kept up the next day, and I found him to be a warm and funny man.
Kenn is sometimes better know as the Black Man With a Gun, from the blog and podcast and Facebook page of the same name, and he will be this year’s Keynote Speaker at the annual GeorgiaCarry.org convention, held this weekend at the Renaissance Waver Hotel in Atlanta.
GeorgiaCarry.org is THE voice for gun owners and the Second Amendment in Georgia. Since 2007 they have been responsible for removing so many of the antiquated gun laws in this state, including prohibitions against carrying in a public gathering, restaurant carry, and even carry in public and government buildings. And despite all this, blood does not run in the streets.
I will be there Saturday, all day, and I look forward to seeing as many of you there as I can. Please message me and we will get together.
Fill Yer Hands 