I think most houses have a “catch-all” or “junk” drawer in the kitchen. It’s the place where you are likely to find almost anything: matches, a flashlight, screw drivers, batteries, and on in any direction you can imagine.
My
neighbor, Kevin, has a standard kitchen junk drawer, but also has something a
bit more exotic: a “possible bag.” A
possible bag is a bit more specific. In the days of the mountain man, a
"possibles bag" was their most valuable asset. Within the bag, these early explorers carried
everything they possibly needed for the day: black powder, powder measurer,
flint and steel, lead balls and patch, a patch knife, and a skinning knife, as
well as other personal items.
Kevin is not a mountain man (though sometimes a little rough around the edges). The bag, and three muzzleloading firearms belonged to his father. The other day we needed to find some black powder. Naturally, we dug into the possible bag.
The Possible Bag
—Mitchell
Hegman
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