Author: Herb
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Throw It Back Thursday – what’s past is prologue
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Whereof what’s past is prologue, what to comeIn yours and my discharge. Shakespeare – The Tempest That’s really a pretty dramatic opening for this post, but I happened to see the quote somewhere and recalled a bit of The Tempest to memory and realized I don’t have anything nearly as…
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A New Comment System and a Quiz
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I’m trying out a new WP comment system plugin called wpDiscuz. What I am hoping is that it will keep people’s comments from going into spam for no apparent reason. Or worse, as in the case of Bruce, over at Weave A Web never making it here at all. I…
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Reprint of Herby, Author Extraordinaire and the Magic Typewriter
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I originally wrote and posted this on April 10, 2015 for the Blogging A – Z challenge. I reprint it here virtually untouched. If you wish to waste your time comparing it to the original you can find it here. H is for Heroes I have several writing heroes; maybe…
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Sorry Folks – Nothing To See Here
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Really. I had been perusing my personal archives looking for something for you and I re-discovered that I had re-posted nothing 2008. I’m going to have to do that, of course, but reading through different posts I had saved as Word documents I kept changing my mind between, “What a…
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Happy Mother’s Day
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Just thought I’d share our family tree with you first: I was feeling a bit overwhelmed this morning. I do have to say, before I say anything else, our newest son-in-law is a class act all the way around. He took our youngest grandson out shopping early for both his…
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The Phone Call
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Yesterday I felt humbled and a little awed by a phone call I received. Readers who have been with me for a while now will have noticed that the subject of Sunday School comes up from time to time. I love teaching and I love reading the stories and imagining…
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The French Connection (Hint: not the book)
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The other day my wife handed me a sheaf of papers to go through. This is nothing new, especially since I am a slob and a pack-rat. These papers were some reprints of blogs and articles that I had printed off for her, I don’t remember why. One that caught…
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The American Allegory
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This is for our friend, Ishaan, who asked what he thought was a simple question over at Brother’s Campfire. He asked, “Who is the allegory of America? Do you have one? Is it lady liberty?” He is from India and said that the Indian allegory is “Mother India.” The entire…
