Category: Holidays – holidaze
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NaBloPoMo Day 26 – When Father Carves The Duck – A Traditional Thanksgiving Poem
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Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22574 – 887 Here’s the haps: The party yesterday was a lot of fun, as we expected it would be. There was one tradition we have had for the last…oh…let me think a minute…34 or 35 years that we kept this year as well. We did not tell…
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NaBloPoMo Day 25 – Guest Post By President George Washington
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Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22573 – 886 Here’s the haps: By the President of the United States of America, a Proclamation. Whereas it is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits, and humbly to implore his protection…
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NaBloPoMo Day 24 – A Lot To Get Done And We Aren’t Even Hosting This Year
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Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22572 – 885 Here’s the haps: Due to Mrs. Herb’s and Daughter Dynamite’s (her initials are TNT) health struggles, we’d decided to change our Thanksgiving routine. Normally, every year for the last forty-ish years, with only a few exceptions, we celebrate Givethanksing Day at our house with turkey…
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NaBloPoMo – Day 11 – Interruption For A Shout-Out To Veterans – Happy Veterans Day & Thank You Sarah
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Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22560 – 873 Here’s the haps: On November 11, 1918 at 11 am, World War I, the War to End All Wars, came to a halt with an armistice and the day was celebrated as Armistice Day up until 1954 when, after the Second World War and the…
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Blogging A – Z Challenge 2021: D Is For Death, Burial, and Resurrection
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Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22340 – 806: Here’s the haps: (Sundays are a day off from the Challenge) Yesterday was celebrated as Easter Sunday. The circles I run in call it Resurrection Sunday but the term Easter is in the Bible. The almighty, invisible, omnipotent, omniscient and omnipresent God created everything in…
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The Sixty-Plus Club!
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Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22282 – 785: Here’s the haps: Yes, today I turned 61 and so now I am officially “over-sixty.” Kids and grandkids and my younger sister came to greet me and wish me well with pizza, cake, ice cream, and cards. It was really nice. Everyone laughed at…
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Time To Start Marking The Bench but Not Marking Time On The Bench Because I Could Fall Off And Get Hurt
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Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22249 – 774: Here’s the haps: It’s that time of year again, folks. Time to dust off the old promises you made to yourself. It’s interesting to me the different ways people mark the new year and what they plan to accomplish. For some it’s resolutions, others…
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Dear Radio Station Producer Playing Round-The-Clock Christmas Music
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Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22221 – 767: Here’s the haps: Many of you know that I have loved radio all my life. In fact, if life had taken a couple of different turns I would possibly have had a career in it, but that was a long time ago. As a…
