Category: My Family

  • NaBloPoMo Day 16 – From the Phone

    NaBloPoMo Day 16 – From the Phone

    Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22565 – 878 Here’s the haps: I’m sitting at the table writing to you on my phone because the computer is in use by College Daughter who is writing a paper on communication. It’s a big part of her grade and has a couple of special personal challenges…

  • NaBloPoMo – Day 15 – Halfway There & Special Delivery!

    NaBloPoMo – Day 15 – Halfway There & Special Delivery!

    Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22564 – 877 Here’s the haps: I have a new grandson who came by a fairly normal delivery but of course, it’s special to us. named after Grandma Pike and a mountain his name is Pike Yama. Yama is “mountain” in Japanese. The obvious play on Pike’s Peak…

  • NaBloPoMo – Day 10 – The Maroon Bells Don’t Tintinnabulate But They Are Beautiful

    NaBloPoMo – Day 10 – The Maroon Bells Don’t Tintinnabulate But They Are Beautiful

    Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22559 – 872 Here’s the haps: We dropped the intrepid explorers off at the park at the bottom and saw them off. Their backpacks were packed in the most efficient manner possible for a 3-day trek into the wilds. About the only “frivolous” items were the 2 plastic…

  • NaBloPoMo – Day 9 – Independence Pass On The Continental Divide – 12,095 Feet Above Sea Level

    NaBloPoMo – Day 9 – Independence Pass On The Continental Divide – 12,095 Feet Above Sea Level

    Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22558 – 871 Here’s the haps: The last time I had tried to embed a map in a post I wound up having problems with everyone being able to see it. I’m going to try it again because if you look at the hairpin turns and the mountainous…

  • NaBloPoMo – Day 8 – Introducing Independence Pass On The Continental Divide

    NaBloPoMo – Day 8 – Introducing Independence Pass On The Continental Divide

    Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22557 – 870 Here’s the haps: In July of 2019 my son and his wife went hiking for their wedding anniversary in a treacherous area of the mountains called the Maroon Bells. The town of Aspen and the ski resort of the same name attracts a lot of…

  • The Bully Chicken

    The Bully Chicken

    Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22476 – 856: Here’s the haps: Former U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt often used the phrase, “Bully for you!” This meant you had done something commendable or extraordinary. “very good; excellent.” The way we more commonly use it (in American English) nowadays is defined like Cherie White over at…

  • Hijacked Herb‽ Well, -ish

    Hijacked Herb‽ Well, -ish

    Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22463 – 853: Here’s the haps: Hi everyone: Fans, Friends, Fiends, Foes, Foundlings, Froot Loops, and Filial Frogs, I apologize that I have not been making the rounds of your blogs and have not been responding to comments in a timely manner. I will try to play catch-up…

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