Category: My Life

  • NaBloPoMo Day 21 – Jokes Can Be (And Often Are) Recycled – I Was Home Schooled?

    NaBloPoMo Day 21 – Jokes Can Be (And Often Are) Recycled – I Was Home Schooled?

    Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22570 – 883 Here’s the haps: I found this in my email archive. It’s about 7 years old. Larry T. sent it to me back then. One of the joys of Gmail is you can keep stuff forever. It’s not as old as some of the stuff I’ve…

  • NaBloPoMo Day 19 – Oops! I Forgot That Was On The Calendar

    NaBloPoMo Day 19 – Oops! I Forgot That Was On The Calendar

    Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22568 – 881 Here’s the haps: Last night when I posted I forgot that tonight I was scheduled for a sleep study tonight. For many years my poor wife has tolerated my snoring like a polar bear or my completely stopping breathing for a long time. My doc…

  • 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 13 – Nice Guy At The Store

    NaBloPoMo – Day 13 – Nice Guy At The Store

    Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22562 – 875 Here’s the haps: I like to write about nice, uplifting things. I do write about sad or rotten things and I do vent about things that make me mad but really, I like it when I have something good to say. Sometimes a thing happens…

  • NaBloPoMo – Day 12 – Independence, CO – Old West Ghost Town

    NaBloPoMo – Day 12 – Independence, CO – Old West Ghost Town

    Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22561 – 874 Here’s the haps: Ever since I was a little kid I always had the impression, maybe from movies and Scooby-Doo cartoons, that when they talked about ghost towns they were completely standing up and the saloon had empty bottles in it and real ghosts haunted…

  • 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…

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