Category: My Life

  • NaBloPoMo – National Blog Posting Month – Day 3 – My Uncle’s Barn Cat

    NaBloPoMo – National Blog Posting Month – Day 3 – My Uncle’s Barn Cat

    Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22552 – 865 Here’s the haps: Greetings Dearly Beloved, Beloved, and Liked-a-whole-lot, Fans, Friends, fiends, foes, foundlings, and assorted nice people who stop by. Welcome to day 3 of my daily posting challenge which is called NaBloPoMo – National Blog Posting Month. So far, so good. It can…

  • NaBloPoMo – National Blog Posting Month – Day 1 – The Drive-thru

    NaBloPoMo – National Blog Posting Month – Day 1 – The Drive-thru

    Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22550 – 863 Here’s the haps: So, I was visiting over at James Proclaims and discovered that along with November being NaNoWriMo – National Novel Writing Month it is also National Blog Posting Month. A challenge to write a post every day for the whole month. I couldn’t…

  • Mudgeonly Monday:  Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes – But Not Changes In Latitude

    Mudgeonly Monday: Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes – But Not Changes In Latitude

    Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22543 – 862 Here’s the haps: Greetings, Salutations, Hello There, Hearty Handshakes and/or Fistbumps(according to your personal preferences), and Hi Guys! I apologize for not getting around to your blogs in a timely manner but a lot went on this weekend. Mrs. Herb was in the E.R. with…

  • Poe’s Death Day: OCT 7, 1849, What Happened?

    Poe’s Death Day: OCT 7, 1849, What Happened?

    Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22525 – 859 Here’s the haps: January 19, 1809 – Oct 7, 1849, 40 years old. He wrote approximately seventy stories, sixty-nine poems and I don’t know how many non-fiction articles about writing and literary criticism. Many of you know that I am something like a fan 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…

  • Manure Can Be Digested‽‽‽  Who Knew‽‽‽

    Manure Can Be Digested‽‽‽ Who Knew‽‽‽

    Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22459 – 851: Here’s the haps: When I was growing up I had the opportunity to live on my uncle’s dairy farm in central Wisconsin one summer. I think I was around eleven or twelve. It was educational in a lot of ways and I think everyone would…

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