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Category: My Life

  • Another Personality Test

    Another Personality Test

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    Herb

    I sometimes like to do these things, especially when I have a lot going on and I am looking for something to post when I am on a time crunch. That way I feel like I can take the time to create some of the better pieces you see here.…

  • Thoughts To Ponder

    Thoughts To Ponder

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    Herb

    Dear Fans, Friends, Fiends, Foes, Foundlings, and Frogs, I just threw that last one in to see if you were paying attention. I have been pretty busy with life lately and finding time to maintain my commitment to blog every day has been tough to keep up. I have several…

  • Present, Gift Cards or Cash?

    Present, Gift Cards or Cash?

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    Herb

    As many of you may know, I am a fan of Miss Manners’ column and I read her column almost every day. I usually like how she answers people, gently where it needs it but snarky where snark is called for. Really, some situations in life ought to be self-explanatory…

  • Cows

    Cows

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    Herb

    After reading about Beetleypete’s thoughts about walking his dog through a field of cows it brought my mind back to growing up in America’s Dairyland. We have them here in Colorado, too. They can be dangerous but a lot of times they are merely being curious which can be just…

  • Mom's Poster

    Mom's Poster

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    Herb

    As I was strolling along through the archives, in a blogging folder from 2005, I found a file titled, “Mom’s Poster.” Neither one of us remembers the exact circumstances that caused it, but the message is pretty clear. I think it was posted on the refrigerator at the time. Tab…

  • GiveThanksing Day Memories

    GiveThanksing Day Memories

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    Herb

    Having had a big houseful of people here today made it hard to find time for writing but was also inspiring for finishing this entry. I read the Thanksgiving poem over at Life Lessons From Around the Dinner Table and had a memory from a long time ago. It’s not…

  • Grandma Fell

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    Herb

    Every year Our church has a giant potluck dinner around Thanksgiving called the Harvest Feast. It’s a great get-together with skits and songs and food, food, food. When we first got here thirty years ago they used to have it at a fancy restaurant every year until Brother Johnson discovered…

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