Category: Pets & Animals
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Blogging A – Z Challenge 2022: K is for Killer Bunnies
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Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22711 – 961 Here’s the haps: No, this is not a take-off of the Monty Python scene with the holy hand grenade but a bit of bizarre history I found. Before the invention of the printing press, scribes copied out books and manuscripts and such by hand and…
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The Pronghorn Antelope Incident
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Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22629 – 937 Here’s the haps: Almost exactly seventeen years ago I wrote about a thing that happened when my wife was traveling all over the county taking care of people as a CNA and, since she doesn’t drive, I was her driver. I’ve only ever witnessed this…
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Hey Boy Does It Again
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Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22607 – 921 Here’s the haps: First, let me thank all of you for reading my story this last week. You guys are a class act. I feel blessed and privileged to have such a high-class audience. The link to all seven of the stories is https://thehapswithherb.com/category/writing/my-stories/joseph/ <><><><><><><><>…
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NaBloPoMo – National Blog Posting Month – Day 3 – My Uncle’s Barn Cat
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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…
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The Bully Chicken
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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…
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Blogging A – Z Challenge 2021: N Is For Neighbors Nibbling
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Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22351 – 816: Here’s the haps: You may recall, especially if you’ve been around here long enough, that for being a suburb we have a lot of wildlife in our area. We have been visited in our neighborhood (either on our property or on our street within a…
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One Drug Lord Changed His Whole Country Forever And Where IS Rowdy Yates When You Need Him?
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Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22259 – 779: Here’s the haps: “One hippopotamiCannot get on a busBecause one hippopotamiIs two hippopotamus” Allan Sherman I thought I would do something serious for a change and talk about a real issue that a lot of people don’t know exists, Columbian Hippopotami. My daughter has…
