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Category: Traditions

  • Celebrate The Holiday With Biscuits And Pork Sausage Gravy

    Celebrate The Holiday With Biscuits And Pork Sausage Gravy

    Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22307 – 1068 Here’s the haps: I am feeling quite a bit better, thank you all so much for your thoughts and prayers. Mrs. Herb is still under the weather but so far (thankfully) T.N.T. has not been hit too hard. Now, for those of you across the…

  • October 8, 1871 – Did Daisy Do It Or Was It Fake News‽  Conflagration Frustrations

    October 8, 1871 – Did Daisy Do It Or Was It Fake News‽ Conflagration Frustrations

    Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22890 – 1000 Here’s the haps: I wrote about this 3 years ago and this is, in general, a reformatted and rewritten version of that post. One dark night,When we were all in bedMrs. O’Leary lit a lantern in the shedAnd when the cow kicked it overShe winked…

  • 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…

  • Mudgeonly Monday – After Action Review – Happy Camping

    Mudgeonly Monday – After Action Review – Happy Camping

    Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22417 – 845 Here’s the haps: Hi Gang! Yes, it used to be Curmudgeonly Monday but I really don’t have anything to complain about. I had a great time up in the mountains. (Hopefully, this link works and you can see the site on Google Maps if you…

  • Happy Camper – Headed For The Hills

    Happy Camper – Headed For The Hills

    Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22412 – 844: Here’s the haps: I finished my documentation for the Division of Insurance complaint and sent it off. Now I will be going with my son, two of my teenage grandsons, and our church’s men’s group for our annual Father & Son Men’s Campout. We were…

  • John and Simon Take It On the Road

    John and Simon Take It On the Road

    Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22333 – 801: Here’s the haps: John and Simon Take It On the Road – By Herb When Simon was a little baby Sittin’ on his daddy’s knee He picked up a pencil and a piece of graph paper and said, I’m going to make something keen Lord,…

  • Re-Re-Posted

    Re-Re-Posted

    I reposted this because I found that even though I had reposted it on 4/6/2015 I could not find the original anywhere. Not in any folder on any backup drive anywhere. That worried me because this was really special to me. Subscribers should receive the original and this post. I…

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