Ravings

Art? I Don't Know Nuttin'

February 4, 2020 Herb 0
I think this is the last of the Mystery Blogger Award questions I will answer. It has been fun to use them as writing prompts and, as anyone who knows much about me at all knows, I love to create puns. I Continue Reading[...]

Interrobang‽‽

November 22, 2019 Herb 8
Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 21839: Ah, that much maligned, hated on, non-punctuation mark, the combined exclamation point and question mark, the interrobang. One of my favorite marks of punctuation, it is not accepted as standard. “What?!” You may exclaim wonderingly, but, much to your Continue Reading[...]

Caveman Barbershop

November 6, 2019 Herb 4
I had to go to the V.A. lab this morning to be experimented on have a routine blood draw. Of course, going to the V.A. clinic for anything, especially something that is both routine and on a walk-in basis, involves a wait Continue Reading[...]

The Ultimate Penultimate Pen

October 19, 2019 Herb 3
People who’ve known me for any length of time know that I like pens, especially fountain pens. I have been this way for a long time and in fact, Carter and I coined a term, SPIP. Standard Pen In Pocket. I have, Continue Reading[...]

Some Things I Like

September 24, 2019 Herb 1
Back in the olden days of blogging, many of the blogs I would visit (many are not blogging anymore, but they used to) would have events like Silver Lining Saturday or Thankful Thursday and I really enjoyed that. I think I may Continue Reading[...]

Re-Re-Posted

September 1, 2019 Herb 1
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 Continue Reading[...]

My Daughter The Teacher

August 29, 2019 Herb 3
Sometimes the way things happen and the timing of events is an interesting thing to me. I was just reading the entry from my parents’ final visit, https://blog.herbthiel.com/day-5-060706/, and my dad was talking to the girls about Abigail’s report card, all A’s Continue Reading[...]

Just Wait

October 9, 2018 Herb 4
The retail world is crazy and they have taken a time of wonder and beauty and turned it into something crass and vulgar.  Or at least they have tried.  No matter how much Mad Ave, Hollyweird and the rest of the entertainment Continue Reading[...]

I Like Huck

September 27, 2018 Herb 3
Dear Fans, Friends, Fiends, Foes and Foundlings, I like to shop at the dollar store.  I also like the ARC Thrift Store and the Goodwill and stores like that.  A lot of times you can find things in these places that a Continue Reading[...]
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Four Weeks Later

August 21, 2016 Herb 1
Dear Fans, Friends, Fiends, Foes, Family, Followers and Foundlings, I wonder if there is a proper etiquette for dealing with someone who has had a miraculous healing? The Pharisees and religious leaders in Jesus’ time didn’t seem to think so.  When you Continue Reading[...]
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Healing Miracle

July 31, 2016 Herb 4
Dear Fans, Friends, Fiends, Foes, Family and anyone out there that is left, I will dispense with all preliminary apologies and promises regarding the consistency of my blogging and lack thereof and tell you a thing that happened.  Your best bet is Continue Reading[...]