Politician's Operation

December 7, 2019 Herb 2
A politician awoke in a hospital bed after a complicated operation, and found that the curtains were drawn around him. “Why are the curtains closed,” he said. “Is it night?” A nurse replied, “No, it is just that there is a fire Continue Reading[...]

Welcome New Followers!

December 5, 2019 Herb 2
I will admit that I had been skeptical of some of the tools that WordPress offers. It was confusing to me to try to connect my self-hosted WordPress blog with the WordPress community, but now that I have figured it out somewhat, Continue Reading[...]

Present, Gift Cards or Cash?

December 4, 2019 Herb 1
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, Continue Reading[...]

Three Gents

December 3, 2019 Herb 1
I’m with the third guy. Three elderly gents were talking about what their grandchildren might be saying about them fifty years from now. “I would like my grandchildren to say, ‘He was successful in business,'” declared the first man. “Fifty years from Continue Reading[...]

Cows

December 2, 2019 Herb 3
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 Continue Reading[...]

Arthritis?

December 1, 2019 Herb 2
A man who smelled like a distillery flopped on a subway seat next to a priest. The man’s tie was stained, his face was plastered with red lipstick, and a half-empty bottle of gin was sticking out of his torn coat pocket. Continue Reading[...]

Mom's Poster

November 30, 2019 Herb 1
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 Continue Reading[...]

Anagrams

November 29, 2019 Herb 3
Going through the archives is kind of a history lesson sometimes. This is from an email from 1999. Still a good one, though. An anagram is a word or phrase made by or rearranging the letters of another word or phrase. The Continue Reading[...]

GiveThanksing Day Memories

November 28, 2019 Herb 6
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 Continue Reading[...]
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Working, Working

November 27, 2019 Herb 1
I have an entry started, which you will see tomorrow, about some memory images of my childhood. It’s 1,100 words long so far but with working today and prepping for the holiday and it being 11:59, today you get this. Sorry.