Essential Employee – Me

April 18, 2020 Herb 3
I was reading about how Walmart and some other big retailers are providing bonuses and/or hazard pay to employees on the front lines. I asked what we were going to get. “Oh, we just get that letter from the CEO.” “What letter?” Continue Reading[...]

Lydia’s Questions

April 17, 2020 Herb 11
The next day Lydia nominated me for the Real Neat Blog award. What was/is your favorite school subject?English How often do you do something really weird that you regret?The word “weird” defines me pretty well and I have learned not to regret Continue Reading[...]

Whoops! Time Out!

April 15, 2020 Herb 16
I got nominated for two more “awards” today. Even if I do them like I did yesterday’s award there are still a total of seventeen questions to answer. I will answer them tomorrow, I think. A couple of the questions actually intrigued Continue Reading[...]

Tag Me Tuesday

April 14, 2020 Herb 49
Ishaan over at Ishaan’s Blog nominated me for the Awesome Blogger Award. He has some stories on his site that have captured my interest and some nice poems, but, no offense to him or anyone else, I’m just not crazy about these Continue Reading[...]

Curmudgeonly Monday?

April 13, 2020 Herb 10
It’s Monday the thirteenth today. if that doesn’t make one cross and irritable I don’t know what will. Well, actually, to tell the truth, as of this writing, I am not really feeling particularly cross or cantankerous. I guess I could be, Continue Reading[...]

He’s Alive!

April 12, 2020 Herb 10
“But go your way, tell his disciples and Peter that he goeth before you into Galilee: there shall ye see him, as he said unto you.” (Mar 16:7 KJV) I think a lot of us relate to Peter. I know I do. Continue Reading[...]

Please Come

April 11, 2020 Herb 2
I would just like to invite you all to join me at church tomorrow. Listen here. Service starts at 10am US Mountain Time. If you would like to see a handy tool to convert to your time you can go to this Continue Reading[...]
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Good Tradition

April 10, 2020 Herb 10
And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour. And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst. And when Jesus had cried with Continue Reading[...]

Children’s Classics?

April 8, 2020 Herb 10
As I sat reading The Cat in the Hat Comes Back to the grandson who lives here I realized that this Cat person is really nothing more than a vandal. And while he may not fit the complete definition of a bully Continue Reading[...]

A Note About Writing

April 7, 2020 Herb 16
I was over at The Dumbest Blog Ever (which seems to me to be increasingly misnamed) and read a three-part western story he had written called Shooter and the Kid. He had based it on a twenty-five hundred year old Greek tragedy Continue Reading[...]