Month: August 2020

The Origin Of Pets – Or Not

August 31, 2020 Herb 12
Herb’s blog, Herbdate 22123-694: I had been cruising along with my daily blogging fairly well, scheduling posts ahead of time, then I got hit by a truck and now I have fallen behind. Well, I am still maintaining my streak and my Continue Reading[...]

Bear Back (Not horses)

August 29, 2020 Herb 14
Herb’s blog, Herbdate 22121-692: I purchased a couple of bearproof trashcans last year from Ace. We have a large (400 pound, maybe) male black bear and at times we have had a sow and two cubs, that roam the neighborhood once in Continue Reading[...]

Even Steven

August 27, 2020 Herb 17
Herb’s blog, Herbdate 22119-690: I had written this originally in January of ’09 but I don’t think I ever posted it until December of 2019, before the advent of Covid-19. The character of Steven is loosely based on my personality, but I Continue Reading[...]

Repost – Encounter – 10/18/04

August 23, 2020 Herb 4
Herb’s blog, Herbdate 22115-686: As I was going through the archive and numbering and dating posts I came upon one where I had accidentally posted the wrong one. I had posted the October 17th, 2004 twice and had not posted the October Continue Reading[...]

Curly 1-13-09

August 22, 2020 Herb 14
Herb’s blog, Herbdate 22114-685: Originally written and/or posted previously elsewhere on Herbdate: 17875 aka 01/13/2009:Here we have another story I had written and forgot about. It hasn’t seen the light of day since January 2009. 1/13/09: I handed “The Writer’s Book of Continue Reading[...]