September 2020 – The Haps With Herb

September 30, 2020

Herb

Award Winning Wednesday – Colin McQueen at Getting On

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22151 – 723: The other night Colin McQueen of the blog Getting On paid me a very high compliment indeed, when he said, "...Loved the poem. If…

Award Winning Wednesday, My Friends award, award winning wednesday12 Comments

September 28, 2020

Herb

A Little About My New Schedule

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22150 – 722: Thanks to the scheduling feature in WordPress I am able to set this to go at about the time I have been posting. During…

Uncategorized9 Comments

September 27, 2020

Herb

A Couple Of Short Poems I found In The Files

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22149 – 721: used by license from andertoons.com Sometimes when it's getting late or I don't have any inspiration, or like the guy in the cartoon above…

Blogging, Poetry14 Comments

September 26, 2020

Herb

The Much Promised, Highly Vaunted Villanelle – I Did It And It Was Okay – Also A Tiny Bit About An Old DOS Game I Enjoyed

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22148 – 720: I sat down and wrote this and I feel pretty good about it. I am highly honored to know that there are, in my…

Coffee, Food and Drink, My Life, Poetry Coffee, cost, day of the tentacle, donut shop, dott, free14 Comments

September 25, 2020

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This Is Not The Villanelle I Promised You – But It Is A Poem With An Introduction That Turned Into A Post

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22147 – 719: I think I have a structure for the newer poem lined out but it's not even close to done yet. But here's a piece…

My Life, Poetry eighties, payphone, poem, poetry, seventies, telephone15 Comments

September 24, 2020

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The Slave-Free Business Certification Act (S. 4241) – One response So Far

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22146 – 718: You may recall the post I wrote about the Communist Chinese using the Uighur Muslims as slave labor making name brand products. That post…

Beliefs, Politics ARIA, S.2736, S.4241, Uighur Muslims9 Comments

September 23, 2020

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Award Winning Wednesday – Trev Jones at Silly Old Sod

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22145 – 717: When I started writing these award winning Wednesdays what I really wanted to do was recognize blogs that I just really like. The problem…

Award Winning Wednesday award, award winning wednesday, Coffee18 Comments

September 22, 2020

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Hi-Ho, Hi-Ho It’s Back To Work I Go

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22144 – 716: Some of you may recall that I had started job hunting a couple of months ago. I have been increasingly disappointed by the lack…

Blogging, Jobs, My Life jobs, work36 Comments

September 21, 2020

Herb

A Gate Of A Fence or Offense

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22143 – 715: A couple days ago I posted the meme about a fence and right after that, we had a real incident about a fence. Our…

My Family, My Life, Other Repair Work, Putzing easement, neighbor, trespasser, utility12 Comments

September 20, 2020

Herb

The Art Of The Apothecary

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22142 – 714: When I got that first job at the drugstore back in 1974 (see the entry “Changed”), I learned a lot. I don’t know how…

My Life apothecary, retail, work12 Comments