Blogging A – Z Challenge 2022 – The Haps With Herb

Blogging A – Z Challenge 2022: Zee or Zed, Let’s Put This Thing To Bed

April 30, 2022 Herb 25

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22727 – 976 Here’s the haps: “It’s a good thing we won that Revolutionary War or we’d all be speaking English today.” Americans are almost the only ones to end the alphabet by pronouncing the last letter, “zee.” The rest Continue Reading[...]

Blogging A – Z Challenge 2022: Y is for You, Youse, You Guys, Youse Guys, You All, Y’all, and All Y’all, et al.

April 29, 2022 Herb 20

, Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22726 – 975 Here’s the haps: I know I probably missed a few but these few colloquialisms in the title are meant to indicate that I have a widely varied audience, not just in the U.S. but in other Continue Reading[...]

Blogging A – Z Challenge 2022: X is for Ten

April 28, 2022 Herb 15

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22725 – 974 Here’s the haps: I had a feeling the letter X was going to be difficult and it started out that way. Okay, so I looked up xylophone, which I expected would be pretty common because when we Continue Reading[...]

Blogging A – Z Challenge 2022: W is for Writers’ Cafes

April 27, 2022 Herb 17

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22724 – 973 Here’s the haps: The other day when I was visiting Brother’s Campfire there was a guest post there, by Cassa Bassa of Flicker of Thoughts blog, called Community. She had written a six-sentence story, also called Community, Continue Reading[...]

Blogging A – Z Challenge 2022: V is Violin for Art Vegan‽

April 26, 2022 Herb 7

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22723 – 972 Here’s the haps: <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> If you want more about our friend, Art Vegan, click here. Also, I think I may have missed some of your comments and I apologize. I appreciate comments and try to respond but Continue Reading[...]

Blogging A – Z Challenge 2022: U is, in fact, for Ubiquitous

April 25, 2022 Herb 10

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22722 – 971 Here’s the haps: This is one of my favorite words, but alas, unlike that overused, misused, abused and ubiquitous adjective, “awesome,” ubiquitous is not found commonly used by a lot of people. This is a shame. It Continue Reading[...]

Blogging A – Z Challenge 2022: T is for Timeout or, Perhaps, Talk Like Shakespeare

April 23, 2022 Herb 26

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22720 – 970 Here’s the haps: Hi Everyone. Sorry, no post tonight. I’m taking tonight off and will pick back up on Monday with the ever-ubiquitous, U. But well, it being (as is commonly reported) Shakespeare’s birthday/deathday and it also Continue Reading[...]

Blogging A – Z Challenge 2022: S is for Some Stuff About Me Because Of Scheduling Conflicts

April 22, 2022 Herb 22

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22719 – 969 Here’s the haps: Dear Respected Habitué, Beloved Cronies, little trolls, Regarded Rivals, Clever Clansmen, Terrific Tribesmen, Super-Duper Supporters, and Everyone Else, I hope this blog post reaches you in the best of health, that it is meet Continue Reading[...]

Blogging A – Z Challenge 2022: R is for The Robots Really Will Win

April 21, 2022 Herb 26

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22718 – 968 Here’s the haps: Many of you know that, growing up, I was a bookworm. This worried a lot of family members so much that I was sent to the grandparents in the country frequently and one whole Continue Reading[...]

Blogging A – Z Challenge 2022: Q is for Quiescently Frozen Confection

April 20, 2022 Herb 12

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22717 – 967 Here’s the haps: Q is for quiescent, meaning still or restful. When I was a boy I would read everything that came to hand(I still do), including the wrappers on frozen treats from the ice cream man. Continue Reading[...]

Blogging A – Z Challenge 2022: P is for Past Places or From Melancholy to Sublime

April 19, 2022 Herb 22

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22716 – 966 Here’s the haps: Award-Winning blogger, Bruce Goldman over at Weave A Web did a post the other day that captured my imagination. His blog contains many stories that have caused me to call him “The O. Henry Continue Reading[...]

Blogging A – Z Challenge 2022: O is for “Open ‘Er Up and Give ‘Er”

April 18, 2022 Herb 15

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22715 – 965 Here’s the haps: On those occasions when my teenage uncle would take us boys for a ride in his 1969 Olds 442 we knew how much he loved to show off its impressive power and speed. With Continue Reading[...]