Coffee – The Haps With Herb

What? Herb Was Gone? Where? Did He Make Coffee?

October 18, 2023 Herb 24

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 23265 – 1163 Here’s the haps: Greetings all. Just a quick note to let you all know that we are okay but things are wild and hectic. Not only that but we had the opportunity to spend some quality time Continue Reading[...]

Camping Was Fun And I Learned Something That Made Me Feel Good

June 17, 2022 Herb 36

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22777 – 988 Here’s the haps: If you want to read a first-rate telling of the campout you can check out my son, Ben’s, blog post over at Brother’s Campfire, called, strangely enough, Brother’s Campfire… Camps. But I did have 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: A, B, & C Are For Already-So-Soon-Again and Bacon and Coffee

April 5, 2022 Herb 24

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22704 – 953 Here’s the haps: If I had started the challenge on the correct day I would have started it by asking, “Already? So soon? Again?” It hardly seems like a year has gone by. Last year WordPress told Continue Reading[...]

Feelin’ A Lot Better But Not Quite Feelin’ Groovy – Throw It Back Thursday On A Mudgeonly Monday

March 8, 2021 Herb 19

(This post was scheduled for this Herbdate for 3/8/21 at 10:00 pm but when I went on the dashboard it just said, “Schedule Missed” and nothing else. Sorry.) Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22312 – 795: Here’s the haps: So, I am on the mend Continue Reading[...]

A Bright Spot Of Sunshine – Good News – A Spot Of Coffee

March 1, 2021 Herb 16

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22305 – 789: Here’s the haps: Last night I received some good news. My younger sister, whom I have mentioned here before, the classy one in the family, had contracted the Covid a few weeks ago and was very sick. Continue Reading[...]

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

September 26, 2020 Herb 15

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 very audience, at least two actively working school teachers, one of who Continue Reading[...]

To Coffee

January 21, 2020 Herb 3

An Ode (Or rather, my feeble attempt at one.) Caffeine! Adrenaline! Adenosine!Epi–Epi–Epinephrine!Yay team! Rah-rah! Goooo Team Coffee! Getting excited is easy to doWhen you’ve had a cup or twoOr three or four or fiveWhich makes you feelYou’ve come alive! You say, perhaps, Continue Reading[...]

Waiting Room

January 15, 2020 Herb 4

While sitting in a waiting room this morning, I took advantage of the modern technological miracle of Wi-Fi to research a project that I am working on for you. At my fingertips I was able to read medical documents about anything, including Continue Reading[...]

Popular Stuff Here

January 7, 2020 Herb 10

Even though I have written about a wide variety of controversial and potentially controversial subjects, the posts that elicit more comments than any others are the ones about Louis L’Amour and the ones about coffee. This kind of cracks me up because Continue Reading[...]

A Couple of Brief Thoughts on Coffee

January 3, 2020 Herb 5

Coffee Haiku #1 Aroma strikes noseOh, beautiful scent! Sniff, “Aaahh.”Work your magic now (The Haiku is mine, btw.)

2 Shots In The Arm Before Breakfast

September 12, 2019 Herb 4

Well, actually, one shot in the arm was breakfast. The new Son-In-Law, an active-duty U.S. Army Infantryman (11B), was up when I got up and made me some eggs-in-the-hole. I am usually the first one up but I think he was awake Continue Reading[...]