Fraying Society’s Edges

June 8, 2020 Herb 3
And now Rocky Raccoon, he fell back in his roomOnly to find Gideon’s bibleGideon checked out, and he left it no doubtTo help with good Rocky’s revival From: Rocky Raccoon by the Beatles …it included Gideon’s Bible, which I’ve seen in every Continue Reading[...]

Back To The House

June 7, 2020 Herb 35
For our 40th anniversary, we were originally going to go somewhere out of town but not knowing what might be opened or not, we decided to avoid potential disappointment and play the tourists in Colorado Springs. We got a cheap room to Continue Reading[...]

Mischievous Shenanigans

June 6, 2020 Herb 6
I have a few incidents to chronicle from our little get-away of the last few days. Even though we never left Colorado Springs I don’t think it’s exactly a stay-cation because we didn’t stay at the house. We went and got a Continue Reading[...]

40th (Ruby) Anniversary

June 5, 2020 Herb 16
It is a nice feature of WordPress, and, to be fair, most of the other blogging software I have tried, that I can schedule posts in advance. That way I can keep my commitment to posting every day but on some days Continue Reading[...]

Happy Mother’s Day

May 10, 2020 Herb 10
Just thought I’d share our family tree with you first: I was feeling a bit overwhelmed this morning. I do have to say, before I say anything else, our newest son-in-law is a class act all the way around. He took our 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[...]
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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[...]

Resolve or Set Goals?

January 1, 2020 Herb 1
Okay, a lot of people have changed from saying they are making New Year’s resolutions to saying they are making goals for 2020. I was not getting the difference myself, really. I mean, either way, you are saying you are going to Continue Reading[...]

Rudolph's Wish

December 27, 2019 Herb 2
Christmas was over. Santa and his reindeer finally had a chance to rest. And they deserved it. They had done a good job. Rudolph had a chance to do something he had wanted to do for a long time. He made an Continue Reading[...]

It Was A Good Day

December 26, 2019 Herb 3
It was a good day for me, yesterday. Full of friends and family And fun. The first thing in the morning…well, let me back up and tell you that I am a big Coca-Cola fan and a collector of Coca-Cola related paraphernalia…The Continue Reading[...]

Merry Xmas!

December 25, 2019 Herb 2
Wait! Wait! Back! Put the torches down! Ouch! Watch out with those pitch forks! They’re pointy! Stop! Let me explain! Okay. So. (phew!) Here’s the deal. The X in Xmas has been there since the year 1021 AD. Actually, before that, but Continue Reading[...]