Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22574 – 887 Here’s the haps: The party yesterday was a lot of fun, as we expected it would be. There was one tradition we have had for the last…oh…let me think a minute…34 or 35 years that we kept this year as well. We did not tell the hosts how to run […] Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22573 – 886 Here’s the haps: By the President of the United States of America, a Proclamation. Whereas it is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits, and humbly to implore his protection and favor– and whereas both […] Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22572 – 885 Here’s the haps: Due to Mrs. Herb’s and Daughter Dynamite’s (her initials are TNT) health struggles, we’d decided to change our Thanksgiving routine. Normally, every year for the last forty-ish years, with only a few exceptions, we celebrate Givethanksing Day at our house with turkey and all the trimmings, homemade […] Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22560 – 873 Here’s the haps: On November 11, 1918 at 11 am, World War I, the War to End All Wars, came to a halt with an armistice and the day was celebrated as Armistice Day up until 1954 when, after the Second World War and the Korean War it was decided […] Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22340 – 806: Here’s the haps: (Sundays are a day off from the Challenge) Yesterday was celebrated as Easter Sunday. The circles I run in call it Resurrection Sunday but the term Easter is in the Bible. The almighty, invisible, omnipotent, omniscient and omnipresent God created everything in a perfect condition by the […] Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22282 – 785: Here’s the haps: Yes, today I turned 61 and so now I am officially “over-sixty.” Kids and grandkids and my younger sister came to greet me and wish me well with pizza, cake, ice cream, and cards. It was really nice. Everyone laughed at my sister’s joke about getting […] Holidays – holidaze – Page 7 – The Haps With Herb