My Friends – The Haps With Herb

Maybe Not All The Way To Canaan But…

June 20, 2023 Herb 15

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 23145 – 1140 Here’s the haps: Our church is having its annual Father/Son – Men’s campout. This means that I will not be around to visit much. I go with my son, a couple of “adopted” sons, my two teenage Continue Reading[...]

Forty-Two Things I Am Thankful For (Out of Many)

November 27, 2022 Herb 13

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22940 – 1029 My dear Fans, Friends, Fiends, Foes, Foundlings, Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls, Children of All Ages, and Creatures From All Galaxies, Here’s the haps: I have been feeling reflective. “Shiny as a clean mirror, reflective?” you Continue Reading[...]

Breaking News – Something Sweet‽ Is Augustus Gloop Really A Nincompoop‽

September 16, 2022 Herb 21

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22868 – 997 Here’s the haps: Well, I somehow missed a major, significant news story in June. Two employees at an M & M Mars factory fell into a vat of chocolate. Now I want to know, how does something 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[...]

Where My Filters Come From & A Challenge – Post 950

March 18, 2022 Herb 36

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22686 – 950 Here’s the haps: Someone mentioned in a comment not too long ago that I must have very different filters from them. I would be surprised if I didn’t. Here’s where some of them come from. Thirty-four years Continue Reading[...]

Sorry, But I Have No News

December 3, 2021 Herb 40

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22581 – 894 Here’s the haps: I know many of you that follow this blog also follow my son’s blog, Brother’s Campfire, and are very concerned because you care about my son and his wife. I apologize but I have Continue Reading[...]

Streak 30 & A Weird Little Story

December 1, 2021 Herb 20

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22579 – 892 Here’s the haps: Thanks again for all of your support and comments. I really enjoy that. Several people noticed the featured image on the memes pages: I dumbed it down for loading purposes but attached above are Continue Reading[...]

NaBloPoMo Day 25 – Guest Post By President George Washington

November 25, 2021 Herb 15

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 Continue Reading[...]

NaBloPoMo Day 24 – A Lot To Get Done And We Aren’t Even Hosting This Year

November 24, 2021 Herb 37

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 Continue Reading[...]

Sad

November 22, 2021 Herb 10

I have been behind on my reading and now have learned of sadness being suffered by a good friend of this, blog, Ian at the Dumbest Blog Ever. Many of you have seen the story but I just don’t feel like being Continue Reading[...]

Hijacked Herb‽ Well, -ish

August 6, 2021 Herb 25

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22463 – 853: Here’s the haps: Hi everyone: Fans, Friends, Fiends, Foes, Foundlings, Froot Loops, and Filial Frogs, I apologize that I have not been making the rounds of your blogs and have not been responding to comments in a Continue Reading[...]

Throw It Back Thursday on Tuesday – The Country and Western Celery Song

August 3, 2021 Herb 33

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22460 – 852: Here’s the haps: I was over at the incorrectly named Dumbest Blog Ever and read with increasing sadness how the DumbestBlogger was afraid he wouldn’t make it as a country musician because the only sponsor he could Continue Reading[...]

"...but if circumstances should at any time oblige the government to form an army of any magnitude that army can never be formidable to the liberties of the people while there is a large body of citizens, little, if at all, inferior to them in discipline and the use of arms, who stand ready to defend their own rights and those of their fellow-citizens. This appears to me the only substitute that can be devised for a standing army, and the best possible security against it, if it should exist.'' Hamilton Fed Paper #29