Pets & Animals – The Haps With Herb

Yellowstone National Park on the Blogging A – Z Challenge

April 29, 2023 Herb 20

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 23070 – 1118 Here’s the haps: So my son’s family and my wife’s favorite cousin have both done this trip and it will, I’m hoping, be my turn sooner than later. Yellowstone National Park has the distinction of being the Continue Reading[...]

Bit Off More Than He Could Chew‽

March 1, 2023 Herb 19

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 223035 – 1077 Here’s the haps: One of my favorite comic strips is Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis. Yes, before you criticize, I am aware that he can be vulgar (which is not all the time) but he is Continue Reading[...]

Something Nice On The ‘Net Saturday

February 25, 2023 Herb 30

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 223030 – 1075 My Dear Readers, I apologize for posting this a bit late but life happens and I hope my tardiness will not distract from your enjoyment of something nice I found on the Internet. Here’s the haps: You Continue Reading[...]

Old Bags & New Charges

January 24, 2023 Herb 30

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22998 – 1062 Here’s the haps: Well, 2023 has brought with it changes this year already. Colorado’s Democrat-controlled government has passed CO HB21-1162, Management Of Plastic Products which has gone into effect and is guaranteed to be costly and outright Continue Reading[...]

A Not Quite Hog Wild Post

November 20, 2022 Herb 10

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22933 – 1021 Here’s the haps: Pig With A Wooden Leg A man was walking in the country when he saw a pig with a wooden leg sitting outside a barn. As he was wondering what happened to the pig, Continue Reading[...]

Curmudgeonly Monday – Please, I Beg You, Just Wait Even If Retailers Can’t

November 7, 2022 Herb 23

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22920 – 1007 Here’s the haps: I have had this blog for 18 years although there was a time of major depression when I didn’t post on it at all until I reached a dark epiphany about myself which you Continue Reading[...]

Blogging A – Z Challenge 2022: K is for Killer Bunnies

April 13, 2022 Herb 20

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22711 – 961 Here’s the haps: No, this is not a take-off of the Monty Python scene with the holy hand grenade but a bit of bizarre history I found. Before the invention of the printing press, scribes copied out Continue Reading[...]

The Pronghorn Antelope Incident

January 19, 2022 Herb 18

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22629 – 937 Here’s the haps: Almost exactly seventeen years ago I wrote about a thing that happened when my wife was traveling all over the county taking care of people as a CNA and, since she doesn’t drive, I Continue Reading[...]

Hey Boy Does It Again

December 29, 2021 Herb 13

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22607 – 921 Here’s the haps: First, let me thank all of you for reading my story this last week. You guys are a class act. I feel blessed and privileged to have such a high-class audience. The link to Continue Reading[...]

NaBloPoMo – National Blog Posting Month – Day 3 – My Uncle’s Barn Cat

November 3, 2021 Herb 26

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22552 – 865 Here’s the haps: Greetings Dearly Beloved, Beloved, and Liked-a-whole-lot, Fans, Friends, fiends, foes, foundlings, and assorted nice people who stop by. Welcome to day 3 of my daily posting challenge which is called NaBloPoMo – National Blog Continue Reading[...]

The Bully Chicken

August 19, 2021 Herb 36

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22476 – 856: Here’s the haps: Former U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt often used the phrase, “Bully for you!” This meant you had done something commendable or extraordinary. “very good; excellent.” The way we more commonly use it (in American English) Continue Reading[...]

Blogging A – Z Challenge 2021: N Is For Neighbors Nibbling

April 16, 2021 Herb 17

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22351 – 816: Here’s the haps: You may recall, especially if you’ve been around here long enough, that for being a suburb we have a lot of wildlife in our area. We have been visited in our neighborhood (either on Continue Reading[...]