Ravings – The Haps With Herb

Lovin’ It In Loveland

June 8, 2023 Herb 11

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 23133 – 1135 Here’s the haps: Down the road from Estes Park is a town called Loveland. It has a cool name and is a great place to have Valentine’s Day cards postmarked from. Places in other towns offer services Continue Reading[...]

Intermission @ Estes Park, CO

June 7, 2023 Herb 13

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 23132 – 1134 Howdy, Herbophiles, Here’s the haps: I’m calling this an intermission because we didn’t spend a whole day here although afterward we wished we would have. We slept in and lazed around until checkout time from Boulder. We Continue Reading[...]

Seven Questions Award – Tag Me Tuesday On Curmudgeonly Monday

November 28, 2022 Herb 10

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22941 – 1030 My dear and beloved Fans, Friends, Fiends, Foes, Frogs, Foundlings, Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls, Children of All Ages, and Creatures From All Galaxies, Here’s the haps: It has become my policy over the years that Continue Reading[...]

Award Winning Wednesday – BOB at Bluebird Of Bitterness Blog

November 16, 2022 Herb 7

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22929 – 1017 Here’s the haps: Since I am back to blogging daily, at least for the time being, and have a regular posting schedule I want to go back to trying to do one of these posts a week. Continue Reading[...]

Some Things, Like Toys, Are Built Better Than Others

July 23, 2022 Herb 33

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22813 – 991 Here’s the haps: So, the two-year-old grandson was here today. They come frequently and I am blessed in that I get the chance to see my grandkids on a fairly regular basis even though I don’t always Continue Reading[...]

NaBloPoMo – Day 13 – Nice Guy At The Store

November 13, 2021 Herb 25

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22562 – 875 Here’s the haps: I like to write about nice, uplifting things. I do write about sad or rotten things and I do vent about things that make me mad but really, I like it when I have Continue Reading[...]

The New Toe – A Review Sort Of Thingy

October 11, 2021 Herb 27

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22529 – 860 Here’s the haps: Back in August 2020, I did an Award Winning Wednesday and introduced you to The Lonely Meatball by A.J. McGregor. I really have enjoyed her blog, even though she’s had to cut back on Continue Reading[...]

Poe’s Death Day: OCT 7, 1849, What Happened?

October 7, 2021 Herb 34

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22525 – 859 Here’s the haps: January 19, 1809 – Oct 7, 1849, 40 years old. He wrote approximately seventy stories, sixty-nine poems and I don’t know how many non-fiction articles about writing and literary criticism. Many of you know Continue Reading[...]

Blogging A – Z Challenge 2021: K Is For Khaki Campbell Duck Eggs = Yummy To Da Tummy!

April 13, 2021 Herb 21

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22348 – 813: Here’s the haps: Many of you who are regular readers of this blog are familiar with my son’s blog, Brother’s Campfire, in fact, some of you came to me because you read him. He writes fiction stories Continue Reading[...]

They’re All Over The Place

October 22, 2020 Herb 12

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22175 – 745: Ubiquitous is one of my favorite words, but alas, unlike that overused, misused, and abused adjective, “awesome,” ubiquitous is not found commonly used by a lot of people yet. This is a shame. It is a Continue Reading[...]

Award Winning Wednesday – Petra at Erratic Engineeress

July 8, 2020 Herb 40

Again, this week’s selection was difficult to make. I read a lot of cool blogs of a wide variety of genres, none of whom need an award from me for validation and my criteria for choosing a blog for this award are Continue Reading[...]

Bonus Post – The Other Side Of Law Enforcement

June 22, 2020 Herb 6

I read a news aggregator called Complete Colorado. It is similar in style to that of the Drudge Report but is just Colorado. I haven’t written much lately about current events but when I read this story I thought it really gives Continue Reading[...]