Reading – The Haps With Herb

Banned Book Week – Books Can Be Beaten Down

September 22, 2022 Herb 42

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22874 – 987 Here’s the haps: I was over at Author Sarah Angleton’s blog today and was reminded that it’s Banned Book Week. If you’ve never visited Sarah you are Continue Reading[...]

Ain’t Throwing It Back Thursday On Saturday – Bio Optical Organized Knowledge Device

December 11, 2021 Herb 27

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22589 – 902 Here’s the haps: <><><><><><><><> Please note that I did not create this piece. I wish I did. It’s about ten years old and my copy had no Continue Reading[...]

NaBloPoMo Day 16 – From the Phone

November 16, 2021 Herb 22

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22565 – 878 Here’s the haps: I’m sitting at the table writing to you on my phone because the computer is in use by College Daughter who is writing a Continue Reading[...]

Blogging A – Z Challenge 2021: Q Is For Quotations

April 20, 2021 Herb 28

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22355 – 819: Here’s the haps: Many of you read this blog on the WordPress reader and never visit the actual blog itself. That’s cool, but I have a couple Continue Reading[...]

Please Read or Re-Read Fahrenheit 451 (please)

March 4, 2021 Herb 31

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22308 – 792: Here’s the haps: Sixteen years ago I wrote a post called, “Which Books Should Be Banned?” In that post I described the processes that should be undertaken Continue Reading[...]

Horrors! I Almost Forgot Whose Birthday It Is Today!

January 19, 2021 Herb 23

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22264 – 781: Here’s the haps: A lot of long-time followers and some others will know that I love to read. I have a varied, sometimes eclectic taste in Continue Reading[...]

Not Feeling Particularly Clever Tonight so There Will Be No Title

October 29, 2020 Herb 16

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22182 – 752: Dear Fans, Friends, Fiends, Foes, Foundlings, Frogs, Foundling Frogs, Freaks, and Flakes, Here’s the haps: The last few days at work have been really worky and Continue Reading[...]

Tag Me Tuesday – Jasmine Rose At Bookworm Asks:

October 20, 2020 Herb 18

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22173 – 743: Regular readers know by now how I feel about most of the “awards” that are given around the internet. Not a big fan at all but Continue Reading[...]

Happy Birthday Billy S

April 23, 2020 Herb 10

Word of the day · Todaybardolatry[bärˈdälətrē]NOUNhumorousexcessive admiration of Shakespeare. Forsooth! Canst one tell the day? The time? Of a truth, today is “Talk Like Shakespeare Day” and if thou wouldst indulge me Continue Reading[...]

Children’s Classics?

April 8, 2020 Herb 10

As I sat reading The Cat in the Hat Comes Back to the grandson who lives here I realized that this Cat person is really nothing more than a vandal. And while Continue Reading[...]

A Note About Writing

April 7, 2020 Herb 16

I was over at The Dumbest Blog Ever (which seems to me to be increasingly misnamed) and read a three-part western story he had written called Shooter and the Kid. He had Continue Reading[...]

Tag-Me Tuesday: The Perfect Book Tag

March 31, 2020 Herb 10

Well, the Dumbest Blogger at The Dumbest Blog Ever has tagged me with this but unlike the many “awards” out there, this one is just questions about the subject at hand. So Continue Reading[...]