My Stories – Page 4 – The Haps With Herb

Blogging A – Z Challenge 2021: R Is For Ralph Reckoner

April 22, 2021 Herb 19

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22356 – 820: Here’s the haps: He lived in the wildest part of the wilderness of the forest in an ancient stone hut by choice. No trail led to it, it was in a wild, wooded place. There were two Continue Reading[...]

Blogging A – Z Challenge 2021: B Is For Baksheesh

April 2, 2021 Herb 23

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22337 – 804: Here’s the haps: Art Vegan looked around and smiled. He was happy to leave this place but knew he would miss it. He had sold his portion of the business to his partner, Joe Burger, and started Continue Reading[...]

John and Simon Take It On the Road

March 29, 2021 Herb 20

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22333 – 801: Here’s the haps: John and Simon Take It On the Road – By Herb When Simon was a little baby Sittin' on his daddy's knee He picked up a pencil and a piece of graph paper and Continue Reading[...]

Art Vegan – Health Inspector

January 21, 2021 Herb 9

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22266 – 782: Here’s the haps: “Not again!” Art Vegan was really, really annoyed. His job as health inspector left so much room for jokes on his name that he was very touchy about it. “Hey, Art! What do Continue Reading[...]

I Just Really Love Cold Water

January 7, 2021 Herb 20

Before anything else, I’d just like to say I want to cancel my subscription to 2021. I’ve experienced the seven-day free trial and I’m not interested. Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22252 – 776: Here’s the haps: As I have been thinking about this Continue Reading[...]

A New Word I learned Today

September 7, 2020 Herb 21

Herb’s Blog Herbdate 22130 – 701: Today I was visiting Yvonne’s blog, Hello World where she often receives a shopping list and imagines things about the person or the list. She does other posts as well and also, apparently, writes books, which Continue Reading[...]

Place Your Fingers On The Home Keys Homeboy

August 30, 2020 Herb 14

Herb’s blog, Herbdate 22122-693: A re-written piece from Jan 14, 09 Herbdate 17876: He sat staring at the blank screen the way the old-timers had stared at a blank sheet of paper in a typewriter. He couldn’t move. Paralyzed by depression and Continue Reading[...]

Even Steven

August 27, 2020 Herb 17

Herb’s blog, Herbdate 22119-690: I had written this originally in January of ’09 but I don’t think I ever posted it until December of 2019, before the advent of Covid-19. The character of Steven is loosely based on my personality, but I Continue Reading[...]

Dave Gets What He Deserves – Rewrite-Repost

August 25, 2020 Herb 11

Herb’s blog, Herbdate 22117-688:I had originally posted this last year on September 19, 2019, which would have been Herbdate 21778. I don’t know the original number. That had been a total rewrite of a piece that never saw the light of day Continue Reading[...]

Curly 1-13-09

August 22, 2020 Herb 14

Herb’s blog, Herbdate 22114-685: Originally written and/or posted previously elsewhere on Herbdate: 17875 aka 01/13/2009:Here we have another story I had written and forgot about. It hasn’t seen the light of day since January 2009. 1/13/09: I handed “The Writer’s Book of Continue Reading[...]

Missing Something – A Blast From The Past

August 16, 2020 Herb 20

Herb’s blog, Herbdate 22108-679: Originally written and/or posted previously elsewhere on Herbdate: 17879 aka 01/16/2009: Missing Something Today’s prompt is from Herb’s book of real-life experiences: “A wannabe writer with a self-imposed deadline, who usually gets up an hour early just to Continue Reading[...]

Throw It Back Thursday – On Friday – No Wildebeest Is Good Wildebeest

August 14, 2020 Herb 19

Herb’s blog, Herbdate 22106-677 (Dedicated, in part, to Serious Blogger): Many people who have been around this blog for a while or been around my Sunday School classes are familiar with Professor Fritz Von Googleheimer and his use of der science-teriffical messod Continue Reading[...]