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THE DAWN - Chapter 21
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2025! There are many Americans who are ending this past year with “Good Riddance.” The sentiment is justifiable, but I...
6 days ago
Hound Dog
23 December 2024 Hound Dog by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller; Changes by Debra Milligan You, you, you ain’t nothing but a hound dog ...
Dec 21
THE DAWN - End of Chapter 20
Winter Solstice 2024 By the fall of 1940, forty-eight Jewish orphans had been rescued and conveyed by Guillaume and his compatriots into...
Dec 14
You're All I Want for Christmas
Christmas 2024 You’re All I Want for Christmas by Seger Ellis and Glen T. Moore; French translation by Debra Milligan You’re all I want...
Dec 8
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
December 2024 From Mrs. Christmas Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas Music by Hugh Martin, original lyrics by Ralph Blaine; changes...
Dec 8
Friendship
8 December 2024 Sometime during the autumn of 2019, I was in the midst of translating a chapter of THE DAWN into L’AUBE. My method in...
Dec 8
Santa Claus is Coming to Town
December 2024 Santa Claus is Coming to Town Music by John Frederick Coots, with lyrics by Haven Gillespie You better watch out You better...
Dec 7
And The Angels Sing
Christmas 2024 And The Angels Sing Music by Ziggy Elman, with lyrics by Johnny Mercer We meet, and the angels sing The angels sing the...
Dec 7
Try to Remember
Winter Solstice 2024 Try to Remember Song composed by Harvey Schmidt, with lyrics by Thomas Collins Jones Try to remember the kind of...
Dec 5
Petit Papa Noël
Feast of St. Nicholas 2024 Petit Papa Noël ( Little Father Christmas ) was composed by Henri Martinet, with lyrics by Raymond Vincy. ...
Dec 5
Motivation
Winter Solstice 2024 I am always contemplative this time of year. The weather has much to do with my creative mood and the types of...
Nov 28
In-Training
Thanksgiving 2024 Yes, it has certainly been quite a month for this Constitutional Republic called the United States of America! The...
Nov 26
I'm Losing You
November’s End 2024 I’m Losing You/Connais-tu English adaptation lyrics by Carl Sigman of Connais-Tu, musique et paroles par Jean Renard...
Nov 26
Kaw Liga
Thanksgiving 2024 Kaw-Liga by Hank Williams and Fred Rose Kaw-Liga was a wooden Indian standing by the door He fell in love with an...
Nov 13
When a Man Loves a Woman
Mid-November 2024 When A Man Loves A Woman Written by Calvin Lewis and Andrew Wright When a man loves a woman, He can’t keep his mind on...
Nov 13
The Nearness to You
Mid-November 2024 The Nearness of You Music by Hoagy Carmichael, with lyrics by Ned Washington; French translation by Debra Milligan It’s...
Nov 11
Pumpkin Love
November 2024 When Eating an Entire Pumpkin Loaf is Inappropriate: There’s the mini-loaf! I found this recipe (among many others) in...
Nov 10
Until It's Time for Me to Go
10 November 2024 Until It’s time for Me to Go by Buffy Sainte-Marie; French translation by Debra Milligan I’m not a dream, I’m not an...
Nov 7
The Hanging Chads
Veteran’s Day 2024 November of 2000 was a month I’ll never forget. I’d moved into the Peach House in Newcastle two years earlier; I...
Nov 3
You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You
November 2024 You’re Nobody Till Somebody Loves You Written by Russ Morgan, Larry Stock, James Cavanaugh You’re nobody till somebody...
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