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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 3
It's Just a Matter of Time
November 2024 It’s Just a Matter of Time Written by Brook Benton, Clyde Otis, and Belford Hendricks; Changes by Debra Milligan Someday, ...
Sep 9
Hindsight
9 September 2024 Hindsight, so the saying goes, is 20/20. As is the case with me and any aphorism, cliché or idiom, even during this rare...
Jul 19
Seeing Red
19 July 2024 This morning, I made a command decision to try to find a red top, or dress, to purchase for autumn. I want to get into The...
Jun 22
Mon Crédo
Late June 2024 Mon Crédo Musique par Paul Mauriat, paroles par André Pascal Oui, je crois qu’une vie ça commence avec un mot d’amour Oui,...
Feb 9
Breaking Free
9 February 2024 Breaking free of anything, or anyone, occurs only with the determination that freedom is the goal. The breaking action...
Oct 23, 2023
Crazy
November 2023 Crazy Written by Willie Nelson Crazy I’m crazy for feeling so lonely I’m crazy Crazy for feeling so blue. I knew You’d love...
Oct 6, 2023
Somewhere Over the Rainbow
October 2023 Over the Rainbow Music by Harold Arlen with lyrics by Yip Harburg Somewhere over the rainbow, way up high There’s a land...
Sep 10, 2023
God Bless America
11 September 2023 God Bless America by Irving Berlin God bless America Land that I love Stand beside her and guide her through the night...
Jan 25, 2022
King Edward VII - Born Too Early
25 January 2022 This second child of Queen Victoria, the last monarch of the House of Hanover, and of her consort and first cousin,...
Aug 18, 2021
The Unsung Heroine
18 August 2021 Times there are in your life when the future looks unclear, but something in you knows that it’s time to break free from...
May 31, 2021
Memorial Day - Ten Years Ago
31 May 2021 I’m not one to look back often, except to celebrate, or to commemorate, or to pick up the pieces of whatever it is I believe...
Apr 5, 2021
Easter Monday 2021
Easter Monday 2021 My essay for Easter this year focuses more on the words of the late Princess Grace Kelly (The Greatest Mystery) than...
Apr 1, 2021
Breaking Free - Introduction
April 2021 Having only recently removed myself, and my life, from bubble-wrap, I am eagerly breaking free of habits and patterns of...
Oct 1, 2020
Smoke Dreams - Looking Forward
October 2020 In 1936, during the Golden Age of Hollywood, a song called “Smoke Dreams” was featured in the highly enjoyable, highly...
Dec 25, 2019
Santa in the Hoosegow
Christmas 2019 One of my all-time favorite tele-visual feasts at Christmastime is Episode #10 of Season 1 of Early Edition. This vintage...
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