Don't Fence Me In
1 November 2024 Don’t Fence Me In by Cole Porter Oh, give me land, lots of land under starry skies above, Don't fence me in. Let me...
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Oct 1
Anymore
October 2024 Anymore By Jill Colucci and Travis Tritt I can’t hide the way I feel about you anymore. I cannot hold the hurt inside...
Aug 21
Years
21 August 2024 Years by Kye Fleming and Dennis Morgan; changes by Debra Milligan Faded photographs The feelings all come back Even...
Jul 21
This Train
21 July 2024 I watched a vintage Western the other night whose plot revolved around the murder of a banker. He was shot dead as he...
Jul 15
East Virginia
Mid-July 2024 East Virginia Traditional English folk song from the Southern Appalachians; changes by Debra Milligan He was born in east...
Jul 4
Ghost Riders in the Sky
Independence Day 2024 Ghost Riders in the Sky by Stan Jones An old cowpoke went ridin’ out one dark and windy day Upon a ridge he rested...
Jun 19
The Ballad of High Noon
Start of Summer 2024 The Ballad of High Noon Music by Dimitri Tiomkin, with lyrics by Ned Washington; changes by Debra Milligan I won’t...
Jun 14
The Wayward Wind
Summer Solstice 2024 The Wayward Wind Music by Stanley Lebowsky, with lyrics by Herb Newman The wayward wind is a restless wind A...
Jun 1
The Streets of Larado
June 2024 The Streets of Laredo American Cowboy Ballad As I was out walking the streets of Laredo as I walked out in Laredo one day I met...
May 1
Red River Valley
May 2024 Red River Valley Traditional American Cowboy Love Song From this valley they say you are going, I shall miss your bright eyes...
Apr 5
I'm Not Lisa
April 2024 I’m Not Lisa by Jessi Colter I’m not Lisa My name is Julie Lisa left you years ago My eyes are not blue But mine won’t leave...
Mar 29
Down in the Valley
April 2024 Down in the Valley Kentucky Mountain Song Down in the valley the valley so low Hang your head over Hear the wind blow. Hear...
Nov 1, 2023
Cruella de Ville of Cowboy Country
1 November 2023 One hot afternoon, during this past summer, I was seated upon my comfy couch, and the title “Cruella de Ville of Cowboy...
Dec 21, 2022
The Last One
21 December 2022 Sometime during Thanksgiving, Dear Husband half-jokingly said to me that I’ve got six weeks left in the year to write...
Sep 14, 2021
The Night of the Coyote
14 September 2021 Last night was The Night of the Coyote. I fell asleep late, past midnight. I’d spent the evening immersed in much...
Jun 21, 2021
Cattle Drive
Summer 2021 Decades ago, I lived in a house on a street called Cattle Drive. The house was located in West Natomas, Sacramento, back when...
Feb 9, 2021
You’re The Doctor
9 February 2021 I once knew an ob-gyn who posted two framed documents in his waiting room. In those days, the mid-1990s, the room truly...
Nov 28, 2020
LAST CHANCE - No Going Back: No. 30
Late November 2020 There is something to be said for packing up most of your Stuff, putting it into Storage for three years, and then...
May 15, 2020
Roaming Charges - Cellular 101
May 2020 About twenty years ago, pre-me-Phone, during the most primitive impulses of the Cellular Network, there was an AM-news-radio ad...
May 15, 2020
Bat Out of Hell
Mid-May 2020 The other day I was driving Dear Husband, and myself, to the local flooring shop to select carpeting and flooring for our...
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