Ave Maria
All Saints Day 2024 Ave Maria Music by Johann Sebastian Bach and Charles Gounod, Ave Maria Gratia plena Dominus tecum Benedicta tu in...
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Sep 14
Mr. Wonderful
Mid-September 2024 Mr. Wonderful by Jerry Bock, George David Weiss, and Larry Holofcener; French translation by Debra Milligan Why this...
Jul 27
Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me
27 July 2024 Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me by Harry Noble Hold me, hold me Never let me go Until you’ve told me, told me What I want to...
Jun 20
Je t’aimerai toujours
Midsummer’s Night 2024 Je t’aimerai toujours Original music and lyrics by Dolly Parton; French translation by Debra Milligan Si je...
Jun 14
What a Difference a Day Makes
June 2024 What A Difference a Day Makes Music and lyrics by María Grever; translated lyrics by Stanley Adams What a difference a day made...
Jun 12
Suddenly There's a Valley
June 2024 Suddenly There’s a Valley Written by Bill Jones and Chuck Meyer; French translation by Debra Milligan When you’ve climbed the...
Mar 1
I Never Promised You A Rose Garden
March into Spring 2024 I Never Promised You A Rose Garden by Joe South I beg your pardon, I never promised you a rose garden Along with...
Dec 5, 2023
White Christmas
December 2023 White Christmas by Irving Berlin I’m dreaming of a white Christmas just like ones I used to know Where the treetops glisten...
Oct 7, 2023
Goodnight, Sweetheart
Columbus Day 2023 Goodnight, Sweetheart Written by Ray Noble, Jimmy Campbell, and Reg Connelly Goodnight, sweetheart till we meet...
Oct 1, 2023
Zen Pup
October 2023 It took me quite a few weeks during this past summer to approach the State of Zen known as Annabella’s Month, or October. My...
Aug 27, 2023
State of Independence
27 August 2023 About a year ago, I was informed by an acquaintance, “I know you like to be independent . . .” As if the condition is an...
Jul 14, 2023
Just a Dog
Bastille Day 2023 Just a Dog: Beagle Memes As part of my marching toward the future, after the sudden loss of Chance, here on earth, in...
Apr 11, 2023
President of France
11 April 2023 It’s hard for me to believe that it’s been almost ten years since I was told by a Frenchwoman that I could be President of...
Mar 15, 2023
Leading from The Front
15 March 2023 One quintessential quality of the American is that the soldier, as well as the patriot, does not accept a command, order,...
Oct 12, 2022
Change of Names
12 October 2022 Not mine, of course, but the titles of the Dinosaurus-Media in Great Britain. This morning, I was reading some news,...
Apr 30, 2022
Memories
April’s End 2022 To rewrite the first line of a hackneyed song by the late Marvin Hamlisch: “Memories do not light the corners of my...
Apr 5, 2022
Feeling Zen - Introduction
5 April 2022 Today, I showed up at the lunch table of my domicile wearing this outfit that Dear Husband immediately dubbed: Feeling Zen....
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