Sixteen Tons
October 2023 Sixteen Tons Written by Merle Travis Some people say a man is made out of mud A poor man’s made out of muscle and blood....
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Oct 22, 2023
Luscious Tastes of Autumn
Halloween 2023 Sometime during October 1999, I was in the local, and the only, grocery store near my home-town of Newcastle, California...
Oct 20, 2023
The Wrath of the Anglo-Saxon
1 November 2023 Several years ago, four to be precise, I broke my own rule about reading reviews of THE DAWN. I was living in the Rental...
Oct 20, 2023
A Tribute to Bonnie
20 October 2023 Bonnie Lynne Milligan, my first beagle, truly was my dog, but she truly was not a beagle, at least not a pure-bred one....
Oct 20, 2023
The Nightingale Sings
November 2023 This past week, I committed a couple of bold acts. I translated “A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square” into French. I...
Oct 17, 2023
The Continuing Crisis
17 October 2023 I recently read a very funny comment online about what, in America, has become the continuing crisis. “Break to...
Oct 11, 2023
Smile — Modern Times
11 October 2023 This afternoon, I sorted through a box of photographs from my early days as a mom. I’d had no idea how much fun I was...
Oct 9, 2023
Flying By the Seat of Our Pants
Columbus Day 2023 Fourscore and seven years ago. . . Actually, it was only three years ago, but it feels like 87 since I first embarked...
Oct 8, 2023
The Lord's Prayer
15 October 2023 The Lord’s Prayer Music by Albert Hay Malotte; lyrics from The Book of Matthew 6:9-13, King James Version Our Father...
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 7, 2023
As Time Goes By
October 2023 As Time Goes By Written and Composed by Herman Hupfeld You must remember this A kiss is just a kiss A sigh is just a sigh...
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...
Oct 5, 2023
Burt Wolf, Master Chef
American Oktoberfest 2023 My participation in Oktoberfest is sketchy, at best. I’m aware of its history, and, as an adolescent, was...
Oct 4, 2023
A Wednesday Wanderer No More
6 October 2023 Jolene, the Jumping Queen, is a Wednesday wanderer no more. Even though Dear Husband spends 90 percent of his time...
Oct 1, 2023
Falling Leaves
October 2023 Chanson d’automne 1866 by Paul Verlaine Translation into English by Debra Milligan Les sanglots longs Des violons De...
Oct 1, 2023
Moondance
October 2023 Moondance Music and lyrics by Van Morrison; revisions by Debra Milligan It’s a marvelous night for a moondance with the...
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...
Sep 26, 2023
All the Way
October 2023 All the Way Music by Jimmy Van Heusen, with lyrics by Sammy Cahn When somebody loves you It’s no good unless he loves you...
Sep 25, 2023
My Gabrielle
25 September 2023 On 25 September 2023, Gabrielle, the Snowshoe Cat, quietly passed away in her sleep. The Home Cat has journeyed to her...
Sep 23, 2023
Sway
Autumnal Equinox 2023 Sway Written as ¿Quién será? by Luis Demetrio and Pablo Beltran Ruiz; English lyrics by Norman Gimbel; revisions by...
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