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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...
Sep 11, 2023
Un Monde Avec Toi
Mid-September 2023 Un Monde Avec Toi Paroles: Charles Aznavour/Musique: Bert Kaempfert, Herbert Rehbein, Carl Sigman Jour après jour...
Sep 11, 2023
Always
12 September 2023 Always Irving Berlin I’ll be loving you, always with a love that’s true always. When the things you’ve planned need a...
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...
Sep 9, 2023
Kissed by the Wind
9 September 2023 Kissed by the Wind My Jolene is a beauty queen but more than that — She’s kissed by the wind, and that’s a fact. Her...
Sep 7, 2023
Home At Last
7 September 2023 The past 24 hours have been a whir of excitement. Jolene came to me, in the arms of Dear Husband who flew to Salt Lake...
Sep 7, 2023
More
Mid-September 2023 More Riz Ortolani/Nino Oliviero More than the greatest love the world has known, This is the love I give to you alone,...
Sep 4, 2023
Black Bean Soup
Labor Day Recipe 2023 Sometime during the mid-late 1990s, when I lived in Suburbia, I happened upon a recipe for black bean soup that...
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