Ave Maria
Summer 2023 Ave Maria by Franz Schubert The sublime composition known as Ave Maria by Franz Schubert was originally entitled, in the...
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Jul 1, 2023
Begin the Beguine
Summer 2023 Summer Cruise 2023 The Beguine Where do I begin with the beguine? Let’s start with the origin of this song: Begin the...
Jun 14, 2023
Quiet Times
14 June 2023 I’ve begun reading Doctor Zhivago (my first edition). I was halfway through reading this book during the autumn of 2016,...
May 29, 2023
Memorial to Chance
29 May 2023 There are no words, even for a writer, to adequately and accurately address the life of Chance Beaumont. I feel equally inept...
May 1, 2023
Padam, Padam
May 2023 Padam, Padam Henri Contet/Norbert Glanzberg Cet air qui m'obsède jour et nuit Cet air n'est pas né d'aujourd`hui Il vient...
Apr 30, 2023
Moon River - April’s End 2023
Moon River Henry Mancini and Johnny Mercer Moon river, wider than a mile I’m crossing you in style some day Oh, dream maker You heart...
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...
Apr 9, 2023
I Believe
Easter 2023 I Believe (Ervin Drake, Irvin Graham, Jimmy Shirl, Al Stillman) I believe for every drop of rain that falls a flower grows. I...
Apr 7, 2023
The Penstocks of Life
Good Friday 2023 A penstock at a hydroelectric dam, such as Pine Flat on the Kings River in Fresno County, California, is a massive...
Mar 21, 2023
The Graphic Side of Me
Spring 2023 There are days, of late, when I dearly miss the days of my technical writing. Not the tech-writing per se, but the assembling...
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,...
Mar 4, 2023
My Handiwork
March 2023 While the world outside rages with rain and snow and recessionary lunacy, I’ve been busy, wearing my little fingers to the...
Mar 1, 2023
A Pot Pourri of Thoughts
March 2023 The days of our lives to remember are every day, not merely during officially sanctioned holidays and the fêtes declared...
Feb 16, 2023
The Trail Ahead
16 February 2023 Yesterday, I spent a couple of hours hand-stitching edging and sewing new buttons onto a rather plain blouse. I’ve...
Feb 15, 2023
P B & J
Mid-February 2023 Peanut butter and jelly: It’s as American as apple pie, but apple pie, at least the store-bought kind, ain’t what it...
Feb 14, 2023
Till There Was You
Valentine’s Day 2023 Till There Was You By Meredith Willson There were bells on a hill But I never heard them ringing No, I never heard...
Feb 11, 2023
More About Buttermilk
11 February 2023 “We” — my Muse and I — have climbed down from that Uncompahgre Plateau, now that THE SILENT HEART has been completed,...
Feb 1, 2023
Beautiful Dreamer
1 February 2023 Composed by Stephen Foster, “Beautiful Dreamer” is one of those songs that elicit sentiments from the heart that cannot...
Jan 11, 2023
Buttermilk - Ready for His Close-Up
11 January 2023 This past December, Chance the wonder-hound needed to have a skin tag removed. It was supposed to have been a minor...
Jan 6, 2023
The Winter of My Discontent
January 2023 The winter of my discontent was spent looking for answers that could not be found anywhere but within my self. That winter...
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