Introduction to The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo
2019: New Year Books An Introduction to The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo by Ronald Milligan Ah, a night at the Theatre! Or the next...
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Dec 21, 2018
Book Reports - Introduction
Winter Solstice 2018 It was the reading & writing bane of my childhood existence, The Book Report. The mere concept of reading a book...
Dec 17, 2018
Awakenings
17 December 2018 I awoke this morning at 7 or so. This awakening was not a matter of being fully awake. I did not open my eyes. My...
Nov 22, 2018
A World Apart - American Exceptionalism
Giving Thanks 2018 The United States of America began as the City Upon a Hill that Puritan John Winthrop described in his essay in 1630,...
Nov 15, 2018
The Thing In Itself
November 2018 Semester Slump: The Thing In Itself It has been several years since my Dear Daughter was working mightily to finish her...
Nov 3, 2018
Hockey Night in Provence
November 2018 It’s autumn in California, and in Toronto — and in Provence. This autumn 2018, the French translation of BOOK 3, Guillaume,...
Nov 1, 2018
Behind the Mask: 2 Anons
All Saint’s Day 2018 Webster’s New World Dictionary, Second College Edition, defines “anonymous” thusly: 1. with no name known or...
Oct 18, 2018
Why Do They Call You Killer?
18 October 2018 The question was simple and direct enough. The answer was not. Sometime during the mid-1980s, my co-worker and friend,...
Oct 15, 2018
2018 October Eloquence — Robert Burns
Bard of Scotland The Bard of Ayshire, also known as the Bard of Scotland, was born on 25 January 1759 in Alloway, Scotland to William and...
Oct 15, 2018
Unintentional Training
Mid-October 2018 Coming-of-Age: Unintentional Training Since I am not a morning person, I need to warm up to my first meal of the day....
Sep 25, 2018
Think Beyond
Late September 2018 We live in times that feel instantaneous and yet the tempo of our lives is neither faster nor slower than it was for...
Sep 21, 2018
The Gift of Friendship
Autumn 2018 I begin this autumnal essay with a few divine quotes about the nature of friendship. “Friendship is a plant of slow growth...
Sep 16, 2018
Post 9/11 - America on Its Own
16 September 2018 I spent this past Tuesday, 9/11/18, in solemn remembrance of that day. In many ways, the United States are still...
Sep 4, 2018
Instrumental Gems
Labor Day 2018 September Songs: Instrumental Gems As a singer, I can not easily avow that there are some songs that sound much better as...
Aug 15, 2018
Rotary-Dial Thinking
Heatwave 2018 This morning while Dear Husband was out walking the hound, I decided to call him on my Me-Phone. I noticed, as the outgoing...
Aug 6, 2018
My Naked Feet
August 2018 My Naked Feet: Where Have All the Good Shoes Gone? I have an Egyptian foot. I did not always know that I possess such a...
Aug 1, 2018
Solid as A Rock
Dog Days of Summer 2018 People have asked me at times why the Beagle is my hound-of-choice, my dog-of-preference. I could say things like...
Aug 1, 2018
The Dawn - 10 Year Anniversary
August 2018 Rule Britannia Vive la France Hooray for the Red, White, and Blue On this ten-year anniversary of when I first began to write...
Jul 16, 2018
The Cookie Crumbles II
July 2018 Update Because of my aversion to Digital Yellow Journalism, I have taken to asking Dear Husband for any crisis updates, news...
Jul 15, 2018
Music Music Music
July 2018 The promo for NOCTURNE begins: “The worlds of medicine and music collide in NOCTURNE . . .” During an earlier phase of my life,...
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