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Apr 1, 2019
The Insular American
The April Fools 2019 This phrase is not mine. I found it in a diatribe posing as a book review on the rain-forest selling platform that...
Mar 29, 2019
Don't Give Up The Ship!
29 March 2019 DON’T GIVE UP THE SHIP! It has become nearly impossible for the will of civilized people in the grass-roots of a nation to...
Mar 24, 2019
The Beatitudes of Spring
March 2019 The Beatitudes are among the most blessed and beloved of scriptures from the Holy Bible, specifically from the King James...
Mar 20, 2019
Glorious Technicolor
Spring 2019 Spring into Technicolor Resistance to Change What’s Old Is New! The forces that oppose change — and form resistance to...
Mar 3, 2019
An Essay for Patt
3 March 2019 The day will be cloudy and gray this Tuesday in Newcastle, California. On that day, I will join others to celebrate the...
Mar 1, 2019
Mr. Magoo's The Count of Monte Cristo
March 2019 The Count Counts - Mr. Magoo's The Count of Monte Cristo A Book Review by Ronald Milligan There is nothing like the strains of...
Feb 21, 2019
Mitsouko - Return from Battle
February 2019 My literary research leads me in all sorts of directions, to all sorts of places, perhaps for all sorts of reasons....
Feb 13, 2019
Email Notes
13 February 2019 There are times, on a rainy Wednesday such as this one, when the rain and gray skies become overwhelming. And the Day...
Feb 3, 2019
The Writer Speaks -The Mists of Time
February 2019 We met in the mists of time, and though he did not see me as clearly as I saw him, he saw me well enough to know that I...
Feb 1, 2019
Mr. Magoo’s Cyrano de Bergerac
February 2019 Mr. Magoo’s Cyrano de Bergerac (Adapted for the Screen by True Boardman) A Book Review by Ronald Milligan The original...
Jan 6, 2019
Retreat into Tomorrow
Epiphany 2019 The Writer’s Guide to Everyday Life in the 1800s by Marc McCutcheon Hardcover - 320 pages Writers Digest Books First...
Jan 2, 2019
The Pastie
January 2019 Rainy Day Repast: The Pastie I used to call this culinary creation The Paste-ee, not Past-ee, to tease my husband. This...
Jan 1, 2019
Gambling for Life
Happy New Year 2019 I don’t go to Reno anymore; I go to Zappos. It’s a pass line bet, each time that I order any pair of shoes or boots...
Jan 1, 2019
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...
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...
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