Summer Driving Destinations
24 July 2024 On Saturday, 20 July, I decided to get out of the house and go for a spin, somewhere. I specifically wanted to take my...
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Jul 24
La Mer
24 juillet / 24 July 2024 La Mer Paroles et musique par Charles Trenet ; traduction par Debra Milligan La mer Qu’on voit danser Le long...
Jul 21
This Train
21 July 2024 I watched a vintage Western the other night whose plot revolved around the murder of a banker. He was shot dead as he...
Jul 21
Psalm 121
21 July 2024 Psalm 121 A Song of Degrees 1 — I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. 2 — My help cometh from...
Jul 21
Balm
21 July 2024 There is a Balm in Gilead Negro Spiritual There is a balm in Gilead to make the wounded whole. There is a balm in Gilead to...
Jul 19
Seeing Red
19 July 2024 This morning, I made a command decision to try to find a red top, or dress, to purchase for autumn. I want to get into The...
Jul 16
Day of the Coyote
16 July 2024 During mid-afternoon on Saturday, 13 July, I joined my husband in tracking down our one-year-old beagle hound, Jolene. ...
Jul 16
Grandpa Rupert
16 July 2024 Last week, I received a hand-knit sheep that I’d purchased online from an artisan who lives in Surrey, UK. That locale is...
Jul 15
East Virginia
Mid-July 2024 East Virginia Traditional English folk song from the Southern Appalachians; changes by Debra Milligan He was born in east...
Jul 12
Asymmetrical Journalism
12 July 2024 In my resolutely unplugged state, I stay very far afield of the field of inept and incompetent journalists in America, and...
Jul 10
Dire que je l’aime (Just Say I Love Him)
Mid-July 2024 Dire que je l’aime (Just Say I Love Him) Original music by Rodolfo Falvo, with original lyrics by Enzo Fusco; American...
Jul 5
Book Reviews
5 July 2024 Pity me, or don’t pity me, cause I reject pity, but, at times, for pleasure, or mere distraction of an empty kind, I read...
Jul 4
Ghost Riders in the Sky
Independence Day 2024 Ghost Riders in the Sky by Stan Jones An old cowpoke went ridin’ out one dark and windy day Upon a ridge he rested...
Jul 4
Cry Me a River
4 July 2024 Cry Me a River by Arthur Hamilton Now you say you’re lonely You cried the whole long night through Well, you can cry me a...
Jul 3
FREEDOM
3 July 2024 I awoke this morning at 7:30, an hour that’s not incredibly early, even for me. The blast furnace got turned on, yesterday,...
Jul 2
Hymne à l’Amour
14 juillet 2024/14 July 2024 Hymne à l’Amour Music by Marguerite Monnot, lyrics by Édith Piaf Le ciel bleu sur nous peut s’effondrer Et...
Jul 2
Non, je ne regrette rien
14 juillet 2024 Non, je ne regrette rien Composed by Charles Dumont, with lyrics by Michel Vaucaire Non, rien de rien, non, je ne...
Jul 1
The Welcome Committee
9 July 2024 Jolene is one year old today. It’s been quite a year, for her, for me, for Dear Husband. We spent this past year adjusting to...
Jul 1
East-Coast Food Combos
July Food Fest 2024 When this Jersey girl wed a boy from Nevada City, California (in Nevada City), I’d had no idea that my food combos...
Jun 30
On-Target
30 June 2024 Sometimes it’s hard to stay on-target, what with the inevitable occurring in my nation, and so much brou-ha-ha about what is...
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