October 2024 The Sweetest Thing I’ve Ever Known by Otha Young; changes by Debra Milligan When I see you in the morning   That old sleep...

25 September 2024 End of Chapter 18 THE DAWN These people of England, they the living, buried their dead.  They then seized their grief...

Autumnal Equinox 2024 I know what I’m doing even when I don’t know what I’m doing.   Perhaps not many people can sincerely make that...

19 September 2024 I am not referring to the huge divide between Teamsters rank-and-file and management.  I wish to speak of the always...

Mid-September 2024 Mr. Wonderful by Jerry Bock, George David Weiss, and Larry Holofcener; French translation by Debra Milligan Why this...

Mid-September 2024 We Love Each Other By Buddy Killen They ask me how we do it   and I tell them   We love each other.   There’s really...

11 September 2024 In political terms, I’m an independent, or, more precisely, I am independent.   That label has brought to me no end of...

9 September 2024 Hindsight, so the saying goes, is 20/20. As is the case with me and any aphorism, cliché or idiom, even during this rare...

Super Harvest Moon September 2024 In the Still of the Night Written and Composed by Cole Porter; French translation by Debra Milligan In...

Mid-September 2024 I have safely gotten Arthur out of the England of 1940, or at least I’ve sent him on his way to France in January...

September 2024 The Last Time He Saw My Face by Gordon Lightfoot; changes by Debra Milligan The last time he saw my face My eyes were...

September 2024 Si Tu Partirais   Music and original lyrics by Jacques Brel; original English lyrics by Rod McKuen; French translation of...

Labor Day 2024   THE DAWN 12-year anniversary of e-publication Sous le ciel de Paris Musique par Hubert Giraud ; paroles par Jean Dréjac...

September 2024 Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho Traditional African-American Spiritual Joshua fit the battle of Jericho Jericho Jericho...

September 2024 The Glory of Love Composed and Written by Benny Hill You’ve got to give a little, take a little   And let your poor heart...

September 2024 In remembrance of the passage last September of my Angel Cat, Gabrielle, from her country estate to her lofty place in...

26 August 2024 I’ve always been very sensitive to emotional rip-off acts, especially by mean old ladies posing as saccharine-sweet,...

21 August 2024 Years by Kye Fleming and Dennis Morgan; changes by Debra Milligan Faded photographs   The feelings all come back   Even...

20 August 2024 If one sets aside the tragic life that Maria Callas lived, then the majesty of her artistry can be appreciated.  If one...

18 August 2024 As the owner of a one-year-old beagle, i ought to label this essay, Jolene’s Life With Me.  Such is not the case,...