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Jul 15, 2024
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, 2024
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, 2024
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, 2024
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, 2024
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, 2024
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, 2024
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, 2024
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, 2024
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, 2024
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, 2024
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, 2024
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...
Jun 29, 2024
Before the Dawn
July 2024 Yes, it sure is darkest at that point in time. I now tend to think of my life, creative and otherwise, in terms of Before The...
Jun 27, 2024
Pass the Haggis . . .
1 July 2024 This past Christmastide, Mr. Milligan, he of Dear Husband and Webmaster identity, brought home what he called: “The...
Jun 22, 2024
Mon Crédo
Late June 2024 Mon Crédo Musique par Paul Mauriat, paroles par André Pascal Oui, je crois qu’une vie ça commence avec un mot d’amour Oui,...
Jun 20, 2024
Wheels of THE DAWN
Summer 2024 One of the more intriguing and interesting aspects of THE DAWN is the automotive world of the 1930s and 1940s. The...
Jun 20, 2024
Je t’aimerai toujours
Midsummer’s Night 2024 Je t’aimerai toujours Original music and lyrics by Dolly Parton; French translation by Debra Milligan Si je...
Jun 19, 2024
The Ballad of High Noon
Start of Summer 2024 The Ballad of High Noon Music by Dimitri Tiomkin, with lyrics by Ned Washington; changes by Debra Milligan I won’t...
Jun 19, 2024
All My Exes Live in Texas
Summer Celebration 2024 All My Exes Live in Texas by Sanger Shafer and Lyndia J. Shafer; changes by Debra Milligan All my exes live in...
Jun 16, 2024
Captured by the Captcha
Father’s Day 2024 This morning I attempted to purchase, online, a few exfoliating body scrubs from pureSCRUBS. Things went fine,...
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