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Miners Hospital
May Day 2025 Last month, Dear Husband was tasked with the unenviable task of finding his birth certificate — of discovering if he even...
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Belt and Whip
17 April 2025 The Chi-Comm sneaky approach to “underdeveloped nations” (such as China once was) is called “Belt and Road”, but from the...
Apr 17


Dear Me
Mid-April 2025 Dear Me by Carson Whitsett and Scott Mateer; Changes by Debra Milligan Dear Me, I’m writing this letter to try and tell...
Apr 11


Truth and Consequences
Mid-April 2025 The hackneyed expression is “truth or consequences” — but my life has always been a matter of telling the truth and...
Apr 10


The House Style: Words, Words, Words
8 April 2025 To quote the lyrics of Alan Jay Lerner from the song, Show Me, in My Fair Lady — with slight revisions by me: Words,...
Apr 8


Eureka
Easter 2025 I’ve had a lot of eureka moments of late. Just this past week has brought to me a flurry of resolute realizations that led...
Apr 6


All is Fair in Love
1 April 2025 All is Fair in Love by Stevie Wonder; changes by Debra Milligan All is fair in love Love’s a crazy game Two people vow...
Mar 27


WTHIGO (What He-Go)
The Ides of March 2025 In today’s episode of What The Hell Is Going On . . . As we discussed in yesterday’s episode of What The Hell Is...
Mar 11


Holding Out for a Hero
March 2025 Holding Out for A Hero by Jim Steinman and Dean Pitchford; Changes by Debra Milligan Where have all the good men gone and...
Mar 6


The People Sing
March 2025 On Labor Day 2013, I posted this essay on my newly created website. The title, Blithely Unaware , refers to my attitude...
Mar 5


Unraveling the Truth
Ash Wednesday 2025 Sometimes, the road ahead in life demands unraveling the truth — the reality that’s been hidden, distorted,...
Mar 5


Musical Three-Leaf Clover
St. Patrick’s Day 2025 After All These Years by Des Coleman, Ollie Kennedy My darling, come to me Sit you down easily And rest awhile...
Mar 4


The Very Rich
St. Patrick’s Day 2025 Recently, I watched a video of a podcast interview of Howard Lutnick, the 41st Secretary of Commerce of the United...
Mar 3


It Had to Be You
March 2025 It Had to Be You Composed by Isham Jones, lyrics by Gus Kahn It had to be you It had to be you I wandered around and...
Mar 1


The Chicken or The Egg
March Forward 2025 I think We Patriots in the States have solved the donkey’s years question: The Chicken or The Egg? I say, with no...
Feb 21


Closing Time
President’s Day 17 February 2025 All day today, I’ve been hearing, in my mind, this first line of lyrics, which is also the title of this...
Feb 13


Oot and Aboot
13 February 2025 I was oot and aboot yesterday morning, doing errands in between the raindrops, or rain storms in my bailiwick. Costco...
Feb 13


The Loving Father: Pierre Richarde
Mid-February 2025 The character of Pierre Richarde, father of Camille, in THE DAWN/L’AUBE is one of my favorite fictional creations. ...
Feb 12


Only the Lonely
Valentine’s Day 2025 Only the Lonely (Know the Way I Feel) by Roy Orbison and Joe Melson Only the lonely know the way I feel tonight ...
Feb 10


Romantic Success
Valentine’s Day 2025 The key to romantic success, the one that unlocked the door to true love for me — came quite by surprise, perhaps by...
Feb 10
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