28 January 2026 There was a time, long ago, when I was in my teens and twenties, that I intentionally permitted myself to be misunderstood. I’d like to say it was for the greater good, as I’ve watched this situation transpire with our heroic President; but it was for the sake of survival, which, one could say, is a greater good. Once a person has submitted herself, and subjected herself, to that unkind treatment of her self, there’s not much that she can do to undo it. I

End of December 2025 Bésame Mucho Music by Consuelo Velázquez, with English lyrics by Sunny Skylar Bésame, bésame mucho Each time I cling to your kiss, I hear music divine Bésame, bésame mucho Hold me, my darling, and say that you’ll always be mine This joy is something new, my arms enfolding you Never knew this thrill before Whoever thought I'd be holding you close to me, Whispering "It's you I adore" Dearest one, If you should leave me Each little dream woul

December 2025 I’ll Never Find Another You by Tom Springfield There’s a new world somewhere They call the promised land And I’ll be there someday If you will hold my hand. I’ll still need you there beside me No matter what I do For I know I’ll never find another you. There is always someone For each of us, they say And you’ll be my someone Forever and a day I could search the whole world over Until my life is through But I know I’ll never find another y

May Day 2025 Last month, Dear Husband was tasked with the unenviable task of finding his birth certificate — of discovering if he even...

January’s End 2025 Too Many Rivers by Harlan Howard; French translation by Debra Milligan I wish I could come back to you, dear Cause I...

1 November 2024 Don’t Fence Me In by Cole Porter Oh, give me land, lots of land under starry skies above, Don't fence me in. Let me...

Mid-July 2024 East Virginia Traditional English folk song from the Southern Appalachians; changes by Debra Milligan He was born in east...

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...

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...

Summer Solstice 2024 The Wayward Wind Music by Stanley Lebowsky, with lyrics by Herb Newman The wayward wind is a restless wind A...

June 2024 The Streets of Laredo American Cowboy Ballad As I was out walking the streets of Laredo as I walked out in Laredo one day I met...

May 2024 Red River Valley Traditional American Cowboy Love Song From this valley they say you are going, I shall miss your bright eyes...

April 2024 Down in the Valley Kentucky Mountain Song Down in the valley the valley so low Hang your head over Hear the wind blow. Hear...

21 December 2022 Sometime during Thanksgiving, Dear Husband half-jokingly said to me that I’ve got six weeks left in the year to write...

Summer 2021 Decades ago, I lived in a house on a street called Cattle Drive. The house was located in West Natomas, Sacramento, back when...

May 2020 About twenty years ago, pre-me-Phone, during the most primitive impulses of the Cellular Network, there was an AM-news-radio ad...

April 2020 “I already know you’re screwing me. Don’t expect me to help you with it.” That nearly ribald statement was one that I made...

St. Patrick’s Day 2020 The Fear Of Missing Out — FOMO — is a fear that I have very rarely felt or given into. Perhaps it is because my...

Frontier Themes: A Cowgirl’s Prayer Thank you Lord for helping me through the night, Thank you for helping me see the Light. Thank you...

January 2020 The bully is the sneak-thief of decency. Unable to come out into the open and fight like an honorable human being, he, or...