All Saints Day 2024 Ave Maria Music by Johann Sebastian Bach and Charles Gounod, Ave Maria Gratia plena Dominus tecum Benedicta tu in...

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

27 July 2024 Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me by Harry Noble Hold me, hold me Never let me go Until you’ve told me, told me What I want to...

Midsummer’s Night 2024 Je t’aimerai toujours Original music and lyrics by Dolly Parton; French translation by Debra Milligan Si je...

June 2024 What A Difference a Day Makes Music and lyrics by María Grever; translated lyrics by Stanley Adams What a difference a day made...

June 2024 Suddenly There’s a Valley Written by Bill Jones and Chuck Meyer; French translation by Debra Milligan When you’ve climbed the...

March into Spring 2024 I Never Promised You A Rose Garden by Joe South I beg your pardon, I never promised you a rose garden Along with...

December 2023 White Christmas by Irving Berlin I’m dreaming of a white Christmas just like ones I used to know Where the treetops glisten...

Columbus Day 2023 Goodnight, Sweetheart Written by Ray Noble, Jimmy Campbell, and Reg Connelly Goodnight, sweetheart till we meet...

October 2023 It took me quite a few weeks during this past summer to approach the State of Zen known as Annabella’s Month, or October. My...

27 August 2023 About a year ago, I was informed by an acquaintance, “I know you like to be independent . . .” As if the condition is an...

Bastille Day 2023 Just a Dog: Beagle Memes As part of my marching toward the future, after the sudden loss of Chance, here on earth, in...

11 April 2023 It’s hard for me to believe that it’s been almost ten years since I was told by a Frenchwoman that I could be President of...

15 March 2023 One quintessential quality of the American is that the soldier, as well as the patriot, does not accept a command, order,...

12 October 2022 Not mine, of course, but the titles of the Dinosaurus-Media in Great Britain. This morning, I was reading some news,...

April’s End 2022 To rewrite the first line of a hackneyed song by the late Marvin Hamlisch: “Memories do not light the corners of my...

5 April 2022 Today, I showed up at the lunch table of my domicile wearing this outfit that Dear Husband immediately dubbed: Feeling Zen....