29 October 2025 End-of-Year Resolutions: The Tanya Tucker Defense   Many years ago, I used to use the Tanya Tucker Defense to explain why things didn’t work out between Me and Older Guy.   “Well, he was older than me.  I thought he knew what he was doing.”   I tossed that one out by the time I was thirty.   I moved on to making resolutions, and I soon discovered that the ones I made at the End-of-the-Year were the most dicey.  I don’t know if it’s a matter of my instinctive

4 October 2025 I am currently resurfacing, not as in re-finishing a surface, but in coming to the surface.   The past six days in my neck...

20 August 2025 Sometimes a person has been so mired in oppression, an overall lack of freedom, for so long, that when she is sprung from...

Mid-May 2025 Ce soir, ils vont s’aimer Musique par Christian Gaubert, paroles par Pierre-André Gousset; Translation by Debra Milligan Ce...

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...

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...

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  ...

Valentine’s Day 2025 Hey There Lonely Boy by Leon Carr and Earl Shuman Hey there, lonely boy   Lonely boy   Let me make your broken heart...

20 January 2025 The Battle Hymn of the Republic by Julia Ward Howe Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord:   He is...

October 2024 Love This Is My Song by Charlie Chaplin; French translation by Debra Milligan Why is my heart so light?   Why are the stars...

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

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...

18 August 2024 Insomnia plagued me last night, or maybe it provoked me.  I spent almost two hours tossing and turning, from 11 p.m. until...

Mid-August 2024 Stand By Me   Written and Composed by Ben E. King, Jerry Leiber, and Mike Stoller; changes by Debra Milligan When the...

August 2024 Ready-to-Ride Being ready-to-ride is the dynamic journey of looking back in order to look ahead.  Where you’ve been, that...