St. Patrick’s Day 2026 I’ll Take You Home Again, Kathleen by Thomas Paine Westendorf I’ll take you home again, Kathleen   Across the ocean wild and wide   To where your heart has ever been   Since first you were his bonnie bride.   The roses all have left your cheek   I have watched them fade away and die.   Your voice is sad when e’er you speak   And tears bedim your loving eyes. Oh, I will take you back, Kathleen,   to where your heart will feel no pain   And when those fie

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...

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...

St Patrick’s Day 2024 The Isle of Innisfree Music and Lyrics by Dick Farrelly I’ve met some folks who say I am a dreamer And I’ve no...

St. Patrick’s Day 2024 The Lake Isle of Innisfree by William Butler Yeats I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree, And a small cabin...

St. Patrick’s Day 2022 Danny Boy by Fred E. Weatherly Oh, Danny boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling From glen to glen, and down the...

Thoughts for St. Patrick’s Day 2021 In America, musical theatre historically and traditionally has consisted of a musical play — a...

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...

March 2018 Cead Mile Failte A Hundred Thousand Welcomes! In Irish Gaelic, it's spelled Céad Míle Fáilte. In Gaelic (Scottish), Ceud Mìle...

March 2017 Céad Míle Fáilte! The Feast of St. Patrick is enjoyed in my home as a religious event, a cultural commemoration and a celebration of spring. As we March into Spring, I would like to offer readers my traditional recipe for soda bread, along with the accompaniments of the St. Patrick’s Day Feast. The Milligan soda bread for St. Patrick’s Day is easy and traditional, courtesy of “Mrs. Fleming’s Irish Soda Bread.” (I do not know the identity of Mrs. Fleming, other than

Every year at Christmas, I purchase a special treat for myself, a gift that celebrates sentiment and practicality. This past year, I...

When I worked at a federal agency in the 1980s, there was an official memorandum pinned to the cubicle wall of an engineering technician....