Feast of St. Nicholas 6 December 2025 Domine Deus, Agnus Dei Composed by Antonio Vivaldi Domine Deus, Agnus Dei, Filius Patris,   Domine Deus, Domine Deus   Agnus Dei, Filius Patris   Qui tollis peccata   Domine Deus Rex coelestis   Qui tollis peccata   Domine Filli Unigenite   Qui tollis peccata Domine Deus Domine Deus Agnus Dei Filius Patris   Qui tollis peccata mundi   Miserere   Agnus Dei   Miserere   Filius Patris   Miserere nobis   Miserere Miserere   Miserere nobis.

30 November 2025   When Faith Faces Evil: The Winged Watchman by Hilda Van Stockum My journey to writing THE DAWN was not linear.  It was a circuitous series of intriguing steps, that led to other steps.  Each one granted me information and insights.  I was largely, if not completely, unaware of those creative dimensions until the summer of 2008 when I set out to compose THE DAWN.   Once I started to write this novel, I was in for a penny, in for a pound.  A very large pound!

16 November 2025 Just in Time Music by Jule Styne, with lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green Just in time, I found you just in time   Before you came my time was running low   I was lost, the losing dice were tossed   My bridges all were crossed   No where to go   Now you’re here, Now I know Just where I’m going   No more doubt or fears I’ve found my way   For love came Just in time You found me Just in time   And changed my lonely life That lucky day.   Now you’re here  

12 October 2025 Smile Music by Charlie Chaplin, with lyrics by John Turner and Geoffrey Parsons Smile, though your heart is aching  ...

21 September 2025 In the Garden by Charles A. Miles (1913) I come to the garden alone While the dew is still on the roses And the voice I...

14 September 2025 During the terrorist attacks on employees in the offices of the weekly magazine, Charlie Hebdo , on 7 January 2015 by...

13 July 2025 I have attempted over the course of the past year to embark upon the reading of the novel, Captain Blood , by Rafael Sabatini.   The first attempt took place on 12 July 2024.  The first page offered to me the type of thrilling fictional writing that cannot be abandoned, or left easily.  I started to compose an essay, citing that enthralling first-page entry in this adventure novel that was originally published in 1922.  I figured I’d get back to the essay after h

Bastille Day 2025 In THE DAWN, Odile Marquet Van der Groef is the younger sister of Pascal Marquet, owner of Pascal’s Restaurant in...

11 May 2025 A House with Love In It Music by Sidney Lippman with lyrics by Sylvia Dee A house with love in it is rich indeed   Although...

4 May 2025 There’s not much that can be said with reverence about a Federal Government that has been staffed by underlings who choose not...

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...

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

27 October 2024 You’ll Never Walk Alone Music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II When you walk through a storm Hold your...

11 August 2024 This Little Light of Mine by Harry Dixon Loes; additions by Debra Milligan This little light of mine I’m gonna let it...

21 July 2024 Psalm 121 A Song of Degrees 1 — I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. 2 — My help cometh from...

21 July 2024 There is a Balm in Gilead Negro Spiritual There is a balm in Gilead to make the wounded whole. There is a balm in Gilead to...

30 June 2024 Sometimes it’s hard to stay on-target, what with the inevitable occurring in my nation, and so much brou-ha-ha about what is...

10 June 2024 Ready for the Times to Get Better by Allen Reynolds; additional lyrics by Debra Milligan I have to tell you I’ve been...

February 2024 When I Dream by Sandy Mason Theoret I could have a mansion that is higher than the trees I could have all the gifts I want...

10 December 2023 This morning, I received a message of profound truth and joy in my email box.  I needed to read, and believe anew, these...