Easter Monday 2026 Those points of no return just keep piling up for France, and for those other former Allies from World War II. It’s gotten to the point where these National Cowards ought to wear Brownshirts, just to remind the world of their true selves. When I first began my journey to write THE DAWN, during the scary days and nights after 9/11, I paid particularly close attention to the European Allies from World War II. Yes, I said to Self, they’ve always been stin

December 2025 When You Wish Upon A Star by Leigh Harline and Ned Washington When you wish upon a star Makes no difference who you are Anything your heart desires Will come to you If your heart is in your dream No request is too extreme When you wish upon a star As dreamers do Fate is kind She brings to those who love The sweet fulfillment of their secret longing. Like a bolt out of the blue Fate steps in and sees you through When you wish upon a star Your dreams c

14 October 2025 Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo Music by Bronislaw Kaper, with lyrics by Helen Deutsch; French translation by Debra Milligan A song of love is a sad song Hi-lili, hi-lili, hi-lo A song of love is a song of woe Don’t ask me how I know A song of love is a sad song For I have loved and it’s so I sit at the window and watch the rain Hi-lili, hi-lili, hi-lo Tomorrow, I’ll probably love again Hi-lili, hi-lili, hi-lo On every tree there sits a bird, singing a song of love

October 2025 Are You Lonesome Tonight? by Lou Handman and Roy Turk; Changes by Debra Milligan Are you lonesome tonight? Do you miss me...

25 June 2025 - Midsummer Song Fool Number One by Kathryn R. Fulton Am I fool number one? Or am I fool number two? How many other...

Winter Solstice 2024 Try to Remember Song composed by Harvey Schmidt, with lyrics by Thomas Collins Jones Try to remember the kind of...

September 2024 The Glory of Love Composed and Written by Benny Hill You’ve got to give a little, take a little And let your poor heart...

18 August 2024 As the owner of a one-year-old beagle, i ought to label this essay, Jolene’s Life With Me. Such is not the case,...

9 July 2024 Jolene is one year old today. It’s been quite a year, for her, for me, for Dear Husband. We spent this past year adjusting to...

1 July 2024 This past Christmastide, Mr. Milligan, he of Dear Husband and Webmaster identity, brought home what he called: “The...

June 2024 The Thrill is Gone by Roy Hawkins and Rick Darnell The thrill is gone The thrill is gone away Yes, that thrill is gone, baby...

24 March 2024 My Jolene is but eight months old as I write these words. She’s little, but she does not see herself as under-sized in any...

Presidents’ Day 2024 Pick Myself Up Music by Jerome Kern, with lyrics by Dorothy Fields Nothing’s impossible I have found For when my...

21 January 2024 Jolene is an adolescent now She likes to run with the big dogs. She reminds me of me during that growth phase! I have...

All Saints Day 2023 She’s A Dog Original composition and lyrics by Peggy Lee and Sonny Burke; Rewritten by Debra Milligan She’s a dog and...

October 2023 Chanson d’automne 1866 by Paul Verlaine Translation into English by Debra Milligan Les sanglots longs Des violons De...

9 September 2023 Kissed by the Wind My Jolene is a beauty queen but more than that — She’s kissed by the wind, and that’s a fact. Her...

3 September 2023 Jolene Music and lyrics by Dolly Parton Jolene Jolene Jolene Jolene I’m begging of you please don’t take my man. Jolene Jolene Jolene Jolene Please don’t take him just because you can. Your beauty is beyond compare With flaming locks of auburn hair With ivory skin and eyes of emerald green. Your smile is like a breath of spring Your voice is soft like summer rain and I cannot compete with you Jolene. He talks about you in his sleep And there’s nothing I can d

Labor Day 2023 The Impossible Dream Composed by Mitch Leigh, with lyrics by Joe Danton To dream the impossible dream To fight the...

Music based on the Italian instrumental, “Concerto d’autunno”, by Camillo Bargoni; English lyrics by Al Stillman, Paul Siegel I hear the...