Mid-August 2024 Vissi d’arte by Giacomo Puccini Vissi d’arte, vissi d’amore, non feci mai male ad anima viva.   Con man furtiva quante...

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...

Rose of Tralee 2024 Galway Bay by Dr. Arthur Nicholas Whistler Colahan If you ever go across the sea to Ireland Then maybe at the closing...

August 2024 Deep Purple Composed by Peter DeRose, with lyrics later added by Mitchell Parish When the deep purple falls over sleepy...

August 2024 Usually, I make chicken enchiladas, but, this morning, I decided to go for the beef, and create The Whole Enchilada. This...

August 2024 You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To by Cole Porter You’d be so nice to come home to You’d be so nice by the fire While the...

August 2024 My Foolish Heart Music by Victor Young, with lyrics by Ned Washington; French translation by Debra Milligan The night is like...

31 July 2024 This past month has to have been one of the longest in terms of spin cycles for The Media.  And they are not over yet! 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...

26 July 2024 My nineteenth summer was spent, much like the next three summers would be, living and working in Washington, D.C..  The...

24 July 2024 On Saturday, 20 July, I decided to get out of the house and go for a spin, somewhere.  I specifically wanted to take my...

24 juillet / 24 July 2024 La Mer Paroles et musique par Charles Trenet ; traduction par Debra Milligan La mer Qu’on voit danser Le long...

21 July 2024 I watched a vintage Western the other night whose plot revolved around the murder of a banker.  He was shot dead as he...

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...

19 July 2024 This morning, I made a command decision to try to find a red top, or dress, to purchase for autumn.  I want to get into The...

16 July 2024 During mid-afternoon on Saturday, 13 July, I joined my husband in tracking down our one-year-old beagle hound, Jolene. ...

16 July 2024 Last week, I received a hand-knit sheep that I’d purchased online from an artisan who lives in Surrey, UK.  That locale is...

Mid-July 2024 East Virginia Traditional English folk song from the Southern Appalachians; changes by Debra Milligan He was born in east...

12 July 2024 In my resolutely unplugged state, I stay very far afield of the field of inept and incompetent journalists in America, and...