October 2023 Over the Rainbow Music by Harold Arlen with lyrics by Yip Harburg Somewhere over the rainbow, way up high There’s a land...

American Oktoberfest 2023 My participation in Oktoberfest is sketchy, at best. I’m aware of its history, and, as an adolescent, was...

6 October 2023 Jolene, the Jumping Queen, is a Wednesday wanderer no more. Even though Dear Husband spends 90 percent of his time...

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

October 2023 Moondance Music and lyrics by Van Morrison; revisions by Debra Milligan It’s a marvelous night for a moondance with the...

October 2023 It took me quite a few weeks during this past summer to approach the State of Zen known as Annabella’s Month, or October. My...

October 2023 All the Way Music by Jimmy Van Heusen, with lyrics by Sammy Cahn When somebody loves you It’s no good unless he loves you all the way Happy to be near you When you need someone to cheer you All the way. Taller than the tallest tree is That’s how it’s got to feel Deeper than the deep blue sea is That’s how deep it goes If it’s real. When somebody needs you It’s no good unless he needs you, all the way through the good or lean years and for all the in-between years

25 September 2023 On 25 September 2023, Gabrielle, the Snowshoe Cat, quietly passed away in her sleep. The Home Cat has journeyed to her...

Autumnal Equinox 2023 Sway Written as ¿Quién será? by Luis Demetrio and Pablo Beltran Ruiz; English lyrics by Norman Gimbel; revisions by...

Mid-September 2023 Un Monde Avec Toi Paroles: Charles Aznavour/Musique: Bert Kaempfert, Herbert Rehbein, Carl Sigman Jour après jour...

12 September 2023 Always Irving Berlin I’ll be loving you, always with a love that’s true always. When the things you’ve planned need a...

11 September 2023 God Bless America by Irving Berlin God bless America Land that I love Stand beside her and guide her through the night...

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...

7 September 2023 The past 24 hours have been a whir of excitement. Jolene came to me, in the arms of Dear Husband who flew to Salt Lake...

Mid-September 2023 More Riz Ortolani/Nino Oliviero More than the greatest love the world has known, This is the love I give to you alone,...

Labor Day Recipe 2023 Sometime during the mid-late 1990s, when I lived in Suburbia, I happened upon a recipe for black bean soup that...

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...

3 September 2023 I left my comfort zone today, for at least a few hours. I can’t confirm that I actually possess a comfort zone. The...

September 2023 “You didn’t know me before you met me.” I made that comment to Dear Husband this afternoon, and he said, “It’s a good one:...

27 August 2023 About a year ago, I was informed by an acquaintance, “I know you like to be independent . . .” As if the condition is an...