Mid-July 2025 Call Me Irresponsible Music by Jimmy Van Heusen with lyrics by Sammy Cahn Call me irresponsible Call me unreliable Throw...

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

4 July 2025 Dona Dona Dona by Teddi Schwartz, Sholom Secunda, Arthur S. Kevess, and Aaron Zeitlin On a wagon bound for market There’s a...

End of June 2025 A couple of months ago, I reportedly awoke in my sleep, sometime in the middle of the night, and asked Dear Husband: ...

22 June 2025 Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams Written by Harry Barris with lyrics by Ted Koehler and Billy Moll; Additions by Debra Milligan...

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...

14 June 2025 There’ll Be Bluebirds Over Music by Walter Kent to lyrics by Nat Burton Chorus: There will be bluebirds over the white...

June 2025 The Very Thought of You Music and Lyrics by Ray Noble The very thought of you And I forget to do The little ordinary things...

Memorial Day 2025 All I Ask of You by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Charles Hart, and Richard Stilgoe Let’s not talk of sadness Forget our...

20 May 2025 I am very grateful for having had the stabilizing force and grounded routine of home-making when I first created, or...

Mid-May 2025 Ce soir, ils vont s’aimer Musique par Christian Gaubert, paroles par Pierre-André Gousset; Translation by Debra Milligan Ce...

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...

5 May 2025 I read the book, Big Red , by Jim Kjelgaard. during my grammar school days, sometime around the 3rd grade. I don’t recall...

April’s End 2025 It’s Only Make Believe By Jack Nance and Conway Twitty People see us everywhere They think you really care But myself I can’t deceive I know it’s only make believe. My one and only prayer is that someday you’ll care My hopes, my dreams come true My one and only you No one will ever know How much I love you so My only prayer will be Someday you’ll care for me But it’s only make believe. My hopes, my dreams come true My life I’d give for you

May Day 2025 Last month, Dear Husband was tasked with the unenviable task of finding his birth certificate — of discovering if he even...

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...

March 2025 It Had to Be You Composed by Isham Jones, lyrics by Gus Kahn It had to be you It had to be you I wandered around and...

March Forward 2025 I think We Patriots in the States have solved the donkey’s years question: The Chicken or The Egg? I say, with no...

Mid-February 2025 The character of Pierre Richarde, father of Camille, in THE DAWN/L’AUBE is one of my favorite fictional creations. ...

Valentine’s Day 2025 Only the Lonely (Know the Way I Feel) by Roy Orbison and Joe Melson Only the lonely know the way I feel tonight ...