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...

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...

May 2025 Don’t Get Me Wrong by Chrissie Hynde Don’t get me wrong if I’m looking kinda dazzled   I see neon lights whenever you walk by  ...

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  

28 April 2025 I tried valiantly today to accomplish my review-translation of the middle portion of Chapitre 33 of L’AUBE (Chapter 33 of...

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

17 April 2025 The Chi-Comm sneaky approach to “underdeveloped nations” (such as China once was) is called “Belt and Road”, but from the...

Mid-April 2025 Dear Me by Carson Whitsett and Scott Mateer; Changes by Debra Milligan Dear Me,   I’m writing this letter to try and tell...

Mid-April 2025 The hackneyed expression is “truth or consequences” — but my life has always been a matter of telling the truth and...

8 April 2025 To quote the lyrics of Alan Jay Lerner from the song, Show Me, in My Fair Lady — with slight revisions by me:   Words,...

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...

1 April 2025 All is Fair in Love by Stevie Wonder; changes by Debra Milligan All is fair in love   Love’s a crazy game   Two people vow...

The Ides of March 2025 In today’s episode of What The Hell Is Going On . . .   As we discussed in yesterday’s episode of What The Hell Is...

March 2025 Holding Out for A Hero by Jim Steinman and Dean Pitchford; Changes by Debra Milligan Where have all the good men gone and...

March 2025 On Labor Day 2013, I posted this essay on my newly created website.  The title, Blithely Unaware , refers to my attitude...

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

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...