Valentine’s Day 2025 Hey There Lonely Boy by Leon Carr and Earl Shuman Hey there, lonely boy Lonely boy Let me make your broken heart...

January’s End 2025 Too Many Rivers by Harlan Howard; French translation by Debra Milligan I wish I could come back to you, dear Cause I...

23 January 2025 This past week, I read another inaccurate headline, online — for where else would anyone in the USA find the disembodied...

20 January 2025 The Battle Hymn of the Republic by Julia Ward Howe Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord: He is...

25 January 2025 Not the haggis. I’m really not up to haggis this year, or any year. I’d rather have guts than eat them! I offer...

January 2025 Right or Wrong Composed by Arthur Sizemore and Paul Biese, with lyrics by Haven Gillespie Just One of Those Things by Cole...

January 2025 It’s Magic Music by Jule Styne, with lyrics by Sammy Cahn; French translation by Debra Milligan You sigh the song begins You speak and I hear violins . . . It’s magic. The stars desert the skies and rush to nestle in your eyes It’s magic. Without a golden wand or mystic charms fantastic things begin when I am in your arms. When we walk hand-in-hand the world becomes a wonderland It’s magic How else can I explain those rainbows when there i

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2025! There are many Americans who are ending this past year with “Good Riddance.” The sentiment is justifiable, but I can’t partake in it. This past year, fraught with fright and ferocious atrocities, was also filled with immeasurable blessings, invaluable lessons, and glorious history. I’d been putting off my French translation review of Chapter 21/Chapitre 21 of THE DAWN/L’AUBE because I really didn’t want to have to deal with Philippe de Camay. That sc

23 December 2024 Hound Dog by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller; Changes by Debra Milligan You, you, you ain’t nothing but a hound dog ...

Winter Solstice 2024 By the fall of 1940, forty-eight Jewish orphans had been rescued and conveyed by Guillaume and his compatriots into...

Christmas 2024 You’re All I Want for Christmas by Seger Ellis and Glen T. Moore; French translation by Debra Milligan You’re all I want...

December 2024 From Mrs. Christmas Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas Music by Hugh Martin, original lyrics by Ralph Blaine; changes...

December 2024 Santa Claus is Coming to Town Music by John Frederick Coots, with lyrics by Haven Gillespie You better watch out You better not cry You better not pout I’m telling you why: Santa Claus is coming to town. He’s making a list He’s checking it twice Gonna find out who’s naughty and nice Santa Claus is coming to town. He sees you when you’re sleeping He knows when you’re awake He knows when you’ve been bad or good So be good for goodness sake!

Christmas 2024 And The Angels Sing Music by Ziggy Elman, with lyrics by Johnny Mercer We meet, and the angels sing The angels sing the...

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

Feast of St. Nicholas 2024 Petit Papa Noël ( Little Father Christmas ) was composed by Henri Martinet, with lyrics by Raymond Vincy. ...

November’s End 2024 I’m Losing You/Connais-tu English adaptation lyrics by Carl Sigman of Connais-Tu, musique et paroles par Jean Renard...

Mid-November 2024 When A Man Loves A Woman Written by Calvin Lewis and Andrew Wright When a man loves a woman, He can’t keep his mind on...

Mid-November 2024 The Nearness of You Music by Hoagy Carmichael, with lyrics by Ned Washington; French translation by Debra Milligan It’s...

November 2024 When Eating an Entire Pumpkin Loaf is Inappropriate: There’s the mini-loaf! I found this recipe (among many others) in...