St. Patrick’s Day 2025 Recently, I watched a video of a podcast interview of Howard Lutnick, the 41st Secretary of Commerce of the United...

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...

President’s Day 17 February 2025 All day today, I’ve been hearing, in my mind, this first line of lyrics, which is also the title of this...

13 February 2025 I was oot and aboot yesterday morning, doing errands in between the raindrops, or rain storms in my bailiwick.  Costco...

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  ...

Valentine’s Day 2025 The key to romantic success, the one that unlocked the door to true love for me — came quite by surprise, perhaps by...

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...

V-Day 2025 In my essay, L-O-V-E Themes — Modern Dating Lingo , posted in The Art of Letter, and dated Year’s End 2019, I mention this...

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...

25 January 2025 “You are trying to find a happy ending where there cannot be one.”   I heard those words in my mind this morning.  I...

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

21 January 2025 Good Mornin’ Music by Nacio Herb Brown and lyrics by Arthur Freed; Changes by Debra Milligan Good mornin’   Good mornin’...

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...

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  ...