Mirka Muse

July 9, 1949- October 14, 2026 I could write about Ev's many achievements and the glowing path of grace she has paved on this earth. But...

  In this case… One OCTOBER 20 th LONG AGO…   If you have read my blog in the past, you know I like to mull over “ this date in histo...

  or--- DO YOU WANT TO BE RIGHT, OR DO YOU WANT TO BE HAPPY? Lest you suggest the title and subtitle of this post are the same thing, I ...

  😉 PERHAPS THAT’S THE WAY EVERYTHING WORKS 😜 Another in the vein of “fake it till you make it.” Yup.   But here’s the kicker— It ...

  …ONE FOOT IN FRONT OF THE OTHER 👣   Notes to self: 1.       Just take one step. 2.       Then, another 3.       Start somewhere...

  …FOR LATER   Much later.   There’s a truth almost universally acknowledged that a writer who wishes to improve must set aside thei...

  Whoever came up with the above relationship advice knew of what they speak.   On the face of it, it doesn’t sound right. In real life ...

  Yes, I know. I know. But what if…             It’s someone who rarely calls and I want to talk to them. Or…                         It...

  The above is not a simple matter. This applies to every notion and decision on life’s journey, but writers know it as how to handle critic...

Growing up in Israel, September 1 st was the first day of the school year. No matter what else would suggest bumping the beginning of our t...

DH, one of the original techies (he designed both hardware and software when few knew what those “wares” were) mocks the big to-do about AI....

There’s a much-used axiom that starts with “There are two kinds of people. The first… .” One can replace the “two” with any number. The po...

  a.k.a ROMI PROGRESS REPORT You might recall we adopted a new cat . DH named her Romi. Romi spent the first six days hiding under a bed i...

  In my growing up years I observed how the adults in my life would get together with friends to have “coffee & Cake” and good conversat...

  Or— YES, THERE IS SUCH A THING AS OVERSHARING   I had a friend who, in conversations with near strangers in the space of one minute,...

  If you haven’t heard the term breakout novel , a short definition would be – “A breakout novel is a book that dramatically elevates an a...

A few years ago, my then agent sent to all his writers a short list of what an editor he knew was looking for. One item on the editor’s wish...

  Meet Romi.* She is now our new cat. *DH Chose to re-name her, in lieu of her shelter name "Elsa." She is people shy and fo...

  CALM YOURSELF, THE STORM WILL PASS   Some months back, I found myself in the middle of a cascading chain of events that made no sense,...

  ASIMON: A token (from Greek: ἄσημον ("ἀ-σεμον"), "without a sign", in the language of the Sages) is a means of payment...

 Just as I was about to scream at the maddening younger folks who seem to live in their phones that “LIFE IS NOT INSIDE YOUR PHONES, people!...

  As we stand now, in mid-2026, printed paper books still reign supreme in Kidlit.   Children, as it turns out, haven’t flocked to eBook...

  “Every day, computers make people easier to use.” Paulina Borsook (In her book “Cyberselfish”)     ‘Tis a truth (almost) univers...

  Are you, like me, tickled by oxymorons? Oxymoron : “ a figure of speech in which apparently  contradictory  terms appear in conjunction....

  On May 19 , 1536, Anne   Boleyn , the infamous second wife of King Henry   VIII  is executed on  charges including adultery, incest and co...