Mirka Muse

*No, this doesn’t refer to race, but to “all or nothing” Children, some say, are basically black & white thinkers. A character or ...

Reminder to self: Goals that depend on others are not goals, but wishes. Up to me: *Write regularly *Meet creative output go...

Having *just* gone onto Daylight Savings Time, (after our country's ever decreasing sojourns on standard time) those who’ve read my po...

Still ruminating on my post from two weeks back--- Because I just re-worked a R &R (writerly code for “revise & resubmit” requ...

On this date, February 26, in the year of our Lord 1616, Galileo Galilei was formerly banned by the Roman Catholic Church from teaching or...

In one of the funniest episodes of the TV series Seinfeld, Elaine wants to impress a famous Russian novelist with her inside knowledge. “D...

Most folks have routines that get them going no matter what sort of work they do. Most writers I know, or know of, do their creative w...

Living in the San Francisco bay area, the celebrations of the lunar calendar are evident. The East Asian Lunar New Year celebration...

Apparently, that’s a thing. And it’s not funny. Social Media Stress , not to be confused with Social Media Phobia, is what happens w...

Ahm...Not As one whose blog is not the talk of the town, I am an authority on how not to have a blog that gets attention. Whe...

“ Courage is not the towering oak  that sees storms come and go; It is the fragile blossom  that opens in the snow. ” ― Alice Mack...

PLACEBO: Noun: placebo ; plural noun: placebos 1.      A harmless pill, medicine, or procedure prescribed more for the psychological...

To the purely rational mind, January first is just another day. This year it is a Tuesday. Another Tuesday. But the change of a digit ...

In some places it is--- In some it is--- { Hello, Down under^ } And where I am it is always--- { Even the lights do...

There are words that have changed meaning over the generations. Think how cool went from “of or at fairly low temperature” to an expressi...

My late father was a holocaust survivor who lost every member of his family. He lived this dark nightmare in his teens, and came out of it...

Third night of Hanukkah, and our yearly holiday party is still not on. For many years we had a few families get together to light th...

*I explained this in an old post, here As the month of November comes to its inevitable conclusion, all across this land writers eithe...

When I was a wee one, one of my teachers used to say, and often, “ Remember to breathe. ” This struck me as funny. Who forgets to bre...

~ November 13 ~ Indulge me as I reminisce, combining world history with personal. The year was 2015, and it was Friday. DS had j...