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Susan Spann on Girls Can Be Ninjas Too[A couple of weeks ago we published a Susan Spann classic on Female Samurai Warriors. This Sunday we offer Susan's take on another...
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What to Know About Greece's Sunday National ElectionsJeff––Saturday Tomorrow is Sunday, it’s also Greece’s National Election Day Redux, when...
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The 100 days.....Our NHS is a marvellous thing and has to be protected. Most sensible people that I speak to say that it should taken out of the political...
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THE BIGGEST SEA DISASTERSThe story of the Titan submersible vessel . At this time of writing, Titan with its five passengers has not been recovered and with...
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Popiah LessonsOvidia-- every other Tuesday We had popiah for lunch at Coronation Plaza; the first time in a long time for both Coronation Plaza...
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Potosi: My Very first BlogI was feeling a little guilty about reposting, rather than offering new material for today. But I have been...
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Ladies Football -- then and when?[Here's a post Zoë put up four years ago exploring a topic now in the news in many parts of the world (but far from all); namely, women's...
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Current Reflections on What it Means to be a Pittsburgh Jew.Jeff—Saturday Four and a half years ago I shared my thoughts in the wake of the October 27, 2018 massacre of eleven elderly...
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The Boy from ShoptonWendall -- every other Thursday Until four years ago, Father’s Day was one of my favorite days...
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The Terrible CloudSUJATA MASSEY When the cloud came, I didn't know what to expect. The Mid-Atlantic Area is known as a middling kind of...
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The Historical Novel Society-North America: 2023 ConferenceAnnamaria on Monday We writers on MIE are—to a person—all familiar with the popular mystery/thriller book conferences, of which...
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Another Classic From Susan Spann: From Tohoku With Love...and Horses.[Five years ago yesterday, Susan announced her self-imposed challenge to scale 100 Japanese peaks over the next 12 months. Another challenge she...
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All the News That's Print to Cause a FitJeff--Saturday I thought that today I’d find a big story in the news to write about,...
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Introducing HeatherAberdeen is up in the North East of Scotland, 93 miles from Edinburgh. It’s the most northern place of dense population,...
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Death in the morning - Krasimir KamenovMichael - Alternate Thursdays Dynamic Duo Ruja Ignatova and Krasimir Kamenov Courtesy Daily Maverick Unfortunately,...
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REVISIT: WHY AFRICAN LIT DESERVES BETTERKwei--Wed Late post: massive software problems today, so I’m going to do a repost for now. AFRICAN LITERATURE–Why it deserves better...
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Ashtanga and Murder Mysteries: finding freedom within structureOvidia-- every other Tuesday I bunged up my shoulder a couple of months back, trying to jump back into chaturanga dandasana during an ashtanga...
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Writing the Voices in My HeadJames McCrone Subbing for Annamaria My MWA-NY buddy James McCrone is back to talk about the experience of writing his...
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A Zoë Sharp Classic: It Was a Dark and Stormy Night...Redux: Opening Lines[For those of you who don't realize how much we miss our longtime colleague Zoë's brilliant biweekly contributions to MIE, here's...
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SYROS: Grande Dame Island of Greece's CycladesJeff–Saturday Ninety miles southeast of Athens sits the island of Syros, the...
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The Blood Of CrowsAt some time during the Mesolithic period I wrote a book called the Blood of Crows. The crows in that sense related to a...
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Stumbling Across the Tightrope of DisbeliefWendall -- every other Thursday As I was proofreading my latest book, I fell into the habit of listening to stand-up...
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A Breath of Fresh AirSujata Massey I didn't get away to anywhere fabulous this past Memorial Day weekend. I wish I could have. As the summer of 2023 starts,...
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How to Write a Cable TV MiniseriesAnnamaria on Monday It's a beautiful spring day, the Sunday of a holiday weekend. I have two choices: to take a...
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A Susan Spann Classic: Female Samurai Warriors[We miss Susan, but she's left us a treasure trove of blog posts that we'll draw upon from time to time for no other reason than they're just so...
