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Mykonos, Here I Come!Jeff--Saturday Tuesday, I return to Greece where I shall remain until returning to the US in late summer for Bouchercon in San...
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Blog Number 6I was sure it did. Enchanting Could I escape out here? Swim across here? Make it down there?...
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Freedom DayMichael – Alternate Thursdays Today is Freedom Day in South Africa, at least as significant here as July 4 is in the US. It...
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CLIMATE CHANGE AT A GLANCEEarth Day 2023 was on April 22. The earth faces tough challenges, especially global warming and climate change. 1.Definitions...
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It's My Birthday tomorrow--Ovidia-- every other Tuesday It's my birthday tomorrow--that's my excuse for using this space to take a look at where I am in my life now,...
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Kubrick: A Man Who Could Tell Every Kind of StoryAnnamaria on Monday I have been binge watching the films of Stanley Kubrick, and because I am such a nerd,...
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Dominion Voting Systems One, FOX NEWS ZipJeff–Saturday Much of the media coverage this past week on a settlement reached on the first day of trial in the...
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Walking the Wall; The Roman BathsChester is a town in the west of England, slightly to the north and not that far from the Welsh border. it's 209 miles from London and...
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Forget it, Jake, it's GentrificationWendall--every other Thursday I was particularly heartbroken last week by this Los Angeles news headline: “Chinatown renters rally against...
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A Journey with Anne PerrySUJATA MASSEY I’ve been thinking about the mystery author Anne Perry, who recently died in Los Angeles at age eighty-four...
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Writing vs Writing About WritingAnnamaria on Monday I am inspired here by critical biographies I have been reading: about Michelangelo and about...
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The Murder of PC Sharon BeshenivskyDelayed Justice Zoë Sharp Listening to the news this week brought up the name of a murdered police officer I...
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Tomorrow is Greek Easter, AgainSaturday––Jeff Over the years I’ve written about the traditions of Greek Easter many times....
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The blog that wasn't!As you have gathered, there's a very late almost not existent blog today. The fates conspired against me. Well, it started with...
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The Facebook RapistMichael - alternate Thursdays Thabo Bester To hear him tell it to the judge in mitigation, Thabo Bester had...
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THE TAUTOLOGY TRAPWed--Kwei Over years of writing, my editors have caught my tautology blunders: needless repetition of an idea expressed in a different...
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The Empty Tomb @ 38 Oxley RoadOvidia-- every other Tuesday I was thinking about the coming together of Easter, Passover and Ramadan this year--but other people...
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TidbitsAnnamaria on Monday A lot is going on in my life, and I have many topics I might take up today, but I can't seem to get more than than...
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Cherry Blossoms and Castle Keeps - Springtime in Japan-- Susan, every other Sunday Two weeks ago, some friends from the United States and I took a trip to Kyushu--Japan's southernmost...
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An Historical Perspective on Passover, Easter, and Paskay Jeff––Saturday Last Wednesday night was the first Passover Seder. Tomorrow is Easter in...
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The Tough Side Of ResearchJust about to start a new book. Got about 20 000 words in and I knew I needed to go and visit one of the places where the bodies are...
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Filling The WellWendall--every other Thursday I turned in a book on Monday. I don’t know whether my experiences in the...
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A Secret GardenSujata Massey It seems amazing that two weeks ago, I was marveling at springtime in the desert. I'm back home in the...
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Kudos to Kids AuthorsWatching Cressida Cowell talk about storytelling and creativity onstage during the Oxford Literary Festival late last month...
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Art History on TrialAnnamaria on Monday In February of 2022, I posted a blog about one of the greatest masterpieces of Renaissance art. At the time, I...
