Last month I promised a view of the Aegean in “real time.” Not sure what that means because so much of this part of the world is “unreal” by its very nature. After all, it’s where the gods chose to live and frolic in ancient times and modern day tourists try emulating their behavior every [...] Read More →
Author Archives: Jeffrey Siger
You’re Going Where?!?
I’m heading back to Greece in a couple of weeks. If that sentence prompted “why?” to pop into your mind, this post is for you.
My Pilgrimage
I’m on a sort of Hajj. Not to Mecca, of course, for only followers of Islam are allowed there. In fact, it’s the religious duty of all physically and financially capable Muslims to make their pilgrimage to that holy place at least once in their lives. But perhaps if I turned my back to the [...] Read More →
There is a God.
No, this is not another story about Tim Tebow, the deeply devout, twenty-four-year-old National Football League quarterback for the Denver Broncos whose openly practiced faith and miraculous wins made him national headlines and fodder for late night television spoofs. Besides, I’m a Pittsburgh Steeler fan and one of those wins knocked us out of the [...] Read More →
Christmas in Greece
Among the many places on earth where “tidings of joy” would be particularly welcome this Christmas season is the land that gives life to my characters and place to their adventures. It’s been a rough year on the Greeks. Make that two very rough years. But here’s hoping things change for the better…and soon. And [...] Read More →
Random Thoughts of Husbands and Beyond
According to London’s The Telegraph, “Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s wife is considering divorce following the latest claims linking him to a call-girl network in Northern France, but she fears leaving him will send him into a nervous breakdown.” How sweet. Mrs. Herman Cain is another political wife who must be wondering where all the good times have [...] Read More →
A Fairy Tale Come True.
Once upon a time, in a far away land, lived a man with horrible allergies. Neither snow nor rain nor sleep nor brooms on mites, stayed the allergens from the swift completion of their appointed sounds: ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhHHH CHEWWWWW! In the middle of the night they’d creep into his bed with their closest friend, a giver [...] Read More →
My September 11, 2001
I’m just back from participating with several other Poisoned Pen authors in Bouchercon, the world’s largest mystery writer and fan conference. This year it was held in St. Louis and I think it’s an understatement to say that we all had a terrific time. But I did miss seeing you there… and you know who [...] Read More →
Welcome To My Life
The toughest thing about living on a Greek island is that practically everyone on the planet thinks you’re goofing off, especially when it’s the party-hearty Aegean island of Mykonos. My Mykonian friends know better. They keep saying, “Jeffrey, it’s summertime on Mykonos, stop being so American and working all the time.” (Okay, so maybe not [...] Read More →
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Blog.
Yes, it’s a Strangelove. But I found it. Never thought I would. Not in a zillion years. For blogging takes you away from your writing. Distracts you for hours, sometimes far longer. I guess that’s the answer to why I love to blog: it makes me think about something other than my own work and [...] Read More →