Herta Muller, on writing:

I have always written only for myself - to clarify things,

to clarify things with myself,

to understand in an inner way what is actually happening.

- Herta Muller.

Go Pens!

March 21, 2026

Pittsburgh Penguins: 5

Winnipeg Jets: 4

YEAH!

GO PENS!

On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1992)

Star Trek: Discovery (2019)

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Season 5. Episode 18.

Episode entitled: Cause And Effect.

Released March 21, 1992.

Directed by Jonathan Frakes.

Written by Brannon Braga, René Echevarria.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Dennis McCarthy.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Michelle Forbes, Patti Yasutake, Kelsey Grammer, Rachen Assapiomonwait, Michael Braveheart, Tracee Cocco, Debbie David, Eben Ham, Christina Wegler Miles, Victor Sein, John Alex Tampoya, Mikki Val.

Star Trek: Discovery

Season 2. Episode 10.

Episode entitled: The Red Angel.

Released March 21, 2019.

Directed by Hanelle M. Culpepper.

Created by Bryan Fuller, Alex Kurtzman.

Written by Chris Silvestri, Anthony Maranville, Kirsten Beyer, Sean Cochran.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Jeff Russo.

Cast: Sonequa Martin-Green, Doug Jones, Anthony Rapp, Mary Wiseman, Wilson Cruz, Shazad Latif, Anson Mount, Michelle Yeoh, Jayne Brook, Ethan Peck, Alan Van Sprang, Sonja Sohn, Rachael Ancheril, Hannah Cheesman, Emily Coutts, Patrick Kwok-Choon, Oyin Oladejo, Ronnie Rowe, Sara Mitich, Jason Anthony, George Alevizos, Avaah Blackwell, James MacKinnon, Shelley Owens, Ronald Tang.

On this day in music history - Magical Ring, by Clannad (1983):

Magical Ring by Clannad (1983)

Soft Place to Fall by Deborah Coleman (2000)

Magical Ring

Album by Clannad,

released March 21, 1983.

Track list: Theme from Harry’s Game / Clannad & Máire Brennan; Tower Hill; Seachrán Charn tSiail; Passing Time; Coinleach Glas An Fhómhair; I See Red; Tá’ Mé Mo Shuí; Newgrange; The Fairy Queen; Thíos Fá’n Chósta; Coinleach Glas An Fhómhair.

Soft Place to Fall

Album by Deborah Coleman,

released March 21, 2000.

Track list: Look What You Do to Me - Deborah Coleman; Confused - Deborah Coleman; Look What You Do to Me; Don’t Lie to Me; If You Love Me Like You Say; Another Hoping Fool; I’m a Woman; So Damn Easy; Nothing’ to Do with Love; What Goes Around; The Day It Comes.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1958):

M Squad

Season 1. Episode 26.
Episode entitled: Girl Lost.
Released March 21, 1958.
Directed by Richard Bartlett.
Written by David P. Harmon.
Music by Stanley Wilson.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Bill Williams, Margaret Field, Paul Newlan, Myron Healey, Vera Marshe, Ross Ford, Louise Truax, Beryl Machin, Earl Hansen.

On this day in movie history - The Hitch-Hiker (1953):

The Hitch-Hiker

directed by Ida Lupino,

written by Ida Lupino and Collier Young,

was released in the United States on March 21, 1953.
Inspired by the true 1950–1951 Billy Cook murder case.
Music by Leith Stevens.

Cast:

Edmond O'Brien, Frank Lovejoy, William Talman, José Torvay, Wendell Niles, Jean Del Val, Clark Howat, Natividad Vacío, Rodney Bell.

Born on this day – Michael Dibdin:

Michael Dibdin

Writer

March 21, 1947 – March 30, 2007

Credits:

Books:

A Long Finish (1998); A Rich Full Death (1986); And Then You Die (2002); Back to Bologna (2003); Blood Rain (1999); Cabal (1992); Così Fan Tutti (1996); Dark Spectre (1996); Dead Lagoon (1994); Dirty Tricks (1991); End Games (2007); Medusa (2003); Ratking (1988); Thanksgiving (2001); The Dying of the Light (1993); The Last Sherlock Holmes Story (1978); The Picador Book of Crime Writing (1993); The Tryst (1990); The Vintage Book of Classic Crime (1997); Vendetta (1990).

Movies and television:

Zen (2011); Lucy in the Sky (2008); Dirty Tricks (2000).