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The Everyday Magic Blog

I'm so happy to share my blog, started in 2008 as part of my writing practice and as way to connect directly with you! Please peruse the blog, and sign up to get the latest posts. You can also get my beautifully-produced and illustrated collection of many blog posts, Everyday Magic: Fieldnotes on the Mundane and the Miraculous through Meadowlark Press here. Thanks for being part of my everyday magic.

The Older I Get, the More I Flirt With Dogs

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

3 days ago
3 min

The Older I Get, the More I Flirt With Dogs

I don't mean this metaphorically. I flirt with real dogs everywhere who, as I mosey on toward my mid-60s, turn out to be so much better...

What Can We Do in Impossible Times: Everyday Magic, Day 1088

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Nov 22
3 min

What Can We Do in Impossible Times: Everyday Magic, Day 1088

This morning, after waking once again at 5 a.m. freaked out about the state of the world, Gaza and Israel specifically, I eventually gave...

Your Jewish Friends Are Also Not Okay: Everyday Magic, Day 1087

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Oct 31
4 min

Your Jewish Friends Are Also Not Okay: Everyday Magic, Day 1087

I am an American Jew in love with the beauty of the world. I am a human in anguish over what others of my species are doing to one...

Welcome (Back) to the Everyday Magic Blog

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Oct 10
2 min

Welcome (Back) to the Everyday Magic Blog

Dear everyone, I'm writing to you because my hunch is you were among the 2,000+ subscribers to my Everyday Magic blog. It's a hunch...

Things Come in Waves: Everyday Magic, Day 1086

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Aug 17
2 min

Things Come in Waves: Everyday Magic, Day 1086

The weather, for instance: it’s everything lovely at once, then the opposite. I know yet again after looking at the forecast for highs in...

Some Things I’ve Learned About Anxiety: Everyday Magic, Day 1085

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Aug 6
2 min

Some Things I’ve Learned About Anxiety: Everyday Magic, Day 1085

When did I become a student of anxiety? It’s hard to remember because I’ve been stalked by it for as long as I can remember, but...

A Sound Bath in Eureka Springs, Arkansas: Everyday Magic, Day 1086

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jul 27
3 min

A Sound Bath in Eureka Springs, Arkansas: Everyday Magic, Day 1086

I start out walking through cicadas, thousands, millions, maybe billions of them — this is Arkansas so it’s hard to know — a tunnel of...

A Sudden Storm, a Sudden Death: Everyday Magic, Day 1085

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jul 15
3 min

A Sudden Storm, a Sudden Death: Everyday Magic, Day 1085

Just before Kris told me at lunch she couldn’t wait for a good thunderstorm, Denise texted Judy and me, “On the way to the hospital. Not...

Dear Loud Fireworks: Please Stop. Sincerely, All the Dogs & Me: Everyday Magic, Day 1084

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jul 3
3 min

Dear Loud Fireworks: Please Stop. Sincerely, All the Dogs & Me: Everyday Magic, Day 1084

Shortly after dinner fireworks tonight, an explosion went off with such power that our entire house shook. We all jumped, Ken, me, and...

Good Conversation on the Open Road: Everyday Magic, Day 1083

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jun 26
2 min

Good Conversation on the Open Road: Everyday Magic, Day 1083

The temps soared to the high 90s, the sun was bright, and Ken and I took to the open road on Saturday for me to give a Humanities Kansas...

In the Glory of Hackberry Butterflies: Everyday Magic, Day 1082

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jun 7
2 min

In the Glory of Hackberry Butterflies: Everyday Magic, Day 1082

For a week each year, the hackberry butterflies float, soar, and flutter in such number that we have to keep our mouths closed when...

A New Understanding of Memorial Day: Everyday Magic, Day 1081

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

May 27
2 min

A New Understanding of Memorial Day: Everyday Magic, Day 1081

This year on Memorial Day, my 33-year-old son asked all of our family local to meet at the cemetery to decorate the graves, speak to our...

The Most Beautiful Thing is Now: Everyday Magic, Day 1080

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Apr 19
2 min

The Most Beautiful Thing is Now: Everyday Magic, Day 1080

As soon as we started driving west from Kansas City International Airport Monday, I fell in love again with late afternoon light play and...

Back in the Porch in Big Wind: Everyday Magic, Day 1079

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Apr 4
2 min

Back in the Porch in Big Wind: Everyday Magic, Day 1079

“Little darling, it’s been a long cold lonely winter,” the Beatles sang, and while my winter wasn’t so lonely, it felt unduly long and...

Known & Lesser-Known Stages of Covid in Our House: Everyday Magic, Day 1078

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Mar 12
3 min

Known & Lesser-Known Stages of Covid in Our House: Everyday Magic, Day 1078

We managed to avoid getting Covid for almost three years, to the point that when that screaming hot pink line appeared on the test strip...

Bruce Springsteen, Grace, and Mortality in Kansas City: Everyday Magic, Day 1077

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Feb 21
3 min

Bruce Springsteen, Grace, and Mortality in Kansas City: Everyday Magic, Day 1077

A few days ago I went to my seventh and perhaps my last Springsteen concert, which was (as always) a tour de force love child of sacred...

The Power of Music: Everyday Magic, Day 1076

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Feb 17
2 min

The Power of Music: Everyday Magic, Day 1076

This is the week of the Bruces for me — I saw Bruce Cockburn in concert Thurs. night, and Sat. night, I’m off to see Bruce Springsteen...

Defining Moments in the Dark: Everyday Magic, Day 1075

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jan 21
3 min

Defining Moments in the Dark: Everyday Magic, Day 1075

I was fifteen years ago and miserable when I first went to a youth group Havdalah service one winter evening. I was living with my very...

Juxtapositions Make Life Interesting: Everyday Magic, Day 1074

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jan 8
2 min

Juxtapositions Make Life Interesting: Everyday Magic, Day 1074

Juxtapositions — putting like with non-like — add zip, surprise, sometimes anxiety, and often uncertainty to our lives. They’re also at...

The Dark of the Dark, the Cold of the Cold: Everyday Magic, Day 1073

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Dec 22, 2022
2 min

The Dark of the Dark, the Cold of the Cold: Everyday Magic, Day 1073

In the middle of the longest night of the year, my anxiety search dogs kept jarring me awake, running amok while looking for something to...

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