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From Kansas to Peru With Love: Installment #3
Ken, Stephanie with a child and his Mom after adjusting the wheelchair, with CASP teacher. One of the unexpected bonuses for our trip’s...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Nov 8, 20115 min read


From Kansas to Peru with Love: Installment #1
Hotel Melodia has a very modest presence along the six-lane divided street of bustling traffic in the San Miguel section of Lima, Peru....
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Oct 29, 20114 min read


Living in Two Worlds At Once, or “Do I Contradict Myself? Very Well Then, I Contradict Myself&
A few days ago, a woman driving me through a pounding rainstorm in New England revealed to me that she both works for an organization...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Oct 20, 20112 min read


Written in Occupation: Everyday Magic, Day 427
Around the perimeter, visitors and regulars stand at the gate and film what’s happening. Tourists walk through, giving out money or...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Oct 17, 20112 min read


What Democracy Looks Like Today at Occupy Wall Street: Everyday Magic, Day 426
Meditation and Prayer at Zuccotti Park This was what I found when I stepped into Zuccotti Park, ground zero of the occupy movement...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Oct 16, 20112 min read


Remembering Matthew Shepard & What Divides Us: Everday Magic, Day 424
There are many people tortured, even killed, just because they are who they are, and while I don’t mean to lift up Shepard above all...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Oct 12, 20112 min read


In Memory of Peter Berg & Celebration of Real Time: Everyday Magic, Day 384
Peter at the Texas bioregional gathering in 1992 “We didn’t play it for the Big Time. We didn’t play it for the Small Time. We played it...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Aug 6, 20113 min read


How Much Love We Can Show Together, From Kansas To Norway: Everyday Magic, Day 378
When bad things happen -- whether at the personal, community, state, national or world level -- how we rise up again comes down to coming...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jul 28, 20112 min read


What Is Wrong With This Picture, and Will the Real Kansans Please Stand Up?: Everyday Magic, Day 296
Today I felt like I was punched in the stomach when I read the news: the governor put on administrative leave the five employees of the...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
May 11, 20112 min read


Abiding Grace: A Tribute to Grace Paley
Note: Grace Paley, one of the most amazing writers and activists of our time, died in late August. I wrote this after experiencing her...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 4, 20076 min read