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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.

A Glimpse of the America We Could Be: Everyday Magic, Day 1,102

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jul 6
4 min

A Glimpse of the America We Could Be: Everyday Magic, Day 1,102

On the eve of July 4th, I saw what our deeply-divided and pitifully-polarized country could be in a Minneapolis city park. Above, around,...

How to Build a Life: Everyday Magic, Day 1089

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Dec 19, 2023
7 min

How to Build a Life: Everyday Magic, Day 1089

How to build a life is really up to the person living that life, but after carrying this topic around in my head for a while, I realized...

The Older I Get, the More I Flirt With Dogs: Everyday Magic, Day 1087

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Nov 29, 2023
3 min

The Older I Get, the More I Flirt With Dogs: Everyday Magic, Day 1087

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...

Welcome (Back) to the Everyday Magic Blog

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Oct 10, 2023
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...

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

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Aug 6, 2023
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, 2023
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...

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

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jul 3, 2023
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...

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

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jun 7, 2023
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...

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

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Mar 12, 2023
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...

For the Love of Aunt Jill: Everyday Magic, Day 1072

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Dec 4, 2022
4 min

For the Love of Aunt Jill: Everyday Magic, Day 1072

“I’m not going to leave a message,” my sister Lauren said when she left a message Friday. I was standing in the corner of an ebullient...

27 Things I’m Grateful For: Everyday Magic, Day 1071

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Nov 26, 2022
3 min

27 Things I’m Grateful For: Everyday Magic, Day 1071

It’s almost twilight, Moxie dog is sleeping in the corner, my ears are buzzing with low-hum tinnitus, and I’m about to make dinner....

Force of Nature Day (Which is Actually Everyday): Everyday Magic, Day 1058

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

May 16, 2022
2 min

Force of Nature Day (Which is Actually Everyday): Everyday Magic, Day 1058

Yesterday began with running outside in our pajamas to cut irises as fast as possible while 70 mph winds and a giant thunderstorm...

What’s Wrong With Humans (and Some Birds): Everyday Magic, Day 1052

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Mar 7, 2022
3 min

What’s Wrong With Humans (and Some Birds): Everyday Magic, Day 1052

An hour ago, a mourning dove crashed so hard against our living room window that Ken and I both jumped. The dove attacked his reflection...

A Limping Coyote in the Snow: Everyday Magic, Day 1051

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Feb 24, 2022
2 min

A Limping Coyote in the Snow: Everyday Magic, Day 1051

Yesterday, I was surprised by how big he was, and how, from a distance, he looked sleek and strong. But then he came closer, making...

Doe a Deer Lives to See Another Day: Everyday Magic, Day 1047

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jan 8, 2022
3 min

Doe a Deer Lives to See Another Day: Everyday Magic, Day 1047

This is a story of what can happen when you ask the birds to talk to the deer as well as how conversations in our minds can seem like...

Listening to the Land With New Hearing: Everyday Magic, Day 1061

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Oct 26, 2021
2 min

Listening to the Land With New Hearing: Everyday Magic, Day 1061

Lying in bed this morning between layers of flannel with a purring kitty under the covers with me, I dreamed in and out of the call of a...

The Inner and Outer Wildness That Brings Us Home: Everyday Magic, Day 1041

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jul 18, 2021
4 min

The Inner and Outer Wildness That Brings Us Home: Everyday Magic, Day 1041

Here’s a post about my new podcast, “Tell Me Your Truest Story.” Please listen to the podcast here. For me, it’s always been the trees...

Meanwhile, the Birds: Everyday Magic, Day 1038

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

May 20, 2021
2 min

Meanwhile, the Birds: Everyday Magic, Day 1038

We are living in a world of rain lately, and according to the weather forecast, this is life as we know it into the foreseeable process. ...

A Love Letter to Shay: For the Love of a Dog: Everyday Magic, Day 1034

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Mar 29, 2021
9 min

A Love Letter to Shay: For the Love of a Dog: Everyday Magic, Day 1034

Y ou just showed up one winter day, nose to nose with our labmatian (lab-dalmatian) Mariah, only the glass of the screen door between...

Birds Are the Best Thing About Winter: Everyday Magic, Day 1029

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Feb 13, 2021
3 min

Birds Are the Best Thing About Winter: Everyday Magic, Day 1029

When the temperature gets near or below zero, survival comes into sharper focus for us all, but so do birds and their survival without...

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