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I Killed a Deer: Everyday Magic, Day 1,116
"You'll be happy to hear we didn't kill a dear," my son Daniel's friend Dan told me two weeks ago when the two Daniels hauled their bright..
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 31, 20243 min read
33 Things To Get You From Here to There: Everyday Magic, Day 1,109
“Don’t read the news, at least not the feeding frenzy of speculation about the election,” I keep telling myself, and for good reason....
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Nov 2, 20247 min read
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,...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jul 6, 20244 min read
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...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 19, 20237 min read
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...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Nov 29, 20233 min read
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...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Oct 10, 20232 min read
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...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Aug 6, 20232 min read
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...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jul 27, 20233 min read
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...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jul 3, 20233 min read
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...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jun 7, 20232 min read
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...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Mar 12, 20233 min read
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...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 4, 20224 min read
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....
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Nov 26, 20223 min read
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...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
May 16, 20222 min read
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...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Mar 7, 20223 min read
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...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Feb 24, 20222 min read
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...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jan 8, 20223 min read
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...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Oct 26, 20212 min read
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...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jul 18, 20214 min read
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. ...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
May 20, 20212 min read
