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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.

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...

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...

Two Years Later and What Will be Two Years From Now?: Everyday Magic, Day 1053

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Mar 13, 2022
2 min

Two Years Later and What Will be Two Years From Now?: Everyday Magic, Day 1053

It all changed March 13, 2020 for many of us in this country. That Friday the 13th was auspicious in ways people like me didn’t see...

For the Love of Mike and His Art: Everyday Magic, Day 1045

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Dec 18, 2021
2 min

For the Love of Mike and His Art: Everyday Magic, Day 1045

For years, they arrived regularly, two or three batches every month or so that always included one for me, one for Ken, and occasionally...

For the Love of the Song & the Singer: Remembering Martin Swinger: Everyday Magic, Day 1040

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jul 8, 2021
2 min

For the Love of the Song & the Singer: Remembering Martin Swinger: Everyday Magic, Day 1040

Martin Swinger, a virtuoso singer and songwriter, died suddenly in early July, leaving behind his husband (and partner of 35 years) Brian...

“Life Will Break You”: A Year Since Everything Changed: Everyday Magic, Day 1031

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Mar 11, 2021
3 min

“Life Will Break You”: A Year Since Everything Changed: Everyday Magic, Day 1031

“This is probably the last time we’ll be able to do this,” we nervously joked with each other a year ago. We were friends, gathered at...

When I Don’t Know What Else to Do: Everyday Magic, Day 1025

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jan 12, 2021
2 min

When I Don’t Know What Else to Do: Everyday Magic, Day 1025

Since the riots of hatred last Wednesday, it’s hard to get my bearings. Like most of the people I know, the word “unbelievable!” peppers...

Nine Reasons to Give a Little (or a Lot): Everyday Magic, Day 978

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jun 29, 2019
2 min

Nine Reasons to Give a Little (or a Lot): Everyday Magic, Day 978

As many of you know, I’m leaping from my day job of college-level teaching to creating more transformative writing, community-building...

You As a Poem (for Denise Low): Everyday Magic, Day 973

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

May 16, 2019
2 min

You As a Poem (for Denise Low): Everyday Magic, Day 973

You As a Poem for Denise The poem would rise from fossils and columbarium time-traveled from your memory or the continent’s, through two...

Annual Pilgrimage to Our Patron Saint: Mary Chapin Carpenter: Everyday Magic, Day 944

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jul 4, 2018
3 min

Annual Pilgrimage to Our Patron Saint: Mary Chapin Carpenter: Everyday Magic, Day 944

This year Kelley Hunt and I trekked to Wichita for a long day’s night to the Wabi Sabi (beautiful, decaying, and full of soul and...

Moses, Meet Miriam: Everyday Magic, Day 936

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Apr 15, 2018
3 min

Moses, Meet Miriam: Everyday Magic, Day 936

We stopped at Crystal Bridges Friday night about 7:30 p.m., figuring it was closed but wanting to scope out the place. It was open until...

Equinox Quirks in East Lawrence: Everyday Magic, Day 933

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Mar 20, 2018
1 min

Equinox Quirks in East Lawrence: Everyday Magic, Day 933

Nothing like a brisk walk on the first day of spring in East Lawrence with a good friend. Along the way, we saw many more friendly sites,...

Remembering Dick Allen, 1939-2017: Everyday Magic, Day 922

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Dec 28, 2017
6 min

Remembering Dick Allen, 1939-2017: Everyday Magic, Day 922

The only problem was, that aside from the conference organizers, there were only a handful of conference-goers. We filled the open space...

Mending Old Quilts: Everyday Magic, Day 918

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Nov 25, 2017
2 min

Mending Old Quilts: Everyday Magic, Day 918

Some might say to toss quilts with dozens of tears in them, but each quilt, just like each life, has its own story. Woody and Janet, our...

When Miriam Finishes Wandering the Desert: Everyday Magic, Day 911

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Sep 18, 2017
3 min

When Miriam Finishes Wandering the Desert: Everyday Magic, Day 911

Late last night, as I sent my novel Miriam’s Well to my wonderful publisher, Steve Semken of Ice Cube Press, I reworked a summary of this...

Please Help Me Find Cover Art For Miriam's Well, My New Novel: Everyday Magic, Day 900

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

May 26, 2017
3 min

Please Help Me Find Cover Art For Miriam's Well, My New Novel: Everyday Magic, Day 900

Miriam’s Well Synopsis From a young age Miriam sees visions she can’t cope with or stop. Growing up Jewish in Brooklyn with Aaron, her...

Save the Humanities!: Everyday Magic, Day 894

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Mar 24, 2017
3 min

Save the Humanities!: Everyday Magic, Day 894

Photo by Stephen Locke, used with permission The kids were already in the front seats when I arrived at the Coffey County Library branch...

A Tale of (at Least) Two Quilts: Everyday Magic 894

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Apr 9, 2016
2 min

A Tale of (at Least) Two Quilts: Everyday Magic 894

I started the bright blue quilt with the crazy quilt squares — controlled chaos is how I see this design glimpsed and phone-photoed from...

Jerry: Everyday Magic, Day 829

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Dec 14, 2014
3 min

Jerry: Everyday Magic, Day 829

When I was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2002, I discovered what many already know about wandering through the world of serious...

Why I Buy Myself Flowers Each Week: Everyday Magic, Day 813

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Aug 29, 2014
2 min

Why I Buy Myself Flowers Each Week: Everyday Magic, Day 813

I didn’t always buy myself flowers each Friday, and actually, I’m not even sure when I started, but it was sometime in the last five or...

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