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Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
- Apr 15
- 6 min
In Love and Sorrow For Goddard College: Everyday Magic, Day 1097
Right before I was hired to teach at Goddard College in 1996, the then-president, who many believed was set to shut down the college,...
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...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
- Dec 4, 2023
- 4 min
How I Got This Way: Everyday Magic, Day 1088
Today is my Beatles birthday ("Will you still feed me? Will you still need me when I'm 64?"), and it turns out I have a birthday poem of...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
- Feb 21, 2023
- 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...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
- Jan 21, 2023
- 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...