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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...

Defining Moments in the Dark: Everyday Magic, Day 1075

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jan 21
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...

We Never Leave You, You Never Leave Us: Everyday Magic, Day 1064

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Aug 6, 2022
5 min

We Never Leave You, You Never Leave Us: Everyday Magic, Day 1064

I left because it was making me sick, the “it” being the job I had loved fiercely and believed Iwould give my heart and time to until I...

10 Reasons to Come to Brave Voice: Everyday Magic, Day 1045

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Aug 15, 2021
2 min

10 Reasons to Come to Brave Voice: Everyday Magic, Day 1045

Kelley Hunt and my 16th annual six-day Brave Voice, Sept. 19-24 in Council Grove, Kansas. We have strong Covid protocols in place to keep...

Let’s Talk About Simone Biles: Everyday Magic, Day 1043

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jul 29, 2021
3 min

Let’s Talk About Simone Biles: Everyday Magic, Day 1043

Let’s talk Simone Biles But first, let’s talk about two gymnasts we don’t know the names of: Elena Mukhina and Julissa Gomez. Elena...

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...

What’s In Your Mystery Box?: Everyday Magic , Day 1027

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jan 29, 2021
2 min

What’s In Your Mystery Box?: Everyday Magic , Day 1027

On the phone with my cousin Richard last night, we talked about how life gives you materials you don’t often sign up for, then you have...

A Letter From the Post-Pandemic Future: Everyday Magic, Day 1004

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Apr 19, 2020
5 min

A Letter From the Post-Pandemic Future: Everyday Magic, Day 1004

Dear You, Yes, I hear you knocking on my door at all hours of the day and especially night, calling me out of my sleep because you’re not...

If God Didn’t Want Us to Pray at Home, She Wouldn’t Have Invented Zoom: Everyday Magic,

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Apr 11, 2020
3 min

If God Didn’t Want Us to Pray at Home, She Wouldn’t Have Invented Zoom: Everyday Magic,

Or Facebook Live. Or Youtube. Or any number of places to help us worship together while keeping physically apart and spiritually close. A...

Walking With Courage, Vulnerability, and Tenderness: Everyday Magic, Day 1,001

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Mar 31, 2020
3 min

Walking With Courage, Vulnerability, and Tenderness: Everyday Magic, Day 1,001

Amazingly enough, we are arrived at the last day of March, a month that has lasted at least 1,283 days in fear, panic, and dread years....

Listening to History, Looking Out for the Herd: Everyday Magic, Day 1000

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Mar 19, 2020
3 min

Listening to History, Looking Out for the Herd: Everyday Magic, Day 1000

It only took a few seconds of looking at the NYTimes map of the pandemic Saturday night for me to start hyper-ventilating and crying. At...

Loving and Leaving Goddard: Everyday Magic, Day 981

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Aug 7, 2019
4 min

Loving and Leaving Goddard: Everyday Magic, Day 981

Arm-in-arm, Vicky, Eduardo, Ralph, and I walked down the snowy country road, belting out “Walking in a Winter Wonderland” and doing...

When Life Reboots You: Everyday Magic, Day 980

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jul 28, 2019
3 min

When Life Reboots You: Everyday Magic, Day 980

I realize that all of us get rebooted in our lives, and usually more than once, catalyzed by a medical diagnosis, a big loss and plunge...

Back at the Cancer Rodeo: Everyday Magic, Day 972

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

May 1, 2019
4 min

Back at the Cancer Rodeo: Everyday Magic, Day 972

When I had breast cancer 17 years ago, I learned some things about resilience, the ability to bounce back. There’s nothing like being...

What’s Right Livelihood Got To Do With It?: Everyday Magic, Day 966

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Mar 5, 2019
2 min

What’s Right Livelihood Got To Do With It?: Everyday Magic, Day 966

What I wrote and what I’m living and learning is also very related to the Right Livelihood Professional Training I led for the first time...

Traveling By Train: Everyday Magic, Day 803

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jun 13, 2014
3 min

Traveling By Train: Everyday Magic, Day 803

From whence I come I had this illusion that train travel would be serene, a rollicking cradle of comfort up and down the tracks as I...

God Has a Little Talk With Fred Phelps: Everyday Magic, Day 792

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Mar 21, 2014
3 min

God Has a Little Talk With Fred Phelps: Everyday Magic, Day 792

Fred: You’re God? God: You were expecting some white man with a beard. Puleeeaze! Fred: But you’re Black, and you look like Barbra...

Why You Should Support the Best Work Of One of the Best Musicians: Everyday Magic, Day 788

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Feb 23, 2014
2 min

Why You Should Support the Best Work Of One of the Best Musicians: Everyday Magic, Day 788

Kelley and some of the musicians she recorded with in Nashville Yesterday I listened to one of the most beautiful albums in my life:...

Maybe We're All Trees With Holes In Our Hearts: Everyday Magic, Days 298-299

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

May 14, 2011
1 min

Maybe We're All Trees With Holes In Our Hearts: Everyday Magic, Days 298-299

Over the last half-week, I’ve felt just a small pin-sized hole in my heart, ever since I read about our governor firing everyone who...

"What Shall I Be?: The Exciting Game Of Career Girls": Everyday Magic, Day 272

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Apr 19, 2011
2 min

"What Shall I Be?: The Exciting Game Of Career Girls": Everyday Magic, Day 272

The things I do now for a living — teaching interdisciplinary, indivdualized studies long-distance; facilitating writing workshops for...

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