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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.

Things Come in Waves: Everyday Magic, Day 1086

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Aug 17
2 min

Things Come in Waves: Everyday Magic, Day 1086

The weather, for instance: it’s everything lovely at once, then the opposite. I know yet again after looking at the forecast for highs in...

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...

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...

Does Anyone Really Know What Time It Is?: Everyday Magic, Day 1070

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Nov 12, 2022
3 min

Does Anyone Really Know What Time It Is?: Everyday Magic, Day 1070

Time continually befuddles me, so much so that my last book of poetry was called How Time Moves, and I’m still deep in the muck of...

Reversal of Fortune and the Wonder Wheel of Life: Everyday Magic, Day 1065

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Aug 23, 2022
2 min

Reversal of Fortune and the Wonder Wheel of Life: Everyday Magic, Day 1065

In mid-July, everything fell apart from air-conditioners to phones to cars and more. A growing river of money and time surged out to...

We’re Positively (or Negatively) Electrical: Everyday Magic, Day 1063

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jul 20, 2022
2 min

We’re Positively (or Negatively) Electrical: Everyday Magic, Day 1063

Yesterday my phone blew a microchip hissy fit and lost it ability to dial out or answer calls a few hours before the air-conditioning in...

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...

The Changing of the Light: Everyday Magic, Day 1059

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Oct 4, 2021
1 min

The Changing of the Light: Everyday Magic, Day 1059

Beyond the lower temperatures and chigger count, there’s something else that truly distinguishes this time of year: the changing of the...

The Ones Who Don’t Go Forth With Us: Everyday Magic, Day 1026

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jan 24, 2021
3 min

The Ones Who Don’t Go Forth With Us: Everyday Magic, Day 1026

For many of us, it’s been a Wednesday onward of seemingly infinite relief as we’ve watched a new president and glass-ceiling-breaking...

What is a Bad Year? What is a Good Year? Everyday Magic, Day 1024

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Dec 31, 2020
4 min

What is a Bad Year? What is a Good Year? Everyday Magic, Day 1024

A friend told me that during her Christmas Zoom with family scattered far and wide, she realized how lucky they were: no one had Covid,...

Holding On For a Little More Light: Everyday Magic, Day 1022

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Dec 13, 2020
2 min

Holding On For a Little More Light: Everyday Magic, Day 1022

A lot of us need more light now or as soon as possible. With the pandemic numbers rising and so many of us connected to people sick or...

A Moment of Respite: Everyday Magic, Day 1020

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Nov 6, 2020
1 min

A Moment of Respite: Everyday Magic, Day 1020

Shay and I sit on the porch, exhaling. It has been a week, a year, and a close-to-four year thing. There’s still so much wrong with our...

When Winter Comes Stomping In: Everyday Magic, Day 1019

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Oct 20, 2020
2 min

When Winter Comes Stomping In: Everyday Magic, Day 1019

Suddenly, I’m searching for sweaters, cursing the lack of mittens with me for a walk, and shiver-driving around town for the interminable...

Life Comes in Waves: Everyday Magic, Day 1017

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Oct 7, 2020
3 min

Life Comes in Waves: Everyday Magic, Day 1017

Yesterday, we rushed down the driveway to pick up my car from one repair shop to take it to another. But Moxie-dog chased us down the...

We’re Just Passing Through the Fire Swamp: Everyday Magic, Day 1011

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jul 18, 2020
3 min

We’re Just Passing Through the Fire Swamp: Everyday Magic, Day 1011

The fire swamp in The Princess Bride has at least three known dangers, but at first Westley (played by Carey Elwes) mistakenly believes...

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...

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....

A Quiet Summer Evening With a Side of Peaches: Everyday Magic, Day 982

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Aug 14, 2019
1 min

A Quiet Summer Evening With a Side of Peaches: Everyday Magic, Day 982

This has been a summer of porch-sitting, and as eye recovery and associated surprises and lessons continue their roaring hum, I’ve done...

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...

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