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An Old Friend Back In My Life: Everyday Magic, Day 414
Gary Lying in the dark on sub-zero nights, Gary and I talked about our lives during this pivotal time: our senior year in college...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Sep 20, 20113 min read
9-11 Ten Years Later From the Vantage Point of Subway Dweller: Everyday Magic, Day 407
Ken “Those god-awful towers,” my father said in disgust. He wasn’t alone: we all thought they were wicked ugly, too big, and besides,...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Sep 10, 20115 min read
"The Help," the Protest Against It And Why I Went To See It: Everyday Magic, Day 391
Sitting on Dora’s lap in our small Brooklyn apartment kitchen, I asked, “If the white people are so mean to the black people, why isn’t...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Aug 21, 20114 min read
Secrets of the Faculty Dorm: Everyday Magic, Day 383
I would tell you, but then I would have to kill you…..or seek your word you won’t breathe a word to everyone, which I guess I’m doing...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Aug 5, 20112 min read
The Girl, The Ego & The Comfortable Room: Everyday Magic, Day 382
"Your goal on the spiritual path should be to free everyone else from your ego." – Ken Wilber. That's what my friend Scott posted on...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Aug 4, 20112 min read
How Much Love We Can Show Together, From Kansas To Norway: Everyday Magic, Day 378
When bad things happen -- whether at the personal, community, state, national or world level -- how we rise up again comes down to coming...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jul 28, 20112 min read
Life Is Going To Get Us: On Close Calls & Gratitude: Everyday Magic, Day 361
In the past few days, I’ve heard from two friends who lost close friends, another diagnosed with cancer, several facing financial despair...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jul 8, 20113 min read
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...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
May 14, 20111 min read
The Good, The Bad & The Ugly of Parenting: Everyday Magic, Days 290-291
There’s the newborn honeymoon when I was so glad to be out of labor that even scrubbing bathrooms would have a joy, so holding a brand...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
May 7, 20112 min read
Beyond When Good Things Happen: Everyday Magic, Day 236
The seeds turn into plants, the order to abolish the arts commission is overturned (thank you, Kansas senate!), and the sun is shining...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Mar 16, 20111 min read
Snow to Snow Travel, Night Clouds & Snow Fog: Everyday Magic, Day 219
What I left: Goddard College yesterday Close to 3:30 Vermont time, I walked into my home after a somewhat harrowing 30 mph drive on...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Feb 25, 20111 min read
Alchemy, Art and Knowledge That Matters and Connects: Everyday Magic, Days 212-213
Teaching at Université du Québec à Rimouski, she works with undergraduates and graduates, encouraging them to find this knowledge. In her...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Feb 17, 20112 min read
The Ten Years Ago Game: Everyday Magic, Day 190
A decade ago, I was the mother of an eleven, eight and five year old, all three attending the same school (the only year that happened)...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jan 24, 20113 min read
Talking That Heals, Not Wounds: Everyday Magic, Days 178-179
But at a time when our discourse has become so sharply polarized -– at a time when we are far too eager to lay the blame for all that...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jan 13, 20112 min read
Not By Might and Not By Power: The Passing of Debbie Friedman and the Tucson Tragedy: Everyday Magic
All day, Friedman’s song “Not by Might and Not by Power” runs through my mind because of its simply chorus, carrying an old testament...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jan 9, 20111 min read
Hanging Out in the Big Parking Lot of Grief
In the month since my father-in-law died, I've revisited the giant parking lot of grief, the one where you can never remember where you...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Mar 11, 20092 min read
