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Four Funerals and a Wedding: Everyday Magic, Day 885
I used to have more of a "Four weddings and a funeral" life, but get old enough, and things start to shift. In the last month, I've...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jan 24, 20163 min read
Generations: Everyday Magic, Day 884
Columbia was where we met in college, or more to the point, because of what we did in our many non-college hours: potlucks with too much...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jan 19, 20162 min read
A Wonder Made of Time and Staying Put: Everyday Magic, Day 883
A few days later, while wandering through the Merc to get a crapload of delicacies for friends facing serious medical woo-hah, I ran into...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jan 13, 20163 min read
A Year of Reunions: Everyday Magic, Day 882
In the arms and lap of Suzanne, one of my oldest friends Stay around long enough, and you’ll meet yourself and everyone else you love...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 31, 20154 min read
Counting Stars, Time, and Remembering Jerry: Everyday Magic, Day 880
All day, I had been thinking about a year ago when our dear friend Jerry died after either a short or long illness, depending on how you...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 14, 20153 min read
Birthday Wars: Everyday Magic, Day 879
I was born sharing my birthday because I popped into this world on my dad’s birthday. Add to that the occasional swirl or Hanukkah spread...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 5, 20152 min read
A Startling Implosion: Everyday Magic, Day 876
I went to see McCollum Hall, a 10-story dorm, being imploded without knowing why, but drawn in like thousands of others. After all, how...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Nov 25, 20152 min read
Give Me Your Huddled Masses: Everyday Magic, Day 873
Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Nov 18, 20151 min read
30th Anniversary for the Royals and for Us: Everyday Magic, Day 871
Of course, there’s huge differences. Marriage is not about winners and losers, unless that marriage is not really all about marriage....
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Nov 5, 20153 min read
Why Would Anyone Leave Lawrence, Kansas?: Everyday Magic, Day 869
Last night I dreamed that we had just moved to Madison, Wisconsin, where our oldest son now lives, because Ken got a kick-ass job...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Oct 12, 20153 min read
Grateful to Be Back On the Old Road Home: Everyday Magic, Day 867
Last night, instead of going west to the new route home, I turned left, following a line of cars down a new road without being sure if I...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Sep 26, 20152 min read
Ken Irby, Rest (Travel, Drink, Read and Write) in Peace: Everyday Magic, Day 861
Last night I got to join some of Ken’s closest friends, some of whom have been devoting themselves to his health and comfort over many...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jul 30, 20154 min read
A Town That Changed My Life: Everyday Magic, Day 859
With old friends, from left, Steve, Dave, and John There was a moment in 1981 when I was driving from Columbia, Missouri to Kansas City,...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jul 19, 20153 min read
An Abundance of Cicadas, Hackberry Butterflies, and Rain: Everyday Magic, Day 853
So much comes so thick and fast sometimes, like this June when the 17-year cicadas hatched at the same time as the unleashing of...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jun 15, 20152 min read
For the Love of Animals and Community: Everyday Magic, Day 851
Vigil for lost animals When we found out about the fire at Pet World, so many of us in and around Lawrence rushed to the scene or to the...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
May 28, 20153 min read
Jerry: Everyday Magic, Day 829
Jerry with me shortly after I finished chemo in 2002 When I was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2002, I discovered what many already know...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 14, 20144 min read
Carry On, My Wayward Son (and Daughter): Everyday Magic, Day 828
Kansas was singing “Carry On, My Wayward Son” with all their heart on my car radio as I stood outside the car, having accidentally locked...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 12, 20142 min read
Why It’s Better to Talk to Yourself Than to Listen to the Common Thinking of the Day: Everyday
“They told us that in the 90s that thousands of professors would be retiring, so anthropology would be a good field,” Ken told me the...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 1, 20144 min read
The Tender Side of Loss: Everyday Magic, Day 824
Ken in the deep woods In the past two weeks, the Royals lost the World Series, my favored candidate for governor (when the stakes were...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Nov 7, 20142 min read
A Moment of Stillness in Grief: Everyday Magic, Day 822
It has been a week for the record books in my life. Monday, my aunt, who I loved but barely saw in the last four decades, died after a...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Oct 25, 20142 min read
