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Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 14, 20153 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 5, 20152 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
Nov 25, 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 18, 20151 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 5, 20153 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
Oct 12, 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
Sep 26, 20152 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
Jul 30, 20154 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 19, 20153 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
Jun 15, 20152 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
May 28, 20153 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
Dec 14, 20144 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 12, 20142 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 1, 20144 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
Nov 7, 20142 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
Oct 25, 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 22, 20142 min read
Loving Rachel Rolfs: Everyday Magic, Day 821
Rachel, her brother Micah and mom LaVetta in 1983 This was a girl who grew up in the background, preferring to help others shine and...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jul 13, 20143 min read
Praying for the Peace That Surpasses All Understanding: Everyday Magic, Day 807
On Facebook, at the grocery store, and even in my own kitchen, discussions heat up about the Israeli bombing of Gaza, and the Hamas...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
May 4, 20142 min read
A Big Gay Wedding For Kansas: Everyday Magic, Day 799
Michael and Charles were joined together in holy marriage on May 3 at the Unitarian Universalist Church in Manhattan, authorized by all...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Apr 29, 20143 min read
Welcome to the Dialogue and Friendship Dinner: With An Outstretched Hand
Thanks to Eyyup Esen, the force of friendship between this event Tonight I was honored to give the welcome and a welcoming poem at the...
