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In 20 Years, We’ll Remember This Dinner As So Wonderful & Other Truths: Everyday Magic, D
It was the spur of the moment. It was bound to happen. It was unexpected too, involving the Bizarre Bazaar, a sudden cold front and a lot...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Nov 23, 20122 min read
Goodbye, Milton’s! I Loved You at First Bite: Everyday Magic, Day 647
Goodbye, dear French toast! I remember the first day I shlepped my computer to Milton’s Restaurant. Like many of the Java Dive regulars —...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Nov 15, 20123 min read
A Letter to Republicans From An Obama Supporter: Everyday Magic, Day 645
Dear Republican friends and readers, Thank you for taking the time to read this, and I promise that I’m not writing to gloat, but to...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Nov 7, 20124 min read
A Jersey Girl Thinks About the Shore: Everyday Magic, Day 643
Long Beach Island When you grow up where I did, when the temperature or boredom rises, you head to the shore, 20-40 minutes away...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Nov 1, 20122 min read
Back to the Source in New Jersey: Everyday Magic, Day 639
Reunited after 30 years with Phil Brater, my mentor and dear friend who modeled for me what true witnessing, support and daring to love...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Oct 23, 20122 min read
Almost Twilight, Almost Cold Front, Almost Debate Time: Everyday Magic, Day 630
I’ve been working on the porch all afternoon, the impossibly blue sky highlighting the wind-blown lit green of the leaves. The wind has...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Oct 3, 20122 min read
A Wedding Shower, a Funeral, a Newborn, a Dying Friend & a Little Cold: Everyday Magic, Day 628
The Days of Awe have been more than awe-inspiring this year, thanks to a confluence of life’s essence. In the last week, we’ve poured our...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Sep 25, 20122 min read
Turning Point, the Writers Place, the Lied Center and Some Great Barbeque: Everyday Magic, Day 618
Play it forward -- in our words sung, written and spoken -- swayed through my Sunday for people I work with as well as me, myself and I....
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Aug 27, 20122 min read
Beautiful Juxtapositions: Everyday Magic, Day 610
All weekend, the beautiful juxtapositions of like plus unlike have amused and startled me. It started with Forest showing me how to march...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Aug 12, 20122 min read
Through the Looking Glass of Goddard: Everyday Magic, Day 607
The air is warm and damp (mid-80s and humid) as opposed to dry and hot (like the 109 predicted for Kansas today). The rain comes often....
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Aug 4, 20121 min read
Humor in the Imaginary Rings of Hell at the Division of Motor Vehicles: Everyday Magic, Day 585
Both my sons had to go to the Division of Motor Vehicles — one to take his driving test and the other to get his permit (I know, we’re...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jun 15, 20122 min read
When Life Puts Itself In Perspective: Everyday Magic, Day 584
This afternoon, I laughed so hard I started crying, called 911 to have paramedics take a workshop participant to the hospital because of...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jun 10, 20122 min read
Facilitating Hard Meetings: Everyday Magic, Day 583
Today I facilitated a very hard meeting for a group. As a long-time facilitator, using a Quaker-style model of facilitation funneled...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jun 9, 20123 min read
For the Love of Lou: Lou Frydman’s Memorial Service: Everyday Magic, Day 560
Rick, Tess and Hannah singing “Sunrise, Sunset” to open the celebration Today was the memorial service for Lou Frydman, my friend who I...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jun 3, 20124 min read
A Steadfast, Upright Woman: Lynn Bretz: Everyday Magic, Day 558
This is For Lynn She walked among us, steadfast, upright. Clear-eyed, clear-headed, she considered the issues, aesthetic, political,...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jun 2, 20122 min read
Art Tougeau Delivers: Everyday Magic, Day 555
Nothing like a steamy weekend to bring out some of what I love most about Lawrence: what happens when this community intersects with...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
May 26, 20122 min read
Pinneapple Power, Couger Blessing & Other Wonders of Brave Voice: Everyday Magic, Day 551
Friday, I landed home from the 7th annual Brave Voice: Writing & Singing for Your Life retreat that Kelley Hunt and I blessedly do...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
May 20, 20123 min read
Standing on the Side of Love For Same-Sex Marriage: Everyday Magic, Day 549
When I saw the news, first on facebook and next in the New York Times, I started crying. Maybe I’m a little tired or overly enthralled...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
May 9, 20123 min read
Most of a Moon in the Morning: Everyday Magic, Day 548
Out the south window of my living room, I see it: over half a moon on its way down but still quite high, a pale white disk that looks...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
May 9, 20122 min read
Passover: Have a Taste of Life: Everyday Magic, Day 530
All week, it’s Passover preparation: hiding all the matzoh and matzoh soup mix (along with the macaroons — do not even ask where they...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Apr 5, 20122 min read
