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Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Apr 12, 20142 min read
Death Tour 2014: Everyday Magic, Day 797
Portrait of the artist recovering with her cat Within one week, I attended my uncle’s moving funeral in New Jersey, our dear community...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Apr 9, 20142 min read
Maggie, the Heartbeat of What It Means to Be Alive: Everyday Magic, Day 796
Although I didn’t know Maggie for decades or pal around big-time for her, whenever I saw her, we got right down to it: cancer (first...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jan 13, 20143 min read
Goodbye, Dog of Love: Everyday Magic, Day 759
We found Mariah at the Humane Society when Daniel, his friend Katie, and I went in looking for a special canine pal for Daniel. Mariah...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jun 29, 20131 min read
Ponderer of Ponderances: Poem for Bill Remmers: Everyday Magic, Day 711
Reconteur of reconteurs, astronomer of the coffee grounds, wizard of the center table, potter to the stars, scientific boy genius in the...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Feb 28, 20134 min read
Missing Hadassah: Everyday Magic, Day 681
Two weeks ago, I got the call from Hadassah’s son: she only had a few hours left, and since she gave me her funeral wishes, could I send...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 3, 20122 min read
Missing Lou & Maura: Everyday Magic, Day 656
Last night at the reading at Ellen (daughter of Jarek) and Marek’s home, people repeatedly asked me how I met Lou, Jane, Jarek and Maura,...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Sep 25, 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
Jan 18, 20122 min read
Nine Years After Dad Died: Everyday Magic, Day 485
Sitting in my friend’s living room this morning while her husband slept in a hospital bed beside us, we talked about the hospice services...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Aug 6, 20113 min read
In Memory of Peter Berg & Celebration of Real Time: Everyday Magic, Day 384
Peter at the Texas bioregional gathering in 1992 “We didn’t play it for the Big Time. We didn’t play it for the Small Time. We played it...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jun 20, 20112 min read
In Memory of Clarence Clemons: Everyday Magic, Day 355
Both Clemons and Springsteen tell the story of how they met: Bruce was playing a club in Asbury Park when Clemons came to check out this...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Mar 10, 20111 min read
Maybe We'll Know What We Meant When We're Dead: Everyday Magic, Day 231
Yesterday was extraordinarily charged in a quirky, painful and tender way. Within several hours, I stumbled into an unexpected...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jan 30, 20111 min read
The Parallel Universe of Maura: Everyday Magic, Day 195
Sandy, Serina and I even talked about how this was a parallel universe, yet also the essence of reality and unreality. How could Maura be...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jan 25, 20112 min read
Missing Maura: Everyday Magic, Day 191
Born in Ireland about 78 years ago, when Maura called out your name — and she usually did it repeatedly with great wonder in her voice —...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jan 23, 20111 min read
Remembering Micah: Everyday Magic, Day 189
When the Unimaginable Happened It’s a year now since you slipped out of that failing young body, gone in the green flash between your...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 30, 20103 min read
Remembering Ben, A Giant With a Giant Heart: Everyday Magic, Day 165
I met Ben in 1974 while working at my father’s stand, where I was ordered by my dad to stand on an old wooden table and yell out, “Two...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 23, 20101 min read
Remembering Mark, Rob and Others Gone: Everyday Magic, Day 158
Rob was a river rat, tree flying trimmer extraordinaire, coffee-drinking-from-a-mason-jar, dreamboat prairie man who dated some of my...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Feb 10, 20093 min read
In Praise of Gene
Today my father-in-law, Bill "Gene" Lassman, died at age 83 after many years of severe health issues and breaking his hip two days ago....
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jul 6, 20083 min read
From the Mountains to the Ocean and Back Again: Two Deaths in One Week, and a Whole Lot of Hats
A week ago, we hit the road to attend the memorial service for Woody (who I wrote about in Dec. on this blog), our very dear and beloved...
