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How to Write a Book Out of Cancer, Love of Land, Fear of Death, and a Pandemic: Everyday Magic, Day 1,121
My new book, The Magic Eye: A Story of Saving a Life and a Place in the Age of Anxiety , is hitting the streets and bookshelves near you...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Apr 305 min read
"Go Outside and Look for God" and Getting Through Impossible Times: Everyday Magic, Day 1,119
Friends walking in our field In the very long year that was January, Cindy, my acupuncturist, told me a story: another client of hers,...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Mar 45 min read
33 Things To Get You From Here to There: Everyday Magic, Day 1,109
“Don’t read the news, at least not the feeding frenzy of speculation about the election,” I keep telling myself, and for good reason....
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Nov 2, 20247 min read
The Land is Still the Land: Everyday Magic, Day 1,103
Last week, we signed a pile of papers -- the last of three closings to save the land where we live. The first closing -- Dec. 15, 2020 --...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Aug 14, 20244 min read
We Just Saved the Land That Saves Us: Everyday Magic, Day 1,101
A few days ago, after 39 years of trying to save the land that we love and where we live, Ken and I spent five minutes signing papers to pro
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jun 15, 20245 min read
Welcome (Back) to the Everyday Magic Blog
Dear everyone, I'm writing to you because my hunch is you were among the 2,000+ subscribers to my Everyday Magic blog. It's a hunch...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Oct 10, 20232 min read
In the Glory of Hackberry Butterflies: Everyday Magic, Day 1082
For a week each year, the hackberry butterflies float, soar, and flutter in such number that we have to keep our mouths closed when...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jun 7, 20232 min read
27 Things I’m Grateful For: Everyday Magic, Day 1071
It’s almost twilight, Moxie dog is sleeping in the corner, my ears are buzzing with low-hum tinnitus, and I’m about to make dinner....
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Nov 26, 20223 min read
Tuning In To Realer News: Everyday Magic, Day 1069
I’ve stopped tuning into most of what we call news until after the midterms. It isn’t because I don’t care, quite the contrary, but...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Oct 31, 20223 min read
Force of Nature Day (Which is Actually Everyday): Everyday Magic, Day 1058
Yesterday began with running outside in our pajamas to cut irises as fast as possible while 70 mph winds and a giant thunderstorm...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
May 16, 20222 min read
“Three Walking Songs for the Night”: Everyday Magic, Day 1056
Going from winter (otherwise known as much of April) to summer (disguised as May this year) has plummeted many of us in Kansas into the...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
May 13, 20223 min read
My Friend Vaughn and the Walk to the House Down the Road: Everyday Magic, Day 1054
“Vaughn keeps talking about the house down the road,” Julie, his wife, told me just a few days before he died. I listened on the other...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Mar 30, 20224 min read
Doe a Deer Lives to See Another Day: Everyday Magic, Day 1047
This is a story of what can happen when you ask the birds to talk to the deer as well as how conversations in our minds can seem like...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jan 8, 20223 min read
When the Real Winter Shows Up: Everyday Magic, Day 1046
In the last week, the temperatures have risen well over 70 degrees, what we expect in April and not in late December, but my dubious joy...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 29, 20212 min read
The Changing of the Light: Everyday Magic, Day 1059
Beyond the lower temperatures and chigger count, there’s something else that truly distinguishes this time of year: the changing of the...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Oct 4, 20211 min read
In Search of the Big-Ass Trees: Everyday Magic, Day 1046
When we went to the Pacific Northwest earlier this month, we had a mission: behold as many big-ass trees as possible. Thanks to our...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Aug 31, 20212 min read
Loving Aunt Wilma: Everyday Magic, Day 1038
Sunday evening, we sat on our back deck around an outdoor table and a wedding gift from Aunt Wilma and Uncle Ron 36-plus years ago, a...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
May 30, 20214 min read
Days of Awe in an Unusual Year: Everyday Magic, Day 1016
The Days of Awe — the 10 days between Rosh Hashana (Jewish New Year) and Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement), it’s time to clean up our act. We...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Sep 26, 20203 min read
In the Cave of Winter: Everyday Magic, Day 994
Each day I crave a clear view of a clear sky, but fog, snow, sleet, rain, freezing rain, and variety packs of all this percipitation at...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jan 23, 20202 min read
A Snake, A Wedding, and Faith: Everyday Magic, Day 972
When I saw the video, I was amazed at how calm and calming the humans and, to some extent, the snake were in doing what it took for the...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Apr 27, 20192 min read
