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The Everyday Magic Blog

I'm so happy to share my blog, started in 2008 as part of my writing practice and as way to connect directly with you! Please peruse the blog, and sign up to get the latest posts. You can also get my beautifully-produced and illustrated collection of many blog posts, Everyday Magic: Fieldnotes on the Mundane and the Miraculous through Meadowlark Press here. Thanks for being part of my everyday magic.

Welcome (Back) to the Everyday Magic Blog

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Oct 10
2 min

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...

In the Glory of Hackberry Butterflies: Everyday Magic, Day 1082

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jun 7
2 min

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...

27 Things I’m Grateful For: Everyday Magic, Day 1071

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Nov 26, 2022
3 min

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....

Tuning In To Realer News: Everyday Magic, Day 1069

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Oct 31, 2022
3 min

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...

Force of Nature Day (Which is Actually Everyday): Everyday Magic, Day 1058

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

May 16, 2022
2 min

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...

“Three Walking Songs for the Night”: Everyday Magic, Day 1056

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

May 13, 2022
3 min

“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...

My Friend Vaughn and the Walk to the House Down the Road: Everyday Magic, Day 1054

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Mar 30, 2022
4 min

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...

Doe a Deer Lives to See Another Day: Everyday Magic, Day 1047

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jan 8, 2022
3 min

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...

When the Real Winter Shows Up: Everyday Magic, Day 1046

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Dec 29, 2021
2 min

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...

The Changing of the Light: Everyday Magic, Day 1059

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Oct 4, 2021
1 min

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...

In Search of the Big-Ass Trees: Everyday Magic, Day 1046

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Aug 31, 2021
2 min

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...

Loving Aunt Wilma: Everyday Magic, Day 1038

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

May 30, 2021
4 min

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...

Days of Awe in an Unusual Year: Everyday Magic, Day 1016

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Sep 26, 2020
3 min

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...

In the Cave of Winter: Everyday Magic, Day 994

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jan 23, 2020
2 min

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...

A Snake, A Wedding, and Faith: Everyday Magic, Day 972

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Apr 27, 2019
2 min

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...

Driving Home the Full Moon: Everyday Magic, Day 969

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Mar 23, 2019
2 min

Driving Home the Full Moon: Everyday Magic, Day 969

I was also simultaneously tired and exhilarated, in part because of the moon the night before keeping me up despite my...

Surprises From 2018: Everyday Magic, Day 960

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Dec 31, 2018
3 min

Surprises From 2018: Everyday Magic, Day 960

In reading Kate Bowler’s evocative essay, “How Cancer Changes Hope” and revising poems for my next book, How Times Moves, I’ve been...

I’m in Love With Irises (Peonies Too): Everyday Magic, Day 939

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

May 16, 2018
2 min

I’m in Love With Irises (Peonies Too): Everyday Magic, Day 939

Why are they so mind-blowingly beautiful? Is it the delicate petal, something between paper and flesh? Or the enormous resilience of...

Swirling Distractions of Winter Birds: Everyday Magic, Day 926

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Feb 1, 2018
2 min

Swirling Distractions of Winter Birds: Everyday Magic, Day 926

The starlings grabbed my attention while I was pacing the living room on a phone call. They poured diagonally down to the lawn, fanning...

Birds of Many Feathers: 10 Eagles, 100 Swans, 100,000 Snow Geese: Everyday Magic, Day 920

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Dec 11, 2017
2 min

Birds of Many Feathers: 10 Eagles, 100 Swans, 100,000 Snow Geese: Everyday Magic, Day 920

I thought it was a bust, but the boon just hadn't happened yet. We wanted 100,000 snow geese, but just saw a handful of eagles, and 100...

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