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Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Apr 18, 20131 min read
The Gift of a Navajo Blanket at the End of An Era: Everyday Magic, Day 695
So much lately — from radio interviews to poet herding, plans from all directions coalescing to plans just glimmering on the coming...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Mar 17, 20133 min read
Vacation Fighting, Getting Lose & Getting Found: Everyday Magic, Day 684
“That’s not the way we roll,” Ken replied, making me laugh so hard I cried as I high-fived him. Vacation fighting, one of my...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Mar 14, 20131 min read
A New Place, An Old City & Some Sweet Rewards in Tennessee: Everyday Magic, Day 683
This evening, we wandered downtown Knoxville, home to our son Daniel, but a brand new city to me. I was instantly enamored with the old...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jan 19, 20132 min read
My Imaginary Father on the 10th Anniversary of His Death: Everyday Magic, Day 670
I also went to services at the Lawrence Jewish Community Congregation, which made me remember the last time Dad had been to this little...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 31, 20122 min read
Last Morning of the Year: Everyday Magic, Day 665
It’s the last morning of 2012, a year that doesn’t translate for me easily into a phrase or two. It was hotter than hell. The drought did...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 30, 20122 min read
The Morning After the Party: Everyday Magic, Day 664
Mariah, worn out by sleeping through the parties The morning after the party has always been a time of curious calm and delight for me in...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 25, 20122 min read
Driving a Carful of Sleeping Family: Everyday Magic, Day 662
Yesterday, driving from home to Springfield, Missouri, where we’re spending Christmas with Ken’s sister, I took the wheel after lunch....
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 21, 20122 min read
The Evening After the End of Days: Everyday Magic, Day 661
Natalie and I celebrate the end of the world with matching pajamas that kind of match our kitty too Although I know the Mayans didn’t...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 9, 20122 min read
At Sea: Everyday Magic, Day 656
Cruise ships are a particularly bizarre way to be at sea because the agenda here seems more focused on being a luxury resort where all...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Nov 23, 20122 min read
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
Oct 25, 20123 min read
Six Beds in 12 Days: Everyday Magic, Day 641
The biggest bed of the lot in Washington, D.C., half-submerged underground Last night I slept on the 15th floor of a high-rise apartment,...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Oct 23, 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 13, 20122 min read
Losing Weight to Gain More Life: Everyday Magic, Day 636
Mom and me before we started losing weight My doctor put his arm around me, looked into my eyes and said, “I’m going to be hard on you....
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Aug 12, 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
Jul 24, 20122 min read
Some Thoughts on Aging (and a Shout-Out to My Little Sister on Her 40th Birthday): Everyday Magic, D
Being well past 40, and actually immersing myself big-time in the 50s now, what I’ve realized is how much better life gets (or can get)...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jun 25, 20122 min read
Trying to Remember What We’re Supposed To Be Talking About: Everyday Magic, Day 591
Caryn: Ken, I have something important to tell you that happened today, but I can’t remember what it is. Ken: Was it about your book?...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jun 17, 20123 min read
In Praise of Five Great Dads: Everyday Magic, Day 587
Each Father’s Day, I look at my friends’ pictures of their “best ever” dads on facebook and in blogs. While I love and miss my own...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jun 15, 20122 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 8, 20122 min read
Friday Afternoon: Everyday Magic, Day 582
The hackberry tree’s leaves waver slower than the walnut’s while the cedar sways as if under water. The dog sleeps on the worn planks of...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
May 22, 20123 min read
Phone Rage or Reverie: Everyday Magic, Day 553
When I was a kid, my father used to give pure hell to any customer service person employed by a company that messed up. Pity the person...
