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Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
- Apr 15
- 6 min
In Love and Sorrow For Goddard College: Everyday Magic, Day 1097
Right before I was hired to teach at Goddard College in 1996, the then-president, who many believed was set to shut down the college,...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
- Mar 1
- 4 min
"Life Will Break You": Everyday Magic, Day 1094
Within weeks of my terrifying eye cancer diagnosis in 2019, my friend Harriet brought me this hand-set-type print of my favorite quote...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
- Nov 22, 2023
- 3 min
What Can We Do in Impossible Times: Everyday Magic, Day 1088
This morning, after waking once again at 5 a.m. freaked out about the state of the world, Gaza and Israel specifically, I eventually gave...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
- Oct 31, 2023
- 4 min
Your Jewish Friends Are Also Not Okay: Everyday Magic, Day 1087
I am an American Jew in love with the beauty of the world. I am a human in anguish over what others of my species are doing to one...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
- Jul 15, 2023
- 3 min
A Sudden Storm, a Sudden Death: Everyday Magic, Day 1085
Just before Kris told me at lunch she couldn’t wait for a good thunderstorm, Denise texted Judy and me, “On the way to the hospital. Not...