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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.

What Can We Do in Impossible Times: Everyday Magic, Day 1088

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Nov 22
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...

Your Jewish Friends Are Also Not Okay: Everyday Magic, Day 1087

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Oct 31
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...

A Sudden Storm, a Sudden Death: Everyday Magic, Day 1085

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jul 15
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...

A New Understanding of Memorial Day: Everyday Magic, Day 1081

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

May 27
2 min

A New Understanding of Memorial Day: Everyday Magic, Day 1081

This year on Memorial Day, my 33-year-old son asked all of our family local to meet at the cemetery to decorate the graves, speak to our...

Juxtapositions Make Life Interesting: Everyday Magic, Day 1074

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jan 8
2 min

Juxtapositions Make Life Interesting: Everyday Magic, Day 1074

Juxtapositions — putting like with non-like — add zip, surprise, sometimes anxiety, and often uncertainty to our lives. They’re also at...

For the Love of Aunt Jill: Everyday Magic, Day 1072

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Dec 4, 2022
4 min

For the Love of Aunt Jill: Everyday Magic, Day 1072

“I’m not going to leave a message,” my sister Lauren said when she left a message Friday. I was standing in the corner of an ebullient...

Why I Love the Hard-Won: Everyday Magic, Day 1066

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Sep 7, 2022
2 min

Why I Love the Hard-Won: Everyday Magic, Day 1066

Walking to the edge of the deck this early morning to take this photo of the fog burning off the brome field and the prairie, I felt...

We Never Leave You, You Never Leave Us: Everyday Magic, Day 1064

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Aug 6, 2022
5 min

We Never Leave You, You Never Leave Us: Everyday Magic, Day 1064

I left because it was making me sick, the “it” being the job I had loved fiercely and believed Iwould give my heart and time to until I...

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...

What’s Wrong With Humans (and Some Birds): Everyday Magic, Day 1052

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Mar 7, 2022
3 min

What’s Wrong With Humans (and Some Birds): Everyday Magic, Day 1052

An hour ago, a mourning dove crashed so hard against our living room window that Ken and I both jumped. The dove attacked his reflection...

Love and Death in February: Everyday Magic, Day 1050

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Feb 13, 2022
2 min

Love and Death in February: Everyday Magic, Day 1050

“Maybe since January lasted for seven and a half years, February will be easy,” I said to my friend Kris. She was doubtful since...

For the Love of Mike and His Art: Everyday Magic, Day 1045

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Dec 18, 2021
2 min

For the Love of Mike and His Art: Everyday Magic, Day 1045

For years, they arrived regularly, two or three batches every month or so that always included one for me, one for Ken, and occasionally...

For the Love of Phil on the Day of the Dead: Everyday Magic, Day 1042

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Nov 2, 2021
4 min

For the Love of Phil on the Day of the Dead: Everyday Magic, Day 1042

It’s not lost on me that it’s the Day of the Dead, when we remember and honor our departed beloveds (between Oct. 31-Nov. 2 this year)....

9/11 From the Vantage Point of a Subway Dweller: Everyday Magic, Day 1058

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Sep 11, 2021
5 min

9/11 From the Vantage Point of a Subway Dweller: Everyday Magic, Day 1058

Twenty years ago it happened. Ten years ago I wrote this post. So much of it is still true, and there’s so much more to say about the...

When Everything’s Coming Up Roses: Everyday Magic, Day 1044

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Aug 15, 2021
3 min

When Everything’s Coming Up Roses: Everyday Magic, Day 1044

Kansas roses struggle once summer gets its heat on, but I have found a land where everything is coming up roses: the Pacific Northwest....

Loving Aunt Rhoda: Everyday Magic, Day 1039

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jun 25, 2021
3 min

Loving Aunt Rhoda: Everyday Magic, Day 1039

All my life, I heard the old folk song “Go Tell Aunt Rhody” as “Go Tell Aunt Rhoda,” and since I had an Aunt Rhoda, this seemed very...

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...

A Love Letter to Shay: For the Love of a Dog: Everyday Magic, Day 1034

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Mar 29, 2021
9 min

A Love Letter to Shay: For the Love of a Dog: Everyday Magic, Day 1034

Y ou just showed up one winter day, nose to nose with our labmatian (lab-dalmatian) Mariah, only the glass of the screen door between...

In Praise of Goody: Everyday Magic, Day 1032

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Mar 16, 2021
3 min

In Praise of Goody: Everyday Magic, Day 1032

“The world will never be the same,” Ken told me right after Goody Garfield’s burial service. “We were witness to one of a kind, and...

Life (and Tinnitus) in the Key of G: Everyday Magic, Day 1030

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Mar 5, 2021
2 min

Life (and Tinnitus) in the Key of G: Everyday Magic, Day 1030

Last night, I found that my tinnitus buzzes and hums in the key of G. How did I find this? By singing in key with the tinnitus while...

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