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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.

How to Build a Life: Everyday Magic, Day 1089

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Dec 19, 20237 min read

How to Build a Life: Everyday Magic, Day 1089

How to build a life is really up to the person living that life, but after carrying this topic around in my head for a while, I realized...

Take the Long Way Home: Everyday Magic, Day 743

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Oct 26, 20133 min read

Take the Long Way Home: Everyday Magic, Day 743

Sid Vicious memorial party because it’s simply another reason to have a party Supertramp’s “Take the Long Way Home” was at its height in...

You Can Go Home Again Even If It’s Someone Else’s Home: Everyday Magic, Day 740

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Oct 14, 20132 min read

You Can Go Home Again Even If It’s Someone Else’s Home: Everyday Magic, Day 740

Residents present and past Within moments, Adam, the man who lives with his wife in the house where I lived from ages eight to 19, was...

When I Was Growing Up: Everyday Magic, Day 717

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jul 17, 20132 min read

When I Was Growing Up: Everyday Magic, Day 717

When I was growing up, a high school teacher would stretch forth one arm, drop his wrist dramatically, swish, and imitate Charles Nelson...

Happy 18th Birthday, Forest!: Everyday Magic, Day 702

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

May 9, 20132 min read

Happy 18th Birthday, Forest!: Everyday Magic, Day 702

Labor itself took a while, but that’s so Forest too. After who-knows-how-many-hours of contradictions, I had a simply thought: “To hell...

Nine Years After Dad Died: Everyday Magic, Day 485

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jan 18, 20122 min read

Nine Years After Dad Died: Everyday Magic, Day 485

Sitting in my friend’s living room this morning while her husband slept in a hospital bed beside us, we talked about the hospice services...

Dance Like No One’s Watching: Everyday Magic, Day 480

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jan 11, 20123 min read

Dance Like No One’s Watching: Everyday Magic, Day 480

I was the girl who, at age six wearing my Russian peasant bright orange tutu, lost her balance and knocked over the whole line of little...

If These Jobs Could Talk: Everyday Magic, Day 412

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Sep 15, 20114 min read

If These Jobs Could Talk: Everyday Magic, Day 412

Late at night instead of counting sheep, I counted jobs, wondering what story and history they would tell for me, and by extension, you...

Letting Go Of My (Divorce) Girl: Everyday Magic, Day 372

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jul 21, 20112 min read

Letting Go Of My (Divorce) Girl: Everyday Magic, Day 372

Me a few years before I began writing this book in my head Today I finished my final revision on my novel, The Divorce Girl, which is...

Welcome to Adulthood!: Everyday Magic, Day 356

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jun 21, 20112 min read

Welcome to Adulthood!: Everyday Magic, Day 356

“Welcome to adulthood!”I told my 19-year-old daughter yesterday as she waited in line in a bank with a migraine. She had just told me, “I...

Good News, Bad News, 123: Everyday Magic, Day 301

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

May 16, 20112 min read

Good News, Bad News, 123: Everyday Magic, Day 301

Growing up in Brooklyn, we played a gamed called “Red Light, Green Light, 123” which consisted of standing with my forehead to a tree,...

The Girl and the Luna Moth: Everyday Magic, Day 289

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

May 5, 20111 min read

The Girl and the Luna Moth: Everyday Magic, Day 289

When Natalie was 10, our friend Coco took a beautiful picture of her with a lunar moth on her birthday, April 28, which happens to...

What Bad Taste I Have: Everyday Magic, Days 284-285

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

May 1, 20112 min read

What Bad Taste I Have: Everyday Magic, Days 284-285

Driving home from Kansas City late last night, a blast from the past transported me back to being a kid, jumping on my bed in...

The Novel is FINALLY Being Published!: Everyday Magic, Day 196

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jan 31, 20112 min read

The Novel is FINALLY Being Published!: Everyday Magic, Day 196

How many years have I been writing The Divorce Girl? On paper since Forest was a creeping critter (now he’s a giant), and in my head for...

Remembering Ben, A Giant With a Giant Heart: Everyday Magic, Day 165

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Dec 30, 20103 min read

Remembering Ben, A Giant With a Giant Heart: Everyday Magic, Day 165

I met Ben in 1974 while working at my father’s stand, where I was ordered by my dad to stand on an old wooden table and yell out, “Two...

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