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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.

We’re Positively (or Negatively) Electrical: Everyday Magic, Day 1063

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jul 20, 2022
2 min

We’re Positively (or Negatively) Electrical: Everyday Magic, Day 1063

Yesterday my phone blew a microchip hissy fit and lost it ability to dial out or answer calls a few hours before the air-conditioning in...

Finding Kansas (and That’s All She Wrote): Everyday Magic, Day 1049

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jan 29, 2022
3 min

Finding Kansas (and That’s All She Wrote): Everyday Magic, Day 1049

I was lucky: I found a place that made a satisfying click when I set foot in it, and I knew. It was April 30, 1982, I was living in...

When I Don’t Know What Else to Do: Everyday Magic, Day 1025

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jan 12, 2021
2 min

When I Don’t Know What Else to Do: Everyday Magic, Day 1025

Since the riots of hatred last Wednesday, it’s hard to get my bearings. Like most of the people I know, the word “unbelievable!” peppers...

A Small Thanksgiving With Too Many Cranberries: Everyday Magic, Day 1021

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Nov 23, 2020
2 min

A Small Thanksgiving With Too Many Cranberries: Everyday Magic, Day 1021

Like most of us living in the ever-expansive pandemic lands, I’m looking toward a pocket-size gathering of just our household and our...

Getting Through February (the Longest Month): Everyday Magic, Day 965

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Feb 16, 2019
2 min

Getting Through February (the Longest Month): Everyday Magic, Day 965

As life has repeatedly, February is the longest month. Maybe it’s the overwrought repetition of cold, ice, and snow after months of...

The Hospitality of Writing: Everyday Magic, Day 951

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Sep 3, 2018
2 min

The Hospitality of Writing: Everyday Magic, Day 951

This led me to develop “A Leap Forward Writing Retreat” for Nov., 3, a day I welcome you to my home to write while having someone else...

From Your Alley to My Kitchen: Everyday Magic, Day 947

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jul 31, 2018
2 min

From Your Alley to My Kitchen: Everyday Magic, Day 947

Mostly, though, running the alleys means encounters with things I didn’t know I was looking for, such as new stools for our breakfast...

I Had No Idea! — Some of What Being a Mother Showed Me: Everyday Magic, Day 924

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jan 8, 2018
2 min

I Had No Idea! — Some of What Being a Mother Showed Me: Everyday Magic, Day 924

I had no idea how how much unconditional love I was capable, and before becoming a mother, I only had a glance of this light I’ve now...

Mothering Hacks Picked Up Along the Way: Everyday Magic, Day 898

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

May 14, 2017
4 min

Mothering Hacks Picked Up Along the Way: Everyday Magic, Day 898

First day home from the hospital We were exhausted and exuberant when we brought Daniel home from the hospital intensive care following...

The Growing Pains of Wild and Woolly Too-Muchness: Everyday Magic, Day 859

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

May 31, 2016
1 min

The Growing Pains of Wild and Woolly Too-Muchness: Everyday Magic, Day 859

This Memorial Day weekend, I wrote and revised an obituary and memorial service after meeting with my friend’s family, organized some of...

Just Another Kansas Night Cleaning the Basement and Tracking Tornadoes: Everyday (and night) Magic,

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

May 26, 2016
1 min

Just Another Kansas Night Cleaning the Basement and Tracking Tornadoes: Everyday (and night) Magic,

It’s been a whirl of excessive humidity, insomnia, drawings of monsters from another planet, long-track tornadoes, and rusted ice cream...

30th Anniversary for the Royals and for Us: Everyday Magic, Day 871

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Nov 5, 2015
3 min

30th Anniversary for the Royals and for Us: Everyday Magic, Day 871

Of course, there’s huge differences. Marriage is not about winners and losers, unless that marriage is not really all about marriage....

Saved by an Enchilada: Everyday Magic, Day 858

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jul 15, 2015
3 min

Saved by an Enchilada: Everyday Magic, Day 858

“You were saved by an enchilada,” Kelley said to me the other day. Often profound things we stumble into become the basis for songs we...

Pre-Emptive Empty Nesting: Everyday Magic, Day 854

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jun 25, 2015
2 min

Pre-Emptive Empty Nesting: Everyday Magic, Day 854

When Natalie moved out, my inner administrative assistant rejoiced to have a place of her own to work, plan and ponder. It seemed that...

Listening, and Getting Rid of Stuff: Everyday Magic, Day 847

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

May 3, 2015
2 min

Listening, and Getting Rid of Stuff: Everyday Magic, Day 847

Thunder, then a long stretch of wind shaking up Cottonwood Mel outside my window. A plane overhead from faraway heading faraway. The...

Slowing Down for Sabbath: Everyday Magic, Day 840

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Feb 27, 2015
2 min

Slowing Down for Sabbath: Everyday Magic, Day 840

The linguine boils happily beside the meatballs and vegetables in tomato sauce while just below them, the garlic bread warms up in the...

A New Throne for the Queen: Everyday Magic, Day 818

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Sep 28, 2014
2 min

A New Throne for the Queen: Everyday Magic, Day 818

So today I decided to fix our toilet — the one in “my” bathroom, a place I’m very fond of. Even Ken, who was out of town for the weekend,...

A Mouse in the House: Everyday Magic, Day 816

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Sep 9, 2014
2 min

A Mouse in the House: Everyday Magic, Day 816

It was after 1 a.m., and I was struggling to fall asleep. “Go to sleep,” I told my sleepy body and rushing brain. I did my usual trick of...

True Love Isn’t Rose Petals: Everyday Magic, Day 786

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Feb 14, 2014
3 min

True Love Isn’t Rose Petals: Everyday Magic, Day 786

For one thing, he doesn’t like roses, except for native wild roses, although he’s learned not to insult the roses I’ve planted in our...

Adventures of Lenny the Squirrel Menorah: Everyday Magic, Day 749

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Dec 4, 2013
2 min

Adventures of Lenny the Squirrel Menorah: Everyday Magic, Day 749

Lenny deciding which part of the cake he wants (he prefers to eat the part with the candles) We have a new friend in Lenny the squirrel...

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