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What Makes This Bearable: Everyday Magic, Day 1,110
“You’re an interesting species. An interesting mix. You’re capable of such beautiful dreams, and such horrible nightmares. You feel so...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Nov 6, 20242 min read
"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
Mar 1, 20244 min read
The Older I Get, the More I Flirt With Dogs: Everyday Magic, Day 1087
I don't mean this metaphorically. I flirt with real dogs everywhere who, as I mosey on toward my mid-60s, turn out to be so much better...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Nov 29, 20233 min read
Hugging People As If It’s Perfectly Normal: Everyday Magic, Day 1037
When I walked into the Merc Co-op today, I spied Ardys. After talking a little through our masks, she leaned in to bump elbows. “You...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
May 4, 20212 min read
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...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Mar 29, 20219 min read
Palliative Care or Palling Around? Everyday Magic, Day 1028
Shay the dog is an elderly gentleman with a lot of problems that could be careening him to the brink of the rainbow bridge soon. He has...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Feb 7, 20212 min read
What’s In Your Mystery Box?: Everyday Magic , Day 1027
On the phone with my cousin Richard last night, we talked about how life gives you materials you don’t often sign up for, then you have...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jan 29, 20212 min read
On the First Night of August: Everyday Magic, Day 1012
Sometime in my early teens, I discovered Carole King’s Rhymes and Reasons, and like I had done with Joni Mitchell’s Blue (was there ever...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Aug 1, 20203 min read
Back at the Cancer Rodeo: Everyday Magic, Day 972
When I had breast cancer 17 years ago, I learned some things about resilience, the ability to bounce back. There’s nothing like being...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
May 1, 20194 min read
A Snake, A Wedding, and Faith: Everyday Magic, Day 972
When I saw the video, I was amazed at how calm and calming the humans and, to some extent, the snake were in doing what it took for the...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Apr 27, 20192 min read
Alice: Praising My Mother-in-Law: Everyday Magic, Day 957
After crowd-sourcing some of the details for this poem from her children (including my husband), here’s what I wrote for the woman who...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Nov 18, 20182 min read
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...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Feb 14, 20143 min read
Goodbye, Dog of Love: Everyday Magic, Day 759
We found Mariah at the Humane Society when Daniel, his friend Katie, and I went in looking for a special canine pal for Daniel. Mariah...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jan 13, 20143 min read
The Lost Friend: Everyday Magic, Day 257
Lately, I’ve been thinking about the lost friends — a few in my life, but an experience common in most of our lives: the friends who...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Apr 4, 20112 min read
A Valentine Poem: Everyday Magic, Day 210
Valentine It’s all a matter of seeing what is right here: the face of the beloved, the eyes closed, graying lashes on the cheekbone. The...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Feb 13, 20111 min read
Spirit Trip: Woody
We’ve all taken those kinds of trips that aren’t anywhere in the vicinity of relaxing poolside under swaying palms, or long meetings in...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 19, 20073 min read
