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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.

The Power of Music: Everyday Magic, Day 1076

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Feb 17, 2023
2 min

The Power of Music: Everyday Magic, Day 1076

This is the week of the Bruces for me — I saw Bruce Cockburn in concert Thurs. night, and Sat. night, I’m off to see Bruce Springsteen...

10 Reasons to Come to Brave Voice: Everyday Magic, Day 1045

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Aug 15, 2021
2 min

10 Reasons to Come to Brave Voice: Everyday Magic, Day 1045

Kelley Hunt and my 16th annual six-day Brave Voice, Sept. 19-24 in Council Grove, Kansas. We have strong Covid protocols in place to keep...

Cancer Anniversary: From a Personal Pandemic to a Global One: Everyday Magic, Day 1005

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Apr 29, 2020
5 min

Cancer Anniversary: From a Personal Pandemic to a Global One: Everyday Magic, Day 1005

A year ago today, pacing an empty parking lot, I cried so hard on the phone with my friend Kelley that it was hard to get the words out:...

When Miriam Finishes Wandering the Desert: Everyday Magic, Day 911

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Sep 18, 2017
3 min

When Miriam Finishes Wandering the Desert: Everyday Magic, Day 911

Late last night, as I sent my novel Miriam’s Well to my wonderful publisher, Steve Semken of Ice Cube Press, I reworked a summary of this...

An Expansive Kansas Road Trip in a Concise Time: Everyday Magic, Day 910

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Sep 6, 2017
2 min

An Expansive Kansas Road Trip in a Concise Time: Everyday Magic, Day 910

Kansas Humanities Council talk on wild weather in poetry, photography and our lives at one of the great community jewels-of-a-library,...

Turning a Blog Into a Book (and Please Help Me Find a Great Subtitle!): Everyday Magic, Day 908

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Aug 9, 2017
3 min

Turning a Blog Into a Book (and Please Help Me Find a Great Subtitle!): Everyday Magic, Day 908

Yup, this is the photo that will wrap around the book cover. Thanks to Daniel and Ken Lassman for taking it together. My posts are fewer...

The Everyday Miracle of Rainbows: Everyday Magic, Day 904

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jul 1, 2017
3 min

The Everyday Miracle of Rainbows: Everyday Magic, Day 904

Why I didn’t see a rainbow until I was 12 was because I wasn’t looking, not having imagined rainbows were possible in real life. Growing...

When Self-Care Isn't Enough: Everyday Magic, Day 897

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Apr 25, 2017
3 min

When Self-Care Isn't Enough: Everyday Magic, Day 897

Case in point: I’m sick now, nothing very serious, and after struggling against a virus or something like it for six weeks. I had to...

"Dedications" and the Women's March in Topeka (and Everywhere!): Everyday Magic, Day

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jan 21, 2017
3 min

"Dedications" and the Women's March in Topeka (and Everywhere!): Everyday Magic, Day

One of the men I was talking about — my husband Ken — plus Dot Nary, who gave a superb talk and her husband Today I was given the...

Winter Solstice and the Shortest Day: Everyday Magic, Day 882

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Dec 21, 2016
2 min

Winter Solstice and the Shortest Day: Everyday Magic, Day 882

Nora Jones sings on my computer, Natalie naps under a Tardis blanket on the couch, and Miyako the cat bird-watches in the windowsill....

Beyond the Dark Tunnel of Mid-December: Everyday Magic, Day 881

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Dec 9, 2016
2 min

Beyond the Dark Tunnel of Mid-December: Everyday Magic, Day 881

As a kid, I dreaded the stretch between New Jersey and New York City when our family station wagon would descend into the underworld,...

The Moon is Still the Moon: Everyday Magic, Day 878

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Nov 9, 2016
2 min

The Moon is Still the Moon: Everyday Magic, Day 878

I thought I would be crying tears of relief and joy. Instead, I sit in the dark at midnight while Ken tries to sleep, occasionally check...

L'Shanah Tova — a Poem for the New Year: Everyday Magic, Day 874

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Oct 2, 2016
2 min

L'Shanah Tova — a Poem for the New Year: Everyday Magic, Day 874

As for this old year, all the beings in my house are tag-team napping. I’m unfurling from a wicked little cold and sinus deal that has...

Your Heart Song: A Poem for Charles Gruber: Everyday Magic, Day 871

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Sep 6, 2016
1 min

Your Heart Song: A Poem for Charles Gruber: Everyday Magic, Day 871

Your Heart Song for Charles Listen, listen, listen: how could I ever forget you with your shining brown eyes, raising your eyebrows when...

Ocean View to Porch View: Everyday Magic, Day 868

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Aug 15, 2016
1 min

Ocean View to Porch View: Everyday Magic, Day 868

Yesterday morning, I walked acros This morning, I walked to my front porch, put my feet up, and stared into the Osage Orange tree and...

A Young Woman in the Land of Yoga: Everyday Magic, Day 867

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Aug 3, 2016
3 min

A Young Woman in the Land of Yoga: Everyday Magic, Day 867

Your Yoga in Minneapolis, a fine yoga center and school, six years after she first fell for yoga. When I visited with her in June, I...

Becoming a Parent Is Not What You Think: Everyday Magic, Day 865

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jul 7, 2016
3 min

Becoming a Parent Is Not What You Think: Everyday Magic, Day 865

Daniel with his grandmothers 27 years ago today, I was in labor at the with my first child at Topeka’s Birth and Women’s Health Center....

A Bedroom Full of Fireflies: Everyday Magic, Day 864

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jun 28, 2016
2 min

A Bedroom Full of Fireflies: Everyday Magic, Day 864

There they were for the last two nights: a dozen or more fireflies stitching their green light across the bedroom, rising toward the...

Charles Is A Force of Nature: Everyday Magic, Day 862

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jun 15, 2016
3 min

Charles Is A Force of Nature: Everyday Magic, Day 862

Charles was one of the first Lawrencians I ever met, in about 1981 when I was a member of the Kansas City Sufi community, where Charles...

Saved (Again) By Music: Everyday Music, Day 860

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jun 6, 2016
4 min

Saved (Again) By Music: Everyday Music, Day 860

Celebrating Claudia’s birthday at the concert with Michel Loomis Listening to the astonishingly spirited Claudia Schmidt perform a house...

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