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About That Life From Other Planets….:Everyday Magic, Day 228
In a nutshell, there is evidence that some meteorites contain evidence of life beyond earth, but this evidence hasn’t yet been vetted by...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Mar 7, 20111 min read
There is Life in the Universe Beyond Earth: Everyday Magic, Day 227
It may look like a ghost of a worm, but this is a fossil of filaments from an extraterrestrial lifeform Okay, so we’ve known this in our...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Mar 6, 20112 min read
Good Morning, Sunshine: Everyday Magic, Day 226
I took the eye pad off, and there it was: light, bright blue sky with the most pastel of clouds, a pale breeze shimming the bare branch,...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Mar 5, 20112 min read
Wichita Lineman In Wichita: Everyday Magic, Days 223-22
Okay, so it was a schmaltzy synchronicity, but decades immediately lined up with the road I was on. I remembered listening to Glen...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Mar 2, 20111 min read
Last Day of the Longest Month of the Year: Everyday Magic, Day 222
At the cusp of darkness, I went to a yoga class with Kelley, and as I pushed and pulled myself through the I-can’t-do-this-ness of the...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Feb 28, 20111 min read
Red-Winged Blackbirds in a Field of Snow: Everyday Magic, Day 220
In little time, the large feeder was empty, and Ken cajoled me to step outside in my slippers and refill it. Of course just opening the...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Feb 26, 20111 min read
It Might As Well Be Spring: Everyday Magic, Day 214
A steady bright rain falls past all the windows as the bright blue of the sky shines through. It’s 58 degrees and February in Vermont,...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Feb 18, 20112 min read
When The Clearing Comes: Everyday Magic, Day 209
There's something about a 58-degree day in February after blizzards, bad news about the state budget, and being hit by a fast-moving...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Feb 13, 20111 min read
Welcome Home, Egyptians!: Everyday Magic, Days 207-208
I'm dreaming some of Egypt, feeling that joyous swoop of energy from yesterday, and all it says about the possibilities for tomorrow....
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Feb 12, 20112 min read
Loving Peace and the Warriors: Everyday Magic, Day 201
I was thinking today about what’s happening in Egypt, and how, at Maura’s funeral, someone said she loved peace but also loved the...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Feb 5, 20112 min read
Searching for Windows: Everyday Magic, Day 200
Until about 2:30 a.m., I rooted through boxes in the basement, sorting greeting cards, CDs, graduate school paperwork and baby clothes,...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Feb 4, 20111 min read
Snow Day Memories: Everyday Magic, Day 197
I was eight, we had just moved from my beloved Brooklyn to an actual house (with space between it and other houses — amazing!) in a...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Feb 1, 20112 min read
The Gift Of Rep. Gabrielle Gifford's Recovery: Everyday Magic, Day 186
Like many of you, I've been following the news about Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, smiling whenever I hear more news of her recovery: she's...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jan 20, 20112 min read
Where Have All the Cameras Gone? The Art of Losing Is Too Easy to Master: Everyday Magic, Day 185
You see, we have a history of leaking cameras. In the last year, we (the collective family since no one knows for sure who last used it)...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jan 19, 20111 min read
When Life Puts Life In Perspective: Everyday Magic, Day 182
Just as we were leaving the house to dance our butts off and eat delectables at a Bar Mitzvah celebration, my little phone rang. I looked...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jan 16, 20112 min read
Remembering the Six Who Died in Tucson, and Sending Peace: Everyday Magic, Day 176
I sit in a comfortable chair, wearing cuddle-duds and yoga clothing, my feet stretched out and the windows I’m facing full of...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jan 10, 20112 min read
The Magic of Brave Voice: Everyday Magic, Day 172
When Kelley and I started designing the Brave Voice writing and singing retreat about seven years ago, we envisioned a clearing, a place...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jan 6, 20112 min read
When the Veil is Thin: Everyday Magic, Day 170
"It's a time when the veil is just thinner," my friend Denise told me when I asked her about the feeling I had that the sacred was just...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jan 4, 20111 min read
Cats Taught Us To Lie: Everyday Magic, Day 169
I walked in the door after yoga today, and immediately Miyako, our sweet little cat, rushed to the laundry room threshold and told me...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jan 3, 20111 min read
If This Year Could Talk: Everyday Magic, Day 166
Hey, I’m 2010, and I’m exhausted. What a year! I tell you, I could use a good week of solid sleep, and I know I’m going to get it and...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 31, 20102 min read
