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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.

When Things Fall Apart: Everyday Magic, Day 795

When Things Fall Apart: Everyday Magic, Day 795

When Things Fall Apart: Everyday Magic, Day 795

One of my favorite books, Pema Chodron’s When Things Fall Apart, names this week. Two of our three young adult children lost their jobs,...

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Apr 3, 20142 min read

So I’m Not Really In Cyprus (and Other Realities of Being Spammed): Everyday Magic, Day 790

So I’m Not Really In Cyprus (and Other Realities of Being Spammed): Everyday Magic, Day 790

So I’m Not Really In Cyprus (and Other Realities of Being Spammed): Everyday Magic, Day 790

Very early this morning at dark’o’thirty, I was rudely awakened with the news: my email sent everyone in my address book a message that I...

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Mar 11, 20142 min read

“I Have My Home in Two Worlds”: Coleman Barks, John Willison, Rumi, Magic Musicians and

“I Have My Home in Two Worlds”: Coleman Barks, John Willison, Rumi, Magic Musicians and

“I Have My Home in Two Worlds”: Coleman Barks, John Willison, Rumi, Magic Musicians and

With Coleman and John (and a very bright lamp) Last night was one of the shining evenings of my life. Surrounded by lightning and thunder...

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Oct 31, 20132 min read

Take the Long Way Home: Everyday Magic, Day 743

Take the Long Way Home: Everyday Magic, Day 743

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...

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Oct 26, 20133 min read

Astonishingly Good Inventions In Our Lifetime: Everyday Magic, Day 738

Astonishingly Good Inventions In Our Lifetime: Everyday Magic, Day 738

Astonishingly Good Inventions In Our Lifetime: Everyday Magic, Day 738

What a digital camera gives us in a flash Driving through town the other day, it occurred to me how many good inventions have come about...

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Oct 7, 20133 min read

Days of Awe Come Around Again: Everyday Magic, Day 733

Days of Awe Come Around Again: Everyday Magic, Day 733

Days of Awe Come Around Again: Everyday Magic, Day 733

So it’s begun: the Days of Awe, the span between Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur when Jews (and anyone else thus inclined) are supposed to...

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Sep 5, 20132 min read

Cancer Scares: Everyday Magic, Day 730

Cancer Scares: Everyday Magic, Day 730

Cancer Scares: Everyday Magic, Day 730

This week I had myself a little cancer scare. A combination of strange joint pains, unexplained long-term nausea, some other symptoms and...

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Aug 30, 20132 min read

Vermont Wander Day: Everyday Magic, Day 723

Vermont Wander Day: Everyday Magic, Day 723

Vermont Wander Day: Everyday Magic, Day 723

In Kansas, wander days have a different feel because we can generally see where we’re going from a long way off. In Vermont, the...

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Aug 7, 20131 min read

Would You Like to Swing on a Star or Just Swing?: Everyday Magic, Day 719

Would You Like to Swing on a Star or Just Swing?: Everyday Magic, Day 719

Would You Like to Swing on a Star or Just Swing?: Everyday Magic, Day 719

This evening as I was walking through the playground to swim my 18 laps at the pool, I passed a large, middle-aged man in running shorts...

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jul 24, 20132 min read

Raising Your Arms When the Roller Coaster Plunges: Everyday Magic, Day 718

Raising Your Arms When the Roller Coaster Plunges: Everyday Magic, Day 718

Raising Your Arms When the Roller Coaster Plunges: Everyday Magic, Day 718

“Life comes at you point blank,” Ken has been telling me for years, and this summer I’m both overwhelmed and astonished by the truth of...

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jul 18, 20131 min read

The Balancing Point of the Solstice: Everyday Magic, Day 710

The Balancing Point of the Solstice: Everyday Magic, Day 710

The Balancing Point of the Solstice: Everyday Magic, Day 710

Today is the longest day of the year, and not so surprisingly on this balancing point, many things over the last few weeks or months...

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jun 21, 20131 min read

Lost in Space at the DMV: Everyday Magic, Day 709

Lost in Space at the DMV: Everyday Magic, Day 709

Lost in Space at the DMV: Everyday Magic, Day 709

Twice this week I’ve had to go to the Division of Motor Vehicles with Forest, so twice this week I sat in the moveable chair feast of DMV...

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jun 20, 20132 min read

Brave Voice’s Round Rainbow: Everyday Magic, Day 703

Brave Voice’s Round Rainbow: Everyday Magic, Day 703

Brave Voice’s Round Rainbow: Everyday Magic, Day 703

A round rainbow is called a glory. What you survive in life is called a story. You only see the arc of it after the storm. To see the...

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

May 20, 20132 min read

Riding a Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup Into the Sunset: Everyday Magic, Day 699

Riding a Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup Into the Sunset: Everyday Magic, Day 699

Riding a Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup Into the Sunset: Everyday Magic, Day 699

“How many cars did you go through during your poet laureate term? Three? Four?” Shawn asked me during the last poetry caravan a few...

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

May 1, 20132 min read

The Music Is Back, The Mystery Remains: Everyday Magic, Day 697

The Music Is Back, The Mystery Remains: Everyday Magic, Day 697

The Music Is Back, The Mystery Remains: Everyday Magic, Day 697

Today the music returned. A canister with about two dozen yoga class mix CDs that I painstakenly made on my old computer showed up right...

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Apr 29, 20132 min read

Surprises Between the Surprise Snow & the Expected Snow: Everyday Magic, Day 686

Surprises Between the Surprise Snow & the Expected Snow: Everyday Magic, Day 686

Surprises Between the Surprise Snow & the Expected Snow: Everyday Magic, Day 686

Hard to see, but surprise snow is falling thick through the windows of Signs of Life, a bookstore/cafe where I hang out Yesterday it was...

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Mar 20, 20132 min read

Playing It Forward: Everyday Magic, Day 682

Playing It Forward: Everyday Magic, Day 682

Playing It Forward: Everyday Magic, Day 682

We met the 29 wondrous souls who signed up in October for the first all-day session, saw them again for another day As for the...

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Mar 11, 20131 min read

Back to the Bus: Everyday Magic, Day 679

Back to the Bus: Everyday Magic, Day 679

Back to the Bus: Everyday Magic, Day 679

I used to be a regular on the cross-country bus, my main mode of flinging myself the 1000-miles-plus between college in the Midwest and...

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Feb 23, 20133 min read

I Wanted An Enchilada, I Got a Prairie Fire: Everyday Magic, Day 676

I Wanted An Enchilada, I Got a Prairie Fire: Everyday Magic, Day 676

I Wanted An Enchilada, I Got a Prairie Fire: Everyday Magic, Day 676

I didn’t feel like bundling up so I could strip down as I dragged fire through the cold, but it was the right thing to do because I live...

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Feb 8, 20132 min read

I Was President of the United States, and Jimmy Carter Was In My Living Room: Everyday Magic, Day 67

I Was President of the United States, and Jimmy Carter Was In My Living Room: Everyday Magic, Day 67

I Was President of the United States, and Jimmy Carter Was In My Living Room: Everyday Magic, Day 67

Then I woke up. But while I was asleep, I had an adventure of the presidential sort. It turned out that, one day after throwing my hat in...

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Feb 3, 20132 min read

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