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Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jun 25, 20141 min read
Oh Give Me a Poem Where the Buffalo Roam: Everyday Magic, Day 804
Like all book projects to the easily-optimistic, this one seemed kind of easy and fun. Fun it was, but “easy” quickly became a...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Feb 23, 20142 min read
Why You Should Support the Best Work Of One of the Best Musicians: Everyday Magic, Day 788
Kelley and some of the musicians she recorded with in Nashville Yesterday I listened to one of the most beautiful albums in my life:...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jan 28, 20142 min read
In Memory of Pete Seeger: Everyday Magic, Day 762
I grew up on Pete Seeger, his music and his voice coming to me through the radio, the television, and perhaps just in the wind. Of course...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Oct 31, 20132 min read
“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
Aug 21, 20132 min read
What Marian McPartland Shows Us About Living Out Loud: Everyday Magic, Day 725
Waking up to hear about the death of Marian McPartland, I’ve been thinking all morning about what this epitome of grace demonstrates...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
May 20, 20132 min read
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
Apr 29, 20132 min read
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
Mar 18, 20131 min read
“Green Light is All the Heart Believes”: Everyday Magic, Day 685
I love this color beyond its obvious symbolism as the talisman of new beginnings; pale green is exceedingly calm (is that why so many...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Mar 11, 20131 min read
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
Nov 18, 20125 min read
Bruce Springsteen & the Beautiful Rewards of Seeing Him and the Band in Concert: Everyday Magic
Last night, I experienced full-throated, give-it-everything-you’ve-got, love-the-world-and-then-some joy at a deafening volume for over...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Sep 5, 20122 min read
I Listen to the Wind of My Soul: Everyday Magic, Day 622
Sitting on the back deck, the sun to my right and cottonwood to my left, I listen to the wind. I love this sound so much that I could not...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Nov 3, 20113 min read
Holly & Our Wedding Song: Everyday Magic, Day 436
We met her sometime in the early 80s, she and her husband having recently moved to Lawrence, and in no time we were doing poetry readings...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jul 9, 20112 min read
"These Are the Best Days of Our Lives": Everyday Magic, Day 362
Kelley's new album, which features this song (and we co-wrote 8 of the 12 songs). Click here to buy the album. Last night, right in the...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jun 20, 20112 min read
In Memory of Clarence Clemons: Everyday Magic, Day 355
Both Clemons and Springsteen tell the story of how they met: Bruce was playing a club in Asbury Park when Clemons came to check out this...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
May 31, 20112 min read
Joni, Carly and Carole, and Finding Life in Song: Everyday Magic, Day 337
Having just finished Sheila Weller’s excellent book, Girls Like Us: Carly Simon, Joni Mitchell, Carole King and the Journey of a...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
May 1, 20112 min read
What Bad Taste I Have: Everyday Magic, Days 284-285
Driving home from Kansas City late last night, a blast from the past transported me back to being a kid, jumping on my bed in...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Apr 29, 20111 min read
Little Darling, It's Been a Long Cold Lonely Winter: Everyday Magic, Day 283
Now that it’s spring full-on — blossoms curling up into nothing while the trees leaf out, temperatures in the 70s with a rollicking...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Apr 18, 20113 min read
Why Passover Is Christmas, My Birthday & A Broadway Musical All Rolled Up Into One Meal: Everyd
Last year south of the Wakarusa Take your light-encrusted pine trees, bright birthday bows on mystery packages and belting out...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Apr 12, 20112 min read
Living My Dream to Be a Tina Turner Backup Dancer: Everyday Magic, Day 265
A few nights ago, I was upstairs in Dewey Dorm at Goddard College with a bunch of new fast friends (fellow faculty), watching a video of...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Apr 7, 20111 min read
Driving Nowhere In The Dark: Everyday Magic, Day 260
When I say I drove nowhere in the dark last night, I'm not talking metaphorically, or at least not just. I got in the car, thinking I...
