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Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
- Nov 22, 2023
- 3 min
What Can We Do in Impossible Times: Everyday Magic, Day 1088
This morning, after waking once again at 5 a.m. freaked out about the state of the world, Gaza and Israel specifically, I eventually gave...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
- Dec 15, 2012
- 3 min
What the School Shootings Tell (or Could Tell) Us: Everyday Magic, Day 659
Two particular photos from the Newtown shooting break my heart. One is of a boy with his hands held tight over his mouth. A girl holds...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
- Aug 28, 2012
- 2 min
“No Way of Dividing What’s Yours & Mine When Everything is Shining” & My
Juxtaposed with the news reports in my head of the Republican National Convention, recent polling on the election, the impossibility of...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
- Oct 17, 2011
- 2 min
Written in Occupation: Everyday Magic, Day 427
Around the perimeter, visitors and regulars stand at the gate and film what’s happening. Tourists walk through, giving out money or...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
- Aug 16, 2011
- 2 min
News of My Demise Is Greatly Exagerated: Everyday Magic, Day 389
Well, I’m still poet laureate, and as I’ve written before, I still plan to finish my term, which ends next July, and to pass on this post...