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Back in the Porch in Big Wind: Everyday Magic, Day 1079
“Little darling, it’s been a long cold lonely winter,” the Beatles sang, and while my winter wasn’t so lonely, it felt unduly long and...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Apr 4, 20232 min read
Traveling Woman: Everyday Magic, Day 1059
Suddenly, I’m on the road a lot after the time-bending months of the pandemic. I went to Wichita for a night to visit with an old friend...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jun 11, 20222 min read
In the Cave of Winter: Everyday Magic, Day 994
Each day I crave a clear view of a clear sky, but fog, snow, sleet, rain, freezing rain, and variety packs of all this percipitation at...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jan 23, 20202 min read
Weeding in the Rain: Everyday Magic, Day 938
I felt that call of the garden as soon as Ken and I stepped out for our evening walk around the edges of the fields. “Let’s just stay...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
May 3, 20182 min read
Prevernal Wonders: Everyday Magic, Day 932
I love the prevernal season perhaps best of all: that space between the start of spring and before the leafing out of the big, green...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Mar 16, 20182 min read
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,...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Sep 6, 20172 min read
Endings and Beginnings at Midnight: Everyday Magic, Day 906
It is 12:04 a.m., and I”m writing this from our back deck where I sit cross-legged in a chair and stare up at two enormous trees. The...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jul 12, 20172 min read
Save the Humanities!: Everyday Magic, Day 894
Photo by Stephen Locke, used with permission The kids were already in the front seats when I arrived at the Coffey County Library branch...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Mar 24, 20173 min read
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....
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 21, 20162 min read
Insomnia with Stars, Rain, Thunder, and Lightning Bugs: Everyday Magic, Day 866
There’s something to said for seeing in the dark especially when the first rain in weeks makes both a dramatic and gentle entrance,...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jul 25, 20161 min read
The Light, the Dark, and a Road Trip to Western Kansas: Everyday Magic, Day 890
I first presented the book to the marvelous Pioneer Memorial Library, which brought together close to 80 people in the basement for lunch...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Mar 4, 20162 min read
Counting Stars, Time, and Remembering Jerry: Everyday Magic, Day 880
All day, I had been thinking about a year ago when our dear friend Jerry died after either a short or long illness, depending on how you...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 14, 20153 min read
Falling in Love with Kansas Skies All Over Again: Everyday Magic, Day 706
It happens all the time. It happens every so often. I go outside or, while driving, turn a corner, and I meet the sky. On a spring day in...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
May 30, 20131 min read
Our Aunt, Uncle and a Tornado Kitten: Everyday Magic, Days 331-332
Even massive tornadoes can move in delicate ways. Our aunt and uncle’s garage was destroyed, but a china cabinet that shared a wall with...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
May 26, 20111 min read
