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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.

Life Comes in Waves: Everyday Magic, Day 1017

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Oct 7, 2020
3 min

Life Comes in Waves: Everyday Magic, Day 1017

Yesterday, we rushed down the driveway to pick up my car from one repair shop to take it to another. But Moxie-dog chased us down the...

Prayer for the New Year & Bonus Posts: Everyday Magic, Day 993

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jan 12, 2020
2 min

Prayer for the New Year & Bonus Posts: Everyday Magic, Day 993

Although 2020 is already underfoot, this is my first blog post of the year, and it’s the first post that will go out to all of you who...

Back at the Cancer Rodeo: Everyday Magic, Day 972

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

May 1, 2019
4 min

Back at the Cancer Rodeo: Everyday Magic, Day 972

When I had breast cancer 17 years ago, I learned some things about resilience, the ability to bounce back. There’s nothing like being...

Look for the Miriams: Everyday Magic, Day 956

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Oct 29, 2018
3 min

Look for the Miriams: Everyday Magic, Day 956

A few hours after the Tree of Life shooting, we clung to each other — singing, praying, crying — at the Beth Israel Center in Madison,...

Rituals of Pause as the Big Rocks in the Jar: Everyday Magic, Day 950

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Aug 18, 2018
2 min

Rituals of Pause as the Big Rocks in the Jar: Everyday Magic, Day 950

What Neela, a marvelous integrative physician and founder of Atma Clinic, said rocked my world. Wait, what about all the things I need to...

The Patron Saint of Just-Being Returns the Music: Everyday Magic, Day 892

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Mar 3, 2017
2 min

The Patron Saint of Just-Being Returns the Music: Everyday Magic, Day 892

In the two-plus years since our dear friend Jerry died, I’ve occasionally resumed my search for my Ipod mini, a little music player I...

When Things Fall Apart (Or Seem To): Everyday Magic, Day 890

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Feb 3, 2017
2 min

When Things Fall Apart (Or Seem To): Everyday Magic, Day 890

Since the inauguration our family has been living out a microcosm of the macrocosm. While the details aren’t mine to tell, let’s just say...

Bringing Charles Home: Everyday Magic, Day 863

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jun 19, 2016
3 min

Bringing Charles Home: Everyday Magic, Day 863

It was one of those Kansas days when any moment of daylight would be heavy with heat and humidity although a 9 a.m. burial was more like...

Charles Is A Force of Nature: Everyday Magic, Day 862

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jun 15, 2016
3 min

Charles Is A Force of Nature: Everyday Magic, Day 862

Charles was one of the first Lawrencians I ever met, in about 1981 when I was a member of the Kansas City Sufi community, where Charles...

What Is a Year?: Everyday Magic, Day 833

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Dec 31, 2014
3 min

What Is a Year?: Everyday Magic, Day 833

If 2014 was a mouse, I’d let my cats kill it, and then I would, like I do with all their usual triumphs, pick it up by the tip of its...

Making Peace with Christmas: Everyday Magic, Day 832

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Dec 24, 2014
3 min

Making Peace with Christmas: Everyday Magic, Day 832

Growing up Jewish, I remember cleaning my closet on Christmas, passing the day feeling left out of the party, and of course, going out...

The Things of a Life: Everyday Magic, Day 831

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Dec 21, 2014
3 min

The Things of a Life: Everyday Magic, Day 831

One of the photos his daughters found The shortest day of the year included taking apart, packing, hauling away and other redistributing...

Why I Buy Myself Flowers Each Week: Everyday Magic, Day 813

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Aug 29, 2014
2 min

Why I Buy Myself Flowers Each Week: Everyday Magic, Day 813

I didn’t always buy myself flowers each Friday, and actually, I’m not even sure when I started, but it was sometime in the last five or...

Praying for the Peace That Surpasses All Understanding: Everyday Magic, Day 807

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jul 13, 2014
3 min

Praying for the Peace That Surpasses All Understanding: Everyday Magic, Day 807

On Facebook, at the grocery store, and even in my own kitchen, discussions heat up about the Israeli bombing of Gaza, and the Hamas...

Welcome to the Dialogue and Friendship Dinner: With An Outstretched Hand

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Apr 29, 2014
3 min

Welcome to the Dialogue and Friendship Dinner: With An Outstretched Hand

Thanks to Eyyup Esen, the force of friendship between this event Tonight I was honored to give the welcome and a welcoming poem at the...

Inventorying the Pettinesses (and Trying Not To Channel Darth Vader): Everyay Magic, Day 732

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Sep 4, 2013
2 min

Inventorying the Pettinesses (and Trying Not To Channel Darth Vader): Everyay Magic, Day 732

There’s nothing like a convergence of the ongoing Days of Awe, when Jews are supposed to look at our shortcomings and make amends, and a...

When the Hooks Are on the Wind: Everyday Magic, Day 729

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Aug 30, 2013
2 min

When the Hooks Are on the Wind: Everyday Magic, Day 729

Pema Chodron, a Buddhist nun and writer, calls it shenpa, which she defines as “….the urge, the hook, that triggers our habitual tendency...

Homing In: Everyday Magic, Day 680

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Feb 24, 2013
3 min

Homing In: Everyday Magic, Day 680

The world of travel farce is narrow and treacherous. What wouldn’t shake me much in ordinary life level me here. My burrowing animal...

Needle in the Bone Book Launch: Everyday Magic, Day 660

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Dec 16, 2012
3 min

Needle in the Bone Book Launch: Everyday Magic, Day 660

All day leading up to the event was a combination of all-okay and all-not-okay because, as Jarek said during the launch, “This is also...

Back to the Source in New Jersey: Everyday Magic, Day 639

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Oct 23, 2012
2 min

Back to the Source in New Jersey: Everyday Magic, Day 639

Reunited after 30 years with Phil Brater, my mentor and dear friend who modeled for me what true witnessing, support and daring to love...

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