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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.

Does Anyone Really Know What Time It Is?: Everyday Magic, Day 1070

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Nov 12, 2022
3 min

Does Anyone Really Know What Time It Is?: Everyday Magic, Day 1070

Time continually befuddles me, so much so that my last book of poetry was called How Time Moves, and I’m still deep in the muck of...

The Quiet In-Betweens: Everyday Magic, Day 1055

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Apr 19, 2022
2 min

The Quiet In-Betweens: Everyday Magic, Day 1055

Sometimes I feel like I’m at a sudden still point between waves of motion and change. Like right now as I sit in a floral chair in my...

“Life Will Break You”: A Year Since Everything Changed: Everyday Magic, Day 1031

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Mar 11, 2021
3 min

“Life Will Break You”: A Year Since Everything Changed: Everyday Magic, Day 1031

“This is probably the last time we’ll be able to do this,” we nervously joked with each other a year ago. We were friends, gathered at...

A Year From Now: Everyday Magic, Day 1014

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Aug 23, 2020
3 min

A Year From Now: Everyday Magic, Day 1014

A year ago, driving a mountain cabin to Denver to see old friends, we had no idea. It just seemed that life would go on like this with...

What is a Year?: Everyday Magic, Day 1009

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jun 17, 2020
2 min

What is a Year?: Everyday Magic, Day 1009

A year ago, I was positively radioactive. On June 14, I had surgery to insert a tiny gold disk of radioactive pellets in my right eye,...

A Letter From the Post-Pandemic Future: Everyday Magic, Day 1004

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Apr 19, 2020
5 min

A Letter From the Post-Pandemic Future: Everyday Magic, Day 1004

Dear You, Yes, I hear you knocking on my door at all hours of the day and especially night, calling me out of my sleep because you’re not...

Are We All Just Dust in the Wind?: Everyday Magic, Day 995

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jan 30, 2020
2 min

Are We All Just Dust in the Wind?: Everyday Magic, Day 995

That’s the question I kept asking myself as I replayed “Dust in the Wind” on my quickly-wearing-out but relatively new copy of Point of...

Loving and Leaving Goddard: Everyday Magic, Day 981

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Aug 7, 2019
4 min

Loving and Leaving Goddard: Everyday Magic, Day 981

Arm-in-arm, Vicky, Eduardo, Ralph, and I walked down the snowy country road, belting out “Walking in a Winter Wonderland” and doing...

A Lightening Up: Everyday Magic, Day 967

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Mar 10, 2019
2 min

A Lightening Up: Everyday Magic, Day 967

Daylight Savings Time, beside being a kick that keeps kicking our sleeping patterns for a while, heralds a kind of lightening up,...

In Praise of Mary Oliver: Everyday Magic, Day 962

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jan 18, 2019
4 min

In Praise of Mary Oliver: Everyday Magic, Day 962

I can’t remember when I first encountered Oliver’s poetry, but I know this: it wasn’t when I was doing a PhD in poetry despite my comps...

I’m in Love With a Great Lake: Everyday Magic, Day 946

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jul 23, 2018
3 min

I’m in Love With a Great Lake: Everyday Magic, Day 946

I’m in love with Lake Superior, and the more I visit, the deeper I fall. Not only is this the greatest of the Great Lakes, containing 10%...

Equinox Quirks in East Lawrence: Everyday Magic, Day 933

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Mar 20, 2018
1 min

Equinox Quirks in East Lawrence: Everyday Magic, Day 933

Nothing like a brisk walk on the first day of spring in East Lawrence with a good friend. Along the way, we saw many more friendly sites,...

First Lightning of the New Year: Everyday Magic, Day 925

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jan 21, 2018
1 min

First Lightning of the New Year: Everyday Magic, Day 925

The thunder comes rumbles to east, the lightning flashes irregularly in the southwest corner of my window, and the air is full. I open...

The Peace of a Late Autumn Day: Everyday Magic, Day 916

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Nov 17, 2017
2 min

The Peace of a Late Autumn Day: Everyday Magic, Day 916

One of my and maybe your ongoing problems with fall as well as spring — especially in these regions where we have four distinct seasons —...

Ocean View to Porch View: Everyday Magic, Day 868

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Aug 15, 2016
1 min

Ocean View to Porch View: Everyday Magic, Day 868

Yesterday morning, I walked acros This morning, I walked to my front porch, put my feet up, and stared into the Osage Orange tree and...

A Tale of (at Least) Two Quilts: Everyday Magic 894

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Apr 9, 2016
2 min

A Tale of (at Least) Two Quilts: Everyday Magic 894

I started the bright blue quilt with the crazy quilt squares — controlled chaos is how I see this design glimpsed and phone-photoed from...

A Year of Reunions: Everyday Magic, Day 882

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Dec 31, 2015
4 min

A Year of Reunions: Everyday Magic, Day 882

In the arms and lap of Suzanne, one of my oldest friends Stay around long enough, and you’ll meet yourself and everyone else you love...

30th Anniversary for the Royals and for Us: Everyday Magic, Day 871

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Nov 5, 2015
3 min

30th Anniversary for the Royals and for Us: Everyday Magic, Day 871

Of course, there’s huge differences. Marriage is not about winners and losers, unless that marriage is not really all about marriage....

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...

Maggie, the Heartbeat of What It Means to Be Alive: Everyday Magic, Day 796

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Apr 9, 2014
2 min

Maggie, the Heartbeat of What It Means to Be Alive: Everyday Magic, Day 796

Although I didn’t know Maggie for decades or pal around big-time for her, whenever I saw her, we got right down to it: cancer (first...

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