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The Winter That Could Not End: Everyday Magic, Day 789
Adding to my winter kvetching has been a five-day virus, just now ebbing after nights of making me shiver so much that piles of down...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Mar 5, 20141 min read
A Quiet Moment in the Morning: Everyday Magic, Day 746
Again, the dogs and cat sleep, some curled into a ball on worn-out cushions, others stretched on sofa arms in the sun. The light, caught...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Nov 13, 20131 min read
Take the Long Way Home: Everyday Magic, Day 743
Sid Vicious memorial party because it’s simply another reason to have a party Supertramp’s “Take the Long Way Home” was at its height in...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Oct 26, 20133 min read
The People Who See Us in the Worst Light Possible: Everyday Magic, Day 722
Not so much a blast from the past but a little breeze brushed me recently, reminding me of both someone many years ago and someone in the...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jul 31, 20132 min read
The Next Big Thing Blog Hop: Everyday Magic, Day 687
Matthew Porubsky asked me to participate in this blog hop, which encourages writers to self-interview themselves on the next big thing in...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Mar 22, 20132 min read
Planes, Trains, Ships & Automobiles: Everyday Magic, Day 657
In the last ten days, I've traveled by airplane, convertible, foot, SUV, cruise ship, minivan, tram, car, swimming, and even bed and hot...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 11, 20121 min read
Missing Lou & Maura: Everyday Magic, Day 656
Last night at the reading at Ellen (daughter of Jarek) and Marek’s home, people repeatedly asked me how I met Lou, Jane, Jarek and Maura,...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 3, 20122 min read
Thinking About New Jersey & New York: Everyday Magic, Day 642
A week ago, we drove with ease across Monmouth County in central New Jersey, and then back again before foraying out another direction...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Oct 31, 20122 min read
It Seemed Like Summer Would Never End (and I Don’t Mean That In a Good Way): Everyday Magic, D
Now we’re on the other end of summer, and although the drought set up house for the long term, signs of autumn abound. I’ve never felt so...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Sep 28, 20121 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
Sep 5, 20122 min read
Cantaloupe, Iced Coffee & An Hour on the Deck: Everyday Magic, Day 603
The heaviness and lightness of life braid with my own life. Last night, I facilitated a writing workshop in Kansas City for people living...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jul 24, 20121 min read
Trying to Remember What We’re Supposed To Be Talking About: Everyday Magic, Day 591
Caryn: Ken, I have something important to tell you that happened today, but I can’t remember what it is. Ken: Was it about your book?...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jun 26, 20122 min read
20 Years and One Daughter Later: Everyday Magic, Day 542
20 years ago this afternoon, I sat in a Chinese restaurant in Topeka with Ken and our friend Mike Rundle, waiting for some wonton soup...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Apr 27, 20123 min read
Ronda, Grandma Barb and the Long Way Home: A Miracle of Poetry: Everyday Magic, Day 525
Why the poetry caravan went to St. Francis for a reading had everything to do with one of the town’s prodigal daughters, Ronda Miller....
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Mar 27, 20122 min read
10 Perfect Things: Everyday Magic, Day 521
10 a.m. in the Checkers (supermarket for you out-of-towners) parking lot, I saw a man surely in his 70s or older carrying a one-year-old...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Mar 19, 20121 min read
Why Daylight Savings Time Confuses the Heck Out of Me: Everyday Magic, Day 515
It’s no wonder these time changes make me feel like I’ve woken up on another planet because time, for most of the year, seems absolute...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Mar 11, 20122 min read
Three Greatest Gifts of Moving On: Everyday Magic, Day 481
“The three greatest gifts of moving on are forgiveness, hope and the great beyond,” Mary Chapin Carpenter sang today in “Leaving Song,”...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jan 12, 20122 min read
The Longest Night of the Year: Everyday Magic, Day 463
On the longest night of the year, I strung beads, mostly choosing ones that caught the light, to create a big bunch of light-catchers for...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 23, 20112 min read
If These Jobs Could Talk: Everyday Magic, Day 412
Late at night instead of counting sheep, I counted jobs, wondering what story and history they would tell for me, and by extension, you...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Sep 15, 20114 min read
Game-Changer Day: Everyday Magic, Day 411
Suddenly, it’s cold out. How is this possible? my stunned body asks. It’s been hot for so long that I was astonished to find, when trying...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Sep 14, 20111 min read
