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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.

The Secret Lives of Old Quilt Tops: Everyday Magic, Day 927

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Feb 6, 2018
2 min

The Secret Lives of Old Quilt Tops: Everyday Magic, Day 927

Years ago, I fell in love with a massive quilt of stars hand-sewn by an old woman at her garage sale. “It’s made from those cloth sacks...

Losing and Finding My C’hai (Which is Not a Dala Horse): Everyday Magic, Day 915

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Nov 9, 2017
2 min

Losing and Finding My C’hai (Which is Not a Dala Horse): Everyday Magic, Day 915

At breakfast at the Swedish Country Inn in Lindsborg, Kansas, someone said she liked my tiny gold Dala horse necklace. It took me a...

An Expansive Kansas Road Trip in a Concise Time: Everyday Magic, Day 910

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Sep 6, 2017
2 min

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,...

Save the Humanities!: Everyday Magic, Day 894

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Mar 24, 2017
3 min

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...

On the Cusp of a Vacation: Everyday Magic, Day 873

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Sep 15, 2016
2 min

On the Cusp of a Vacation: Everyday Magic, Day 873

The bed is covered in piles of clothes, the hungry suitcases are chomping at the bit, and I’m eager to clean out the car. There’s...

A Charm of Teenager Hummingbirds: Everyday Magic, Day 872

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Sep 10, 2016
2 min

A Charm of Teenager Hummingbirds: Everyday Magic, Day 872

A bunch of hummingbirds is called a charm, a delight and an adornment, and for the last few months, I’ve been blessed to have my view...

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...

Becoming a Parent Is Not What You Think: Everyday Magic, Day 865

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jul 7, 2016
3 min

Becoming a Parent Is Not What You Think: Everyday Magic, Day 865

Daniel with his grandmothers 27 years ago today, I was in labor at the with my first child at Topeka’s Birth and Women’s Health Center....

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 Traveling Water Ritual: Everyday Magic, Day 888

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Feb 22, 2016
2 min

A Traveling Water Ritual: Everyday Magic, Day 888

At the Kansas Area Watershed Council, we regularly have a water ritual. Standing in a circle around some springtime prairie plants in the...

Generations: Everyday Magic, Day 884

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jan 19, 2016
2 min

Generations: Everyday Magic, Day 884

Columbia was where we met in college, or more to the point, because of what we did in our many non-college hours: potlucks with too much...

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...

When the Ocean is There, Jump In: Everyday Magic, Day 875

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Nov 21, 2015
2 min

When the Ocean is There, Jump In: Everyday Magic, Day 875

Living in Kansas, where both swimming in salt water, let alone oceans, and seeing dolphins (which I saw both days) is usually something...

Time-Travel into Fall: Everyday Magic, Day 870

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Oct 23, 2015
2 min

Time-Travel into Fall: Everyday Magic, Day 870

Over the last month, I've been time-travelling backwards through fall. I started October in Vermont, where the temperatures lingered in...

Grateful to Be Back On the Old Road Home: Everyday Magic, Day 867

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Sep 26, 2015
2 min

Grateful to Be Back On the Old Road Home: Everyday Magic, Day 867

Last night, instead of going west to the new route home, I turned left, following a line of cars down a new road without being sure if I...

A Perfect Travel Day: Everyday Magic, Day 863

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Aug 15, 2015
2 min

A Perfect Travel Day: Everyday Magic, Day 863

Goodbye, Vermont! I travel a lot. Consequently, a lot of things that go could go wrong do go wrong: three-day stints flying from Vermont...

The Melancholy Before Leaving: Everyday Magic, Day 860

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jul 28, 2015
2 min

The Melancholy Before Leaving: Everyday Magic, Day 860

Nothing like packing a suitcase to make me wish that suitcase wasn’t leaving the house. That pre-trip sadness, lyrical enough to be...

A Town That Changed My Life: Everyday Magic, Day 859

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jul 19, 2015
3 min

A Town That Changed My Life: Everyday Magic, Day 859

With old friends, from left, Steve, Dave, and John There was a moment in 1981 when I was driving from Columbia, Missouri to Kansas City,...

Brooklynisms, Lower-Manhattanisms, and Other Things Heard on the Street: Everyday Magic, Day 852

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jun 9, 2015
2 min

Brooklynisms, Lower-Manhattanisms, and Other Things Heard on the Street: Everyday Magic, Day 852

Roaming around Brooklyn and the city for about five days yields not just astonishing things to behold (two Chinese multi-generational...

The Obstacle Course of April: Everyday Magic, Day 846

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Apr 29, 2015
3 min

The Obstacle Course of April: Everyday Magic, Day 846

Oy vey! I spend a lot of time on my calendar, trying to ensure that I’m not putting myself out there too much at the expense of taking...

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