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The Dog Days of Summer Are Barking Loud & Early: Everyday Magic, Day 590
When I first moved to Kansas, people told me that the weather — especially the summers — build character. But the way this weather builds...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jun 25, 20121 min read
Staycation 2012: Everyday Magic, Day 557
My friend Ruth’s visit coincided with a week I had little planned and barely a deadline to meet in addition to a sudden realization about...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
May 31, 20122 min read
Pinneapple Power, Couger Blessing & Other Wonders of Brave Voice: Everyday Magic, Day 551
Friday, I landed home from the 7th annual Brave Voice: Writing & Singing for Your Life retreat that Kelley Hunt and I blessedly do...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
May 20, 20123 min read
1,731 Miles, 11 Gigs, 97 Tornadoes, One Good Weather Radio & One Bad Sinus Infection: Poetry Month
What happened? I’m not sure, but counting from March 24th (when poetry month started for me) and paraphrasing Woody Guthrie, I’ve been...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Apr 26, 20122 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
Unpacking Without Having Gone Anywhere: Everyday Magic, Day 512
The dressy-dress was hung in the minivan with care while dress shoes and stockings were packed neatly in a canvas bag along. By this time...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Mar 6, 20122 min read
“Oy, You’re in Kafka Territory” Air Travel: Everyday Magic, Day 507
That’s what Judy wrote me on Facebook. To catch you up, my flight leaving Burlington, Vt. yesterday was delayed a dozen times then...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Feb 25, 20122 min read
If You Postpone a Flight a Dozen Times & Then Cancel It, the Revolution Begins: Everyday Magic,
To keep someone from using it for harm, Kelly hid the plastic knife on the ticket counter as we were slowly reconfiguring our...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Feb 24, 20123 min read
Dwelling in Uncertainty & Snow: Everyday Magic, Day 504
The view from my office on the cusp of the incoming storm When is it most difficult to dwell in uncertainty? When you’re exhausted and...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Feb 23, 20122 min read
In Love With Vermont & Homesick For Kansas: The Folly & Wonder of Being Multi-Placial: Eve
It’s no wonder that I’ve had several conversations with students and friends lately about being multi-placial, that is, being someone...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Feb 19, 20122 min read
Living It Up At The Wayside: Everyday Magic, Day 500
I talked my friend and boss Ruth into going with me, which worked out particularly well since she had a car, I didn’t, and it would have...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Feb 14, 20121 min read
Readying Myself to Roll: Everyday Magic, Day 497
The cat packs herself for the trip Come Monday morning, I head down the magic rabbit hole between my home in a house on the prairie in...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Feb 11, 20122 min read
Quirks of Kansas: Everyday Magic, Day 493
When I travel Kansas, or anywhere for that matter, I look for the quirks: the whimsical, unexpected turns of land, art, people that show...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Feb 6, 20122 min read
The Shaky Joy of Passing Up a Great Opportunity: Everyday Magic, Day 475
Today, I passed up going to a gorgeous island off New England at the height of spring to be with dear friends and do work I love. Sounds...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jan 4, 20121 min read
Still Swaying After All These Years, or How I Came to Love Cruises: Everyday Magic, Day 452
Today, awake in Kansas where a light snow has dusted the ground, I’m sitting still and yet not so still. The ocean moves inside me....
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 6, 20112 min read
Into the Woods and Back Out Again: Everyday Magic, Day 441
Every year, we go into the woods at Shantivanam in Easten, Kansas for a little retreat. We usually go in overlapping shifts, me hauling...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Nov 13, 20111 min read
My Two Hometowns: Everyday Magic, Day 438
In Brooklyn and lower Manhattan, I had my haunts, mainly the pizza shop, delicatessan, school yards (where I seemed to attract kids who...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Nov 6, 20112 min read
He Flies To Spring, I Drive In Fall: Everyday Magic, Day 430
All afternoon and evening as I drove through the brightest reds of our fall so far, I thought of Ken, flying for almost seven hours into...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Oct 26, 20112 min read
Living in Two Worlds At Once, or “Do I Contradict Myself? Very Well Then, I Contradict Myself&
A few days ago, a woman driving me through a pounding rainstorm in New England revealed to me that she both works for an organization...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Oct 20, 20112 min read
Eden of Autumn in Iowa: Everyday Magic, Day 413
When I confirmed plans to join a bookclub for a light dinner in Iowa on the way to see Natalie in St. Paul, I wasn't expecting more than...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Sep 18, 20112 min read
