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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.

10 Perfect Things: Everyday Magic, Day 521

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Mar 19, 20121 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...

Magnolia Tour 2012: Everyday Magic, Day 518

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Mar 16, 20122 min read

Magnolia Tour 2012: Everyday Magic, Day 518

Every year, they explode open too fast only to be killed by some midnight frost that comes in mid March. Most years, I tell myself I will...

Big Wind, Big Weather: Everyday Magic, Day 513

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Mar 7, 20121 min read

Big Wind, Big Weather: Everyday Magic, Day 513

All night, the big wind blows. At times, the whole house seems to lift a little as the wind finds its way through every slat and crack....

Tornado Warning!: Everyday Magic, Day 509

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Feb 29, 20122 min read

Tornado Warning!: Everyday Magic, Day 509

It’s after midnight, and my heart is still wide awake, set in racer action by the very sudden tornado warning that propelled our family,...

Dwelling in Uncertainty & Snow: Everyday Magic, Day 504

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Feb 23, 20122 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...

Winter’s Coming, and Boy, Is She Pissed!: Everyday Magic, Day 498

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Feb 12, 20121 min read

Winter’s Coming, and Boy, Is She Pissed!: Everyday Magic, Day 498

The sky looks angry, and for good reason. Winter, on route to us since December, got mighty lost on the way and ended up in Budapest by...

Still Swaying After All These Years, or How I Came to Love Cruises: Everyday Magic, Day 452

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Dec 6, 20112 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....

Thanksgiving for the Obvious Beyond the Obvious: Everyday Magic, Day 447

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Nov 23, 20112 min read

Thanksgiving for the Obvious Beyond the Obvious: Everyday Magic, Day 447

Thanksgiving, Forgiving, Thanks for Giving: It all comes together this time of the year, just on the cusp of the shortening of days and...

Into the Woods and Back Out Again: Everyday Magic, Day 441

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Nov 13, 20111 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...

Winter’s Back in Town, Baby!: Everyday Magic, Day 435

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Nov 2, 20112 min read

Winter’s Back in Town, Baby!: Everyday Magic, Day 435

As my friend and good writer Cheryl Unruh wrote, “The warmth that has lingered in September and October gave Kansans a second chance at...

When Humans Make Places Talk: Everyday Magic, Day 425

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Oct 14, 20111 min read

When Humans Make Places Talk: Everyday Magic, Day 425

An hour or so west (“Everything in New Hampshire is an hour away from everything else,” George tells me), I get to the elevator in my...

Eden of Autumn in Iowa: Everyday Magic, Day 413

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Sep 18, 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...

Game-Changer Day: Everyday Magic, Day 411

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Sep 14, 20111 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...

Sleeping Outside: Everyday Magic, Day 410

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Sep 13, 20111 min read

Sleeping Outside: Everyday Magic, Day 410

I went out there because I didn’t want to miss sleeping outside before it gets cold although, given the summer we had, it’s still hard to...

If You Can't Stand the Heat But Won't Leave the Kitchen: Everyday Magic, Day 397

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Aug 31, 20111 min read

If You Can't Stand the Heat But Won't Leave the Kitchen: Everyday Magic, Day 397

The kitchen in this case is Kansas, and although I won’t leave, I kind of can’t stand the heat anymore. After a few days in the high 80s,...

Watching Hurricane Irene Through the Window of the Computer: Everyday Magic, Day 395

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Aug 27, 20112 min read

Watching Hurricane Irene Through the Window of the Computer: Everyday Magic, Day 395

Having grown up in New Jersey and having family there, I’ve been tracking Hurricane Irene like many of you. My brother lives three miles...

Flower Bed of Death: Everyday Magic, Day 388

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Aug 16, 20111 min read

Flower Bed of Death: Everyday Magic, Day 388

I start the garden each March with the best of intentions, but I’ve learned to accept that come July sometime, I will abandon all...

Weather Guilt & The Weather To Come: Everyday Magic, Day 380

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Aug 2, 20111 min read

Weather Guilt & The Weather To Come: Everyday Magic, Day 380

I'm in a dorm room in Vermont with the windows open. It's 62 degrees. Fellow Kansans as well as inhabitants of Death Valley (although...

Wrung Out And Hung To Dry (Instantly) In The Heat: Everyday Magic, Day 377

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jul 28, 20111 min read

Wrung Out And Hung To Dry (Instantly) In The Heat: Everyday Magic, Day 377

I shouldn’t be surpri I shouldn't be surprised by what happens each day, but I am: by mid-afternoon, I feel like a psychic vacuum has...

A Flat Tire On A Cobblestone Street In 104 Degrees: Everyday Magic, Day 374

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jul 23, 20112 min read

A Flat Tire On A Cobblestone Street In 104 Degrees: Everyday Magic, Day 374

Not a moment I want to relive. I turned a corner too fast, ran over a little bit of curb, and blew out a back tire, which might not be...

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