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Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jun 18, 20111 min read
Living With Men Who Love Storms: Everyday Magic, Day 353
It used to be the man in my house who loved stormed, but since Daniel moved back in, this storm mania went exponential, each of them...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jun 1, 20112 min read
Tornadoes, Come Home: Everyday Magic, Day 338
Dear Tornadoes and Otherwise Tornado Alley Storms, You know and I know that this is your home: Tornado alley, which encompasses much of...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
May 29, 20111 min read
After the Storm, the Stars: Everyday Magic, Day 335
Another poem inspired by Stephen Locke’s photographs, this one taken after the tornadoes in Oklahoma last week. After the Storm, the...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
May 24, 20112 min read
Graduation Wrapped In Weather: Everyday Magic, Days 328-330
It's hard to say where I've been, and so it's hard to say where I'm going, but I know this: I've seen and am seeing some weather. My...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Mar 30, 20111 min read
Will This Winter Never End?: Everyday Magic, Day 252
Dear Winter, I’ve had it with you. Not that I don’t love your snowy fields of peace and pizzazz in late December, the wicked winds that...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Mar 29, 20111 min read
Depressing Day & Astonishing (Virtual) Aurora Borealis: Everyday Magic, Day 251
This long, fast-moving time-lapses video in the borderlands between Norway and Russia shows dazzling arrays of stars as green waves shoot...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Mar 28, 20111 min read
Dreaming of Tornadoes: Everyday Magic, Day 250
I lived in Kansas for more than a decade before I began dreaming of tornadoes, something I aspired to like learning to fly in my dreams...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Mar 9, 20111 min read
Fog Day: Everyday Magic, Day 230
I don’t function well in fog, the blurring of sky and earth and pressure of the air something I feel inside as well as all around me. It...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Feb 25, 20111 min read
Snow to Snow Travel, Night Clouds & Snow Fog: Everyday Magic, Day 219
What I left: Goddard College yesterday Close to 3:30 Vermont time, I walked into my home after a somewhat harrowing 30 mph drive on...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Feb 13, 20111 min read
When The Clearing Comes: Everyday Magic, Day 209
There's something about a 58-degree day in February after blizzards, bad news about the state budget, and being hit by a fast-moving...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Feb 3, 20111 min read
City Girl, Country Boy & a Whole Lot Of Snow: Everyday Magic, Day 199
Give a dog a bone, but give a man a snow shovel (or if he’s over 80, a snow blower) because when it snows, come hell or high water...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 1, 20101 min read
Winterizing Myself: Everyday Magic, Day 136
I found the ultimate zebra-print pajamas at Goodwill, completing my safari winterization outfit, and moreover, allowing me to mix stripes...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Nov 22, 20101 min read
Smoke Gets In Your Moon: Everyday Magic, Day 127
Last night, we took a moonlight/cloud light walk, and I saw something I'd never seen before: as thin clouds passed over the moon, they...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Nov 8, 20101 min read
The Autumn & Woman That Won't Let Go (So Far): Everyday Magic, Day 114
Walking is the only thing that makes sense at times like this, and lucky for me, I got a long walk along the river and through part of...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jul 25, 20102 min read
Life is Dangerous: Everyday Magic, Days 11 & 12
Late afternoon, I still was overcome with that shaky feeling so I did the only sensible thing I could think to do: I went to the movies...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jul 21, 20101 min read
Orange Sky & the Ways of Orange: Everyday Magic, Day Eight
After the storm last night, which exploded 3.5inches of rain from the sky in less than a few hours, I saw something I had never seen...
