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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.

Living With Men Who Love Storms: Everyday Magic, Day 353

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jun 18, 2011
1 min

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...

Tornadoes, Come Home: Everyday Magic, Day 338

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jun 1, 2011
2 min

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...

After the Storm, the Stars: Everyday Magic, Day 335

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

May 29, 2011
1 min

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...

Graduation Wrapped In Weather: Everyday Magic, Days 328-330

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

May 24, 2011
2 min

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...

Will This Winter Never End?: Everyday Magic, Day 252

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Mar 30, 2011
1 min

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...

Depressing Day & Astonishing (Virtual) Aurora Borealis: Everyday Magic, Day 251

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Mar 29, 2011
1 min

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...

Dreaming of Tornadoes: Everyday Magic, Day 250

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Mar 28, 2011
1 min

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...

Fog Day: Everyday Magic, Day 230

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Mar 9, 2011
1 min

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...

Snow to Snow Travel, Night Clouds & Snow Fog: Everyday Magic, Day 219

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Feb 25, 2011
1 min

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...

When The Clearing Comes: Everyday Magic, Day 209

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Feb 13, 2011
1 min

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...

City Girl, Country Boy & a Whole Lot Of Snow: Everyday Magic, Day 199

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Feb 3, 2011
1 min

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...

Winterizing Myself: Everyday Magic, Day 136

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Dec 1, 2010
1 min

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...

Smoke Gets In Your Moon: Everyday Magic, Day 127

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Nov 22, 2010
1 min

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...

The Autumn & Woman That Won't Let Go (So Far): Everyday Magic, Day 114

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Nov 8, 2010
1 min

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...

Life is Dangerous: Everyday Magic, Days 11 & 12

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jul 25, 2010
2 min

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...

Orange Sky & the Ways of Orange: Everyday Magic, Day Eight

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jul 21, 2010
1 min

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...

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