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The Moon is Still the Moon: Everyday Magic, Day 878
I thought I would be crying tears of relief and joy. Instead, I sit in the dark at midnight while Ken tries to sleep, occasionally check...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Nov 9, 20162 min read
Voting for All the Girls, Women, and Beyond-Gender-People We Love, Know, Were or Are
When I walk into the voting booth Tuesday and pencil in the bubble for Clinton/Kaine, I have no doubt I’ll be crying in hope for who I’m...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Nov 5, 20164 min read
A Beautiful Moment in a Time of Despair: Everyday Magic, Day 876
As I turn away from the news of collapsing politics and ecology, I also see this: the sky to the west is filling with clouds, the wind is...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Oct 15, 20161 min read
Surviving with Gumption & Grace: Everyday Magic, Day 875
Days of Caring event in Hays, Kansas — a luncheon and fashion show to raise awareness about breast cancer. Here’s the talk I gave,...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Oct 8, 201621 min read
L'Shanah Tova — a Poem for the New Year: Everyday Magic, Day 874
As for this old year, all the beings in my house are tag-team napping. I’m unfurling from a wicked little cold and sinus deal that has...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Oct 2, 20162 min read
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...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Sep 15, 20162 min read
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...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Sep 10, 20162 min read
Your Heart Song: A Poem for Charles Gruber: Everyday Magic, Day 871
Your Heart Song for Charles Listen, listen, listen: how could I ever forget you with your shining brown eyes, raising your eyebrows when...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Sep 6, 20161 min read
Emptynesting 2.0: Everyday Magic, Day 870
There’s no socks scattered on the living room floor or in between the sofa’s cushions. I open the refrigerator and can actually see my...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Aug 24, 20162 min read
Right Before the Storm: Everyday Magic, Day 869
The sky is steely blue and getting steelier as the silver-gray of the coming storm flushes the expanse from horizon on up. The...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Aug 19, 20161 min read
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...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Aug 15, 20161 min read
A Young Woman in the Land of Yoga: Everyday Magic, Day 867
Your Yoga in Minneapolis, a fine yoga center and school, six years after she first fell for yoga. When I visited with her in June, I...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Aug 3, 20163 min read
Insomnia with Stars, Rain, Thunder, and Lightning Bugs: Everyday Magic, Day 866
There’s something to said for seeing in the dark especially when the first rain in weeks makes both a dramatic and gentle entrance,...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jul 25, 20161 min read
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....
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jul 7, 20163 min read
A Bedroom Full of Fireflies: Everyday Magic, Day 864
There they were for the last two nights: a dozen or more fireflies stitching their green light across the bedroom, rising toward the...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jun 28, 20162 min read
Bringing Charles Home: Everyday Magic, Day 863
It was one of those Kansas days when any moment of daylight would be heavy with heat and humidity although a 9 a.m. burial was more like...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jun 19, 20163 min read
Charles Is A Force of Nature: Everyday Magic, Day 862
Charles was one of the first Lawrencians I ever met, in about 1981 when I was a member of the Kansas City Sufi community, where Charles...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jun 15, 20163 min read
Yup, It’s Hot Out, But It’s Also Kind of Lovely: Everyday Magic, Day 861
It’s hot, and it will be hot for the foreseeable future with highs in the 90s through most of the rest of June. Then it turns July, when...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jun 11, 20162 min read
Saved (Again) By Music: Everyday Music, Day 860
Celebrating Claudia’s birthday at the concert with Michel Loomis Listening to the astonishingly spirited Claudia Schmidt perform a house...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jun 6, 20164 min read
The Growing Pains of Wild and Woolly Too-Muchness: Everyday Magic, Day 859
This Memorial Day weekend, I wrote and revised an obituary and memorial service after meeting with my friend’s family, organized some of...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
May 31, 20161 min read
