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A New Year to Be Kind: Everyday Magic, Day 885
I know the Dalai Lama says his religion is kindness, but it took a while for this truth to catch up with me. As I get older, it overtakes...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jan 1, 20173 min read
Remembering Aaron: Everyday Magic, Day 884
One of Our Own He’s one of our own: a golden-limbed boy, one hand on his hip, the other holding an ornate box turtle, his open face...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 29, 20161 min read
The Day After Christmas: Everyday Magic, Day 883
The day after Christmas is a clearing and arrival at once on the other side of what too often has felt like a great divide for me (check...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 26, 20162 min read
Winter Solstice and the Shortest Day: Everyday Magic, Day 882
Nora Jones sings on my computer, Natalie naps under a Tardis blanket on the couch, and Miyako the cat bird-watches in the windowsill....
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 21, 20162 min read
Beyond the Dark Tunnel of Mid-December: Everyday Magic, Day 881
As a kid, I dreaded the stretch between New Jersey and New York City when our family station wagon would descend into the underworld,...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 9, 20162 min read
Birthdays, Graduations and Charmed Lives: Everyday Magic, Day 880
I’ve come across this bracelet before, like a treasure lost in a pond that comes ashore haphazardly, and put it away again as a relic of...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 3, 20161 min read
Sustain the Beloved Community, and Reject the New Normal: Everyday Magic, Day 879
Like many people I know, I’m caught in a panoramic response to the presidential election. One moment, I’m crying, another I’m agonizing...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Nov 18, 20164 min read
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 24, 20161 min read
