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Simple Gifts: Everyday Magic, Day 878
‘Tis the gift to be simple, ’tis the gift to be free, ’tis the gift to come down where we ought to be, and when we find ourselves in the...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Nov 26, 20152 min read
A Startling Implosion: Everyday Magic, Day 876
I went to see McCollum Hall, a 10-story dorm, being imploded without knowing why, but drawn in like thousands of others. After all, how...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Nov 25, 20152 min read
When the Ocean is There, Jump In: Everyday Magic, Day 875
Living in Kansas, where both swimming in salt water, let alone oceans, and seeing dolphins (which I saw both days) is usually something...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Nov 21, 20152 min read
Give Me Your Huddled Masses: Everyday Magic, Day 873
Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Nov 19, 20151 min read
Tipping Points: Everyday Magic, Day 872
More or less, we’re at a tipping point all the time, always on the cusp of change, but sometimes it just seems more so this way. Sitting...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Nov 13, 20151 min read
30th Anniversary for the Royals and for Us: Everyday Magic, Day 871
Of course, there’s huge differences. Marriage is not about winners and losers, unless that marriage is not really all about marriage....
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Nov 5, 20153 min read
Time-Travel into Fall: Everyday Magic, Day 870
Over the last month, I've been time-travelling backwards through fall. I started October in Vermont, where the temperatures lingered in...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Oct 23, 20152 min read
Why Would Anyone Leave Lawrence, Kansas?: Everyday Magic, Day 869
Last night I dreamed that we had just moved to Madison, Wisconsin, where our oldest son now lives, because Ken got a kick-ass job...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Oct 12, 20153 min read
Everything That Converges: Everyday Magic, Day 868
Enter a surprising convergence, starting with a great big ball of light Sunday evening. After finally getting the kayaks out of the...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Sep 30, 20152 min read
Grateful to Be Back On the Old Road Home: Everyday Magic, Day 867
Last night, instead of going west to the new route home, I turned left, following a line of cars down a new road without being sure if I...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Sep 26, 20152 min read
A Quiet Moment on Yom Kippur: Everyday Magic, Day 866
Early afternoon on this day of repentance, I’m sitting on my porch, laptop open despite this being the kind of holiday when many...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Sep 23, 20153 min read
Three Rattlesnakes and Three Kids Gone: Everyday Magic, Day 865
On one hand, all is good. My heart is full and calm this morning as a hidden pond as I sit on the porch surrounded by soft rain, cats and...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Aug 28, 20151 min read
Predictably Crazy in Unpredictable Ways as the Nest Empties: Everyday Magic, Day 864
Daniel showing us the native prairie plant greenhouse on his last day of work there. I knew this was coming, but sometimes knowledge...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Aug 17, 20153 min read
A Perfect Travel Day: Everyday Magic, Day 863
Goodbye, Vermont! I travel a lot. Consequently, a lot of things that go could go wrong do go wrong: three-day stints flying from Vermont...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Aug 15, 20152 min read
Travels with Jerry: Everyday Magic, Day 862
Ready for another trip with Jerry’s suitcase Since my sweet and dear friend Jerry died 12/13/14, I’ve been traveling with just a bit of...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Aug 3, 20152 min read
Ken Irby, Rest (Travel, Drink, Read and Write) in Peace: Everyday Magic, Day 861
Last night I got to join some of Ken’s closest friends, some of whom have been devoting themselves to his health and comfort over many...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jul 30, 20154 min read
The Melancholy Before Leaving: Everyday Magic, Day 860
Nothing like packing a suitcase to make me wish that suitcase wasn’t leaving the house. That pre-trip sadness, lyrical enough to be...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jul 28, 20152 min read
A Town That Changed My Life: Everyday Magic, Day 859
With old friends, from left, Steve, Dave, and John There was a moment in 1981 when I was driving from Columbia, Missouri to Kansas City,...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jul 19, 20153 min read
Saved by an Enchilada: Everyday Magic, Day 858
“You were saved by an enchilada,” Kelley said to me the other day. Often profound things we stumble into become the basis for songs we...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jul 15, 20153 min read
Why I’m a Crazy Bitch Sometimes: Everyday Magic, Day 857
I think of myself as a peaceful person occasionally booted off the stage of my life by a crazy bitch who takes everything too personally...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jul 14, 20153 min read
