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The Dog Lives To See Another Day (or Week, or Month): Everyday Magic, Day 758
We’ve never had to put down an animal before. Past ones have vanished, been eaten by coyotes (that’s why we have indoor cats these days),...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jan 4, 20142 min read
Goodbye, Old Friend: Everyday Magic, Day 756
The van ferried us great distances: to the Rockies many times for camping disasters that ended in all of us rushing into that van in the...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 30, 20132 min read
Last Days of the Year: Everyday Magic, Day 755
“There’s something very special about this week after Christmas and before the new year,” Anne told me today as she, Natalie and I...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 29, 20131 min read
Getting Rid of Books: Everyday Magic, Day 754
Bon Voyage, old friends! It was time. Actually, past time. For years, I’ve looked at whole shelves — some ten feet long — stuffed with...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 27, 20132 min read
“It’s Not Just a Body; It’s An Adventure”: Everyday Magic, Day 753
This is what a dear friends of mine said about having a kidney removed today. The kidney had to go because it harbored a tumor, and the...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 23, 20132 min read
Honey Bear Solstice Salon: Everyday Magic, Day 752
Hanukkah Lenny arrived late and didn’t get a good place to perch, but you can see how much he’s listening intently to his mates. The...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 21, 20132 min read
Musical Beds: Everyday Magic, Day 751
For four nights, I’ve been hiding out from his germs, coughing, thrashing about, and snoring by sleeping down the hall. I wake lately to...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 18, 20131 min read
Driving Through the First Winter Snow of the Season: Everyday Magic, Day 750
The darkness is soft and vast, cold and blurred at its edges, and seemingly encompassing everything. I drive down the long road linking...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 8, 20131 min read
Adventures of Lenny the Squirrel Menorah: Everyday Magic, Day 749
Lenny deciding which part of the cake he wants (he prefers to eat the part with the candles) We have a new friend in Lenny the squirrel...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 4, 20132 min read
The Party’s Over, The Dog Is Back & The Nest Is Emptying: Everyday Magic, Day 748
By 11:52 last night, Daniel was on the long, sonorous train heading southwest, less than six hours before the prodigal dog, once again...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 1, 20132 min read
The Laughter of Men: Everyday Magic, Day 747
I woke to the laughter of men. Ken and Forest got up far earlier to pick up Daniel at the train station after an all-night-and-then-some...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Nov 24, 20131 min read
A Quiet Moment in the Morning: Everyday Magic, Day 746
Again, the dogs and cat sleep, some curled into a ball on worn-out cushions, others stretched on sofa arms in the sun. The light, caught...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Nov 13, 20131 min read
The Achilles Heel That Lets the Light In: Everyday Magic, Day 745
Where have I been lately? Lying in bed, half asleep, trying to bat away the mild hallucinations of trees turning into armies of pale...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Nov 9, 20132 min read
“I Have My Home in Two Worlds”: Coleman Barks, John Willison, Rumi, Magic Musicians and
With Coleman and John (and a very bright lamp) Last night was one of the shining evenings of my life. Surrounded by lightning and thunder...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Oct 31, 20132 min read
Take the Long Way Home: Everyday Magic, Day 743
Sid Vicious memorial party because it’s simply another reason to have a party Supertramp’s “Take the Long Way Home” was at its height in...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Oct 26, 20133 min read
Hard Frost: Everyday Magic, Day 742
There’s something magical about the first dip into cold weather. Part of it is the ritual of seasonal change: the throwing wide the quilt...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Oct 23, 20131 min read
A View of the Full Moon From the Almost-Home: Everyday Magic, Day 741
Over 20 years ago, pre-radio tower and pre-housing development, I spent hours in this very field, figuring out my kitchen view of the sky...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Oct 19, 20131 min read
You Can Go Home Again Even If It’s Someone Else’s Home: Everyday Magic, Day 740
Residents present and past Within moments, Adam, the man who lives with his wife in the house where I lived from ages eight to 19, was...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Oct 14, 20132 min read
The Night Before the Big Trip: Everyday Magic, Day 739
The carry-on is packed with care, each item of clothing smoothed and rolled, although on the way home, everything clean or dirty will be...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Oct 9, 20131 min read
Astonishingly Good Inventions In Our Lifetime: Everyday Magic, Day 738
What a digital camera gives us in a flash Driving through town the other day, it occurred to me how many good inventions have come about...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Oct 7, 20133 min read
