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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
A Spin of the Seasonal Wheel: Everyday Magic, Day 737
When the world is like this, I feel both like doing everything (make a quilt! paint a room! make hot cocoa from scratch! clean a...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Oct 6, 20131 min read
