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“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
How Cats Tell Stories: Everyday Magic, Day 736
Sid cattily winding his tale around Miyako’s neck, yet another cat story Sidney Iowa Goldberg (aka Iowa lesbian wedding kitten)...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Sep 29, 20132 min read
In Praise of the Equinox and Other Thresholds: Everyday Magic, Day 735
Today, just a little past the equinox and into the true north of fall, I sit on the porch in the comfort of a sweater while the wind...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Sep 24, 20131 min read
Go, Thunder, Go!: Everyday Magic, Day 734
Our house is encased in the sound of rain, punctuated by bouts of thunder as the windows flash around us. I’m in ecstasy. After a long...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Sep 15, 20131 min read
Days of Awe Come Around Again: Everyday Magic, Day 733
So it’s begun: the Days of Awe, the span between Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur when Jews (and anyone else thus inclined) are supposed to...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Sep 5, 20132 min read
Inventorying the Pettinesses (and Trying Not To Channel Darth Vader): Everyay Magic, Day 732
There’s nothing like a convergence of the ongoing Days of Awe, when Jews are supposed to look at our shortcomings and make amends, and a...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Sep 4, 20132 min read
Last Outdoor Swim of the Season: Everyday Magic, Day 731
Over the hour of my slow journey that took me back to where I started, the sun lowered behind the trees, Victorian houses and bungalows...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Sep 3, 20131 min read
Cancer Scares: Everyday Magic, Day 730
This week I had myself a little cancer scare. A combination of strange joint pains, unexplained long-term nausea, some other symptoms and...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Aug 30, 20132 min read
When the Hooks Are on the Wind: Everyday Magic, Day 729
Pema Chodron, a Buddhist nun and writer, calls it shenpa, which she defines as “….the urge, the hook, that triggers our habitual tendency...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Aug 30, 20132 min read
Are You Holding Onto Your Seat? One Wild Day in August: Everyday Magic, Day 728
Some days the ride spins faster, and the bottom drops out only to find yourself caught in the arms of an unsuspecting stranger……or...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Aug 29, 20132 min read
The Real Summer Finally Shows Up, But Who Can Complain?: Everyday Magic, Day 727
Last summer, by this point in August, the temperature dropped to highs in the mid-90s, and we dropped to our knees in gratitude. That’s...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Aug 28, 20131 min read
Beauty, Balance, Forgiveness, Forgiveness: Everyday Magic, Day 726
Swimming across the blue-green quarry pond in Vermont last week, and lately across the turquoise city pool in Kansas, I’ve found myself...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Aug 22, 20132 min read
What Marian McPartland Shows Us About Living Out Loud: Everyday Magic, Day 725
Waking up to hear about the death of Marian McPartland, I’ve been thinking all morning about what this epitome of grace demonstrates...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Aug 21, 20132 min read
