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When I Was Growing Up: Everyday Magic, Day 717
When I was growing up, a high school teacher would stretch forth one arm, drop his wrist dramatically, swish, and imitate Charles Nelson...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jul 17, 20132 min read
The Invisibility of Privilege: Everyday Magic, Day 716
As I read about the Trayvon Martin murder and subsequent trial, I can’t stop thinking about the obvious: the invisibility of privilege,...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jul 16, 20133 min read
What DOMA Repeal Means Up Close and Personal, and How I Got a Kitten Out of It: Everyday Magic, Day
On May 6, 2001, I conducted my very first (and so far, last) wedding for my dear friends and our kids’ godparents. Courtney and Denise...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jul 11, 20132 min read
How To Paint a Bedroom (and Yourself): Everyday Magic, Day 714
Some of the lots of little stuff to move, including wedding vows So I bought my colors, found some brushes in the basement that didn’t...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jul 6, 20132 min read
The Mystery of a Man’s Sock Drawer: Everyday Magic, Day 713
Because you want to be prepared for a cell phone upgrade apocalypse What does a bathing cap with Japanese writing in it (in magic marker,...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jul 5, 20131 min read
Getting Into the Swim of Life: Everyday Magic, Day 712
Strangely enough, jumping into a pool and doing laps has topped my list of what I feel like doing at any given moment, even surpassing...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jul 3, 20132 min read
Ponderer of Ponderances: Poem for Bill Remmers: Everyday Magic, Day 711
Reconteur of reconteurs, astronomer of the coffee grounds, wizard of the center table, potter to the stars, scientific boy genius in the...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jun 29, 20131 min read
The Balancing Point of the Solstice: Everyday Magic, Day 710
Today is the longest day of the year, and not so surprisingly on this balancing point, many things over the last few weeks or months...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jun 21, 20131 min read
Lost in Space at the DMV: Everyday Magic, Day 709
Twice this week I’ve had to go to the Division of Motor Vehicles with Forest, so twice this week I sat in the moveable chair feast of DMV...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jun 20, 20132 min read
Scaring Ourselves At High Altitudes: Everyday Magic, Day 708
The other rafts twice the number of people on them as ours with only Ken, Forest, our nephew Andrew, me and our guide. “Will that make it...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jun 16, 20132 min read
Spray-Painting a Bunch of Stuff: Everyday Magic, Day 707
Today gave me three opportunities to wield some spray paint colors, namely bright blue, grape purple and deep green, while aiming at a...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jun 3, 20131 min read
Falling in Love with Kansas Skies All Over Again: Everyday Magic, Day 706
It happens all the time. It happens every so often. I go outside or, while driving, turn a corner, and I meet the sky. On a spring day in...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
May 30, 20131 min read
“The Gift Must Move” and the Changing of Kansas Poets Laureate: Everyday Magic, Day 705
This moment is especially sweet for me. My term, which has been easing to a close with the announcement of Wyatt’s appointment at the end...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
May 23, 20132 min read
After 19 Years Our Family Graduates From the Lawrence School System: Everyday Magic, Day 704
For us, it started with Daniel at New York School in a kindergarten class in which all the kids did Army boot camp style call and...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
May 21, 20132 min read
Brave Voice’s Round Rainbow: Everyday Magic, Day 703
A round rainbow is called a glory. What you survive in life is called a story. You only see the arc of it after the storm. To see the...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
May 20, 20132 min read
Happy 18th Birthday, Forest!: Everyday Magic, Day 702
Labor itself took a while, but that’s so Forest too. After who-knows-how-many-hours of contradictions, I had a simply thought: “To hell...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
May 9, 20132 min read
When the Time Comes: A Poem for Thad Holcombe: Everyday Magic, Day 701
When the Time Comes To live in this world you must be able to do three things: to love what is mortal; to hold it against your bones...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
May 5, 20131 min read
Beautiful Birds in the Morning, Stuck in the Mud With Potato Salad in the Evening: Everyday Magic, D
Indigo Bunting, you are so lovely! The day began with beautiful birds and ended with me stuck in the mud clutching four pounds of potato...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
May 4, 20132 min read
Riding a Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup Into the Sunset: Everyday Magic, Day 699
“How many cars did you go through during your poet laureate term? Three? Four?” Shawn asked me during the last poetry caravan a few...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
May 1, 20132 min read
The Music Is Back, The Mystery Remains: Everyday Magic, Day 697
Today the music returned. A canister with about two dozen yoga class mix CDs that I painstakenly made on my old computer showed up right...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Apr 29, 20132 min read
