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Two Jewish Guys from New York Make My Day: Everyday Magic: Day 724
I write this from my comfortable perch in the United Club, a somewhat-secret (to me until now) quiet space in the noisy Chicago airport...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Aug 16, 20132 min read
Vermont Wander Day: Everyday Magic, Day 723
In Kansas, wander days have a different feel because we can generally see where we’re going from a long way off. In Vermont, the...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Aug 7, 20131 min read
The People Who See Us in the Worst Light Possible: Everyday Magic, Day 722
Not so much a blast from the past but a little breeze brushed me recently, reminding me of both someone many years ago and someone in the...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jul 31, 20132 min read
And Then There Were Four: Everyday Magic, Day 721
For one thing, the vet bill has skyrocketed. Nothing like a very old dog on pain meds and a spanking new kitten who still had his pompoms...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jul 30, 20132 min read
What’s Good Enough, and What a Bunch of Fast-Swimming Little Kids Showed Me: Everyday Magic, D
I was feeling pretty good about building up to 18 laps in the pool from my previous staying power of 10 laps or less. Then I asked three...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jul 28, 20132 min read
Would You Like to Swing on a Star or Just Swing?: Everyday Magic, Day 719
This evening as I was walking through the playground to swim my 18 laps at the pool, I passed a large, middle-aged man in running shorts...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jul 24, 20132 min read
Raising Your Arms When the Roller Coaster Plunges: Everyday Magic, Day 718
“Life comes at you point blank,” Ken has been telling me for years, and this summer I’m both overwhelmed and astonished by the truth of...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jul 18, 20131 min read
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
