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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
A Long, Slow Spring With Lots of Quick, Fast Travel: Everyday Magic, Day 696
At the beginning of March, I trembled when I looked at my calendar. With the end of my poet laureate term ending, I basically stopped...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Apr 24, 20132 min read
The Gift of a Navajo Blanket at the End of An Era: Everyday Magic, Day 695
So much lately — from radio interviews to poet herding, plans from all directions coalescing to plans just glimmering on the coming...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Apr 18, 20131 min read
Of Mice & Dogs (and One Cat): Everyday Magic, Day 694
Exhausted animals catching up on sleep Lightning, thunder, and one freaked-out dog doesn’t bode well, especially when said dog can open...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Apr 18, 20132 min read
Quick Change Artist in a Parking Lot: Everyday Magic, Day 693
Never mind me, I’m just changing my clothes again in a parking lot, going from heels, pantyhose and a silky dress to yoga pants, t-shirt...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Apr 9, 20132 min read
Unanswered Calls for Help and the Holocaust: Everyday Magic, Day 692.
Today I was honored to be the keynote speaker at the State of Kansas Holocaust Commemoration at the Kansas History Museum in Topeka, KS....
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Apr 8, 20138 min read
How Locking Your Keys in the Car Can Land You in Oz: Everyday Magic, Day 691
Winnie-the-Pooh looks very concerned, and who wouldn’t with hundreds of giant Dorothys and Lions around? Imagine being stuck somewhere...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Apr 5, 20131 min read
Remembering Walter Butts: Everyday Magic, Day 690
NH Poets Laureate from left Dave Parson (TX), JoAnn Balingit (DE), Bruce Dethlefsen (WI), Lisa Starr (RI), Walter Butts (NH) Dick Allen...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Apr 3, 20132 min read
Drive, Hives & Still Alive: Everyday Magic, Day 689
Snow drifts on the drive were twice this high That was yesterday, which included getting the van stuck in dog-high snow drifts, a...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Mar 26, 20132 min read
Blizzard of Oz, Take Three: Everyday Magic, Day 688
For years, we had so little snow here, or only one big storm in a season leaving a mere third or half a foot behind. While there have...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Mar 24, 20131 min read
The Next Big Thing Blog Hop: Everyday Magic, Day 687
Matthew Porubsky asked me to participate in this blog hop, which encourages writers to self-interview themselves on the next big thing in...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Mar 22, 20132 min read
Surprises Between the Surprise Snow & the Expected Snow: Everyday Magic, Day 686
Hard to see, but surprise snow is falling thick through the windows of Signs of Life, a bookstore/cafe where I hang out Yesterday it was...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Mar 20, 20132 min read
