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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
“Green Light is All the Heart Believes”: Everyday Magic, Day 685
I love this color beyond its obvious symbolism as the talisman of new beginnings; pale green is exceedingly calm (is that why so many...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Mar 18, 20131 min read
Vacation Fighting, Getting Lose & Getting Found: Everyday Magic, Day 684
“That’s not the way we roll,” Ken replied, making me laugh so hard I cried as I high-fived him. Vacation fighting, one of my...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Mar 17, 20133 min read
A New Place, An Old City & Some Sweet Rewards in Tennessee: Everyday Magic, Day 683
This evening, we wandered downtown Knoxville, home to our son Daniel, but a brand new city to me. I was instantly enamored with the old...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Mar 14, 20131 min read
Playing It Forward: Everyday Magic, Day 682
We met the 29 wondrous souls who signed up in October for the first all-day session, saw them again for another day As for the...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Mar 11, 20131 min read
Missing Hadassah: Everyday Magic, Day 681
Two weeks ago, I got the call from Hadassah’s son: she only had a few hours left, and since she gave me her funeral wishes, could I send...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Feb 28, 20134 min read
Homing In: Everyday Magic, Day 680
The world of travel farce is narrow and treacherous. What wouldn’t shake me much in ordinary life level me here. My burrowing animal...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Feb 24, 20133 min read
Back to the Bus: Everyday Magic, Day 679
I used to be a regular on the cross-country bus, my main mode of flinging myself the 1000-miles-plus between college in the Midwest and...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Feb 23, 20133 min read
Turns Lemons in Bagels & Lox: Everyday Magic, Day 678
Dinner on the way When travel plans fall apart, my tendency is to fall apart with them, but weeping at airline ticket counters tends to...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Feb 22, 20132 min read
When the View Changes: Everyday Magic, Day 677
Now, as if it’s an ordinary day, which it kind of is, I sit in Capitol Grinds, my coffee shop hangout in Montpelier, Vermont. Ahead is a...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Feb 12, 20132 min read
