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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
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
