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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
“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
