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I Wanted An Enchilada, I Got a Prairie Fire: Everyday Magic, Day 676
I didn’t feel like bundling up so I could strip down as I dragged fire through the cold, but it was the right thing to do because I live...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Feb 8, 20132 min read
I Was President of the United States, and Jimmy Carter Was In My Living Room: Everyday Magic, Day 67
Then I woke up. But while I was asleep, I had an adventure of the presidential sort. It turned out that, one day after throwing my hat in...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Feb 3, 20132 min read
A Diner Outside the Time-Space Continuum: Everyday Magic, Day 674
Coming home from the renga reading in Kansas City, we were a wee bit hungry, so we aimed ourselves toward a hole in the wall diner in...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Feb 2, 20132 min read
The Wild Things We Get to Do When We Get Old(er): Everyday Magic, Day 673
I’ve run through graveyards naked in college, danced with a frying pan after drinking generic vodka and powered milk, and done road trips...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jan 28, 20132 min read
What a Renga Can Do: Everyday Magic, Day 672
Hearing people read their sections aloud, I noticed all kinds of nuances and gestures in the language that I had missed when reading the...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jan 27, 20132 min read
When the Given-Up-On Comes Strolling Home: Everyday Magic, Day 671
Cookbooks rejuggled reveal new recipes I felt a wee bit depressed today, and truth be told, for the last five days, thanks to a nasty...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jan 23, 20132 min read
My Imaginary Father on the 10th Anniversary of His Death: Everyday Magic, Day 670
I also went to services at the Lawrence Jewish Community Congregation, which made me remember the last time Dad had been to this little...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jan 19, 20132 min read
The Mystery of Lost Things Returning (or Not): Everyday Magic, Day 669
During the holiday influx of people, chocolate, more people, extra caffeine, lots of aspirin, occasional gifts and the...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jan 10, 20132 min read
Old Boyfriends and Strange Tales of Just Trying to Get Loved: Everyday Magic, Day 668
Today I noticed on facebook it was the birthday of an old boyfriend, which got me remembering stories about other old boyfriends, and all...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jan 8, 20133 min read
The Quiet In Between: Everday Magic, Day 667
Although it’s mid-morning, it could be the middle of the night here. The dogs sleep (thankfully for Shay, who spent hours pacing...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jan 4, 20131 min read
Saving My Dog, Who Was Saving Us, From Coyotes: Everyday Magic, Day 666
Rewind to six hours earlier when, getting ready to go to the home of friends for a special dinner, I asked my family, “Where’s Shay?” No...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jan 1, 20133 min read
Last Morning of the Year: Everyday Magic, Day 665
It’s the last morning of 2012, a year that doesn’t translate for me easily into a phrase or two. It was hotter than hell. The drought did...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 31, 20122 min read
The Morning After the Party: Everyday Magic, Day 664
Mariah, worn out by sleeping through the parties The morning after the party has always been a time of curious calm and delight for me in...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 30, 20122 min read
In Praise of a 27-Year-Old Food Processor: Everyday Magic, Day 663
We received the food processor as a mega gift from five friends, who chipped in to buy it for us as a wedding gift. Back in 1985, such...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 29, 20121 min read
Driving a Carful of Sleeping Family: Everyday Magic, Day 662
Yesterday, driving from home to Springfield, Missouri, where we’re spending Christmas with Ken’s sister, I took the wheel after lunch....
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 25, 20122 min read
The Evening After the End of Days: Everyday Magic, Day 661
Natalie and I celebrate the end of the world with matching pajamas that kind of match our kitty too Although I know the Mayans didn’t...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 22, 20122 min read
Needle in the Bone Book Launch: Everyday Magic, Day 660
All day leading up to the event was a combination of all-okay and all-not-okay because, as Jarek said during the launch, “This is also...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 16, 20123 min read
What the School Shootings Tell (or Could Tell) Us: Everyday Magic, Day 659
Two particular photos from the Newtown shooting break my heart. One is of a boy with his hands held tight over his mouth. A girl holds...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 15, 20123 min read
Three Books, Three Weeks, Oy Vey!: Everyday Magic, Day 658
For the last few months, I’ve opened many emails with proofs of this, that and the other to review, and strangely enough, often the same...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 13, 20122 min read
Planes, Trains, Ships & Automobiles: Everyday Magic, Day 657
In the last ten days, I've traveled by airplane, convertible, foot, SUV, cruise ship, minivan, tram, car, swimming, and even bed and hot...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 11, 20121 min read
