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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 21, 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
At Sea: Everyday Magic, Day 656
Cruise ships are a particularly bizarre way to be at sea because the agenda here seems more focused on being a luxury resort where all...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 9, 20122 min read
Missing Lou & Maura: Everyday Magic, Day 656
Last night at the reading at Ellen (daughter of Jarek) and Marek’s home, people repeatedly asked me how I met Lou, Jane, Jarek and Maura,...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 3, 20122 min read
Riding in a Convertible With Books: Everyday Magic, Day 654
I’ve adopted an attitude of trying to love whatever the readings might bring, even if it’s mostly the sound of my own voice reading a...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 2, 20122 min read
Killing Time at the Airport: Everyday Magic, Day 653
Usually, when I click on the link to add a new post, I have that post pretty much outlined in my mind. Not today though as I wait at...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 1, 20121 min read
I Get All My News From Facebook Too: Everyday Magic, Day 652
O The wonderful, local writer Jennifer Lawler shares her 14th installment of “How a Book is Born” The ghost of Christmas Future Perfect...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Nov 27, 20122 min read
In 20 Years, We’ll Remember This Dinner As So Wonderful & Other Truths: Everyday Magic, D
It was the spur of the moment. It was bound to happen. It was unexpected too, involving the Bizarre Bazaar, a sudden cold front and a lot...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Nov 23, 20122 min read
Life as a Gift, Not a Right: Happy Thanksgiving: Everyday Magic, Day 650
This scene takes place in The Exotic Marigold Hotel, a movie I saw multiple times to escape the heat of Kansas this summer. As the...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Nov 22, 20122 min read
Bruce Springsteen & the Beautiful Rewards of Seeing Him and the Band in Concert: Everyday Magic
Last night, I experienced full-throated, give-it-everything-you’ve-got, love-the-world-and-then-some joy at a deafening volume for over...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Nov 18, 20125 min read
Darling, Sweetheart & Baby in Pittsburg, Kansas: Everyday Magic, Day 648
Is it a Pittsburg, KS thing or just an tender roll of the dice kind of thing? I don’t know, but I liked it. Everywhere I went in...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Nov 16, 20121 min read
Goodbye, Milton’s! I Loved You at First Bite: Everyday Magic, Day 647
Goodbye, dear French toast! I remember the first day I shlepped my computer to Milton’s Restaurant. Like many of the Java Dive regulars —...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Nov 15, 20123 min read
Winter on the Heels of Summer: Everyday Magic, Day 646
Saturday was balmy, followed by a night of high winds that knocked the leaves off the native trees. Sunday the switch was thrown, and...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Nov 13, 20122 min read
A Letter to Republicans From An Obama Supporter: Everyday Magic, Day 645
Dear Republican friends and readers, Thank you for taking the time to read this, and I promise that I’m not writing to gloat, but to...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Nov 7, 20124 min read
Here’s to All Those Voting for the First Time: Everyday Magic, Day 644
Growing up I was taught that if there is injustice in the world that it was my duty as a Jew to do whatever I could to make it right. I...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Nov 6, 20122 min read
