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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 19, 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
A Jersey Girl Thinks About the Shore: Everyday Magic, Day 643
Long Beach Island When you grow up where I did, when the temperature or boredom rises, you head to the shore, 20-40 minutes away...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Nov 1, 20122 min read
Thinking About New Jersey & New York: Everyday Magic, Day 642
A week ago, we drove with ease across Monmouth County in central New Jersey, and then back again before foraying out another direction...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Oct 31, 20122 min read
Six Beds in 12 Days: Everyday Magic, Day 641
The biggest bed of the lot in Washington, D.C., half-submerged underground Last night I slept on the 15th floor of a high-rise apartment,...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Oct 25, 20123 min read
Kansas Poet Laureate Program Finds New Home at Kansas Humanities Council: Everyday Magic, Day 640
I am thrilled to share great news: the Kansas Poet Laureate program has a new home: the Kansas Humanities Council. This is a perfect home...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Oct 23, 20121 min read
Back to the Source in New Jersey: Everyday Magic, Day 639
Reunited after 30 years with Phil Brater, my mentor and dear friend who modeled for me what true witnessing, support and daring to love...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Oct 23, 20122 min read
Losing Weight to Gain More Life: Everyday Magic, Day 636
Mom and me before we started losing weight My doctor put his arm around me, looked into my eyes and said, “I’m going to be hard on you....
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Oct 13, 20122 min read
Almost Twilight, Almost Cold Front, Almost Debate Time: Everyday Magic, Day 630
I’ve been working on the porch all afternoon, the impossibly blue sky highlighting the wind-blown lit green of the leaves. The wind has...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Oct 3, 20122 min read
