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Through the Looking Glass of Goddard: Everyday Magic, Day 607
The air is warm and damp (mid-80s and humid) as opposed to dry and hot (like the 109 predicted for Kansas today). The rain comes often....
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Aug 4, 20121 min read
Hotter Than Hell & 20 More Diversions: Everyday Magic, Day 606
When you step outside at 9 a.m., and it’s already too hot to be out, it’s hard to sink into weather-induced self-pity, punctuated by...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jul 29, 20122 min read
A Day in the Life of the Book Biz: Everyday Magic, Day 605
People outside the book biz often have a notion that once the book comes out, your big work is done, but for most of us who write or...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jul 27, 20124 min read
Some Thoughts on Aging (and a Shout-Out to My Little Sister on Her 40th Birthday): Everyday Magic, D
Being well past 40, and actually immersing myself big-time in the 50s now, what I’ve realized is how much better life gets (or can get)...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jul 24, 20122 min read
Cantaloupe, Iced Coffee & An Hour on the Deck: Everyday Magic, Day 603
The heaviness and lightness of life braid with my own life. Last night, I facilitated a writing workshop in Kansas City for people living...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jul 24, 20121 min read
A 30-Year Reunion, Workshop & Reading, and Dead Bird (All in a Day’s Work): Everyday Magi
Yesterday, Ken and I drove west for 2.5 hours to beautiful Salina, Kansas. Never mind that it was 106 degrees (if we stopped doing things...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jul 22, 20122 min read
One Moment in the Climate Crisis: Everyday Magic, Day 602
When I think of the weather lately — hard not to do when the reality behind and forecast ahead is triple-digit days up one side and down...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jul 20, 20122 min read
So I’m Still Poet Laureate of Kansas: Occupying Poetry: Everyday Magic, Day 601
I’m proud to be Kansas’ third poet laureate, following in the good work and writing of Denise Low and Jonathan Holden. Although I’m...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jul 19, 20122 min read
Rain Is The New Sexy: Everyday Magic, Day 600
It’s been decayed-bone-dry here. Stepping outside either means entering a giant sauna or being battered around in a giant dryer...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jul 19, 20122 min read
My Hottest Writing: A Retrospective: Everyday Magic, Day 599
Turkeys in our field vying for what shade they can find Everyday I start to write about the heat, I realize what I’m prone to say has...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jul 18, 20121 min read
Finally Married My Book and Now On Honeymoon, or Thank-You, Lawrence, for the Best Book Launch of My
I know it’s ludicrous to experience a book launch as a marriage, but I couldn’t help the strange overflow from my subconscious, and...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jul 15, 20122 min read
The Books Are Here!: Everyday Magic, Day 597
Why the books were delivered to a tree rather than to our porch dates back to early spring when the UPS guy told us he wouldn’t go up our...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jul 11, 20121 min read
I (Really) Like Rocks: Everyday Magic, Day 596
Miyako the cat checks out the stash of rocks I brought home Why do I love rocks so much? I’m not sure, but they’ve always been the apple...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jul 9, 20122 min read
Wishing the Water: Everyday Magic, Day 595
Another big storm coming to the big lake When I told my mother-in-law that Minnesota’s north shore received 200% of its average rainfall,...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jul 9, 20122 min read
Getting Down on the Gitche Gumee: Everyday Magic, Day 594
The changes are startling and beautiful. From the blue, calm lake feathered with pink highlights late afternoon our first day, or the...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jul 5, 20121 min read
What the Heat is Driving Us To: Everyday Magic, Day 593
Today’s high: 107. Strange things happen when the temperature lingers here, such as these moments. At Target, where we went to get our...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jun 28, 20121 min read
Weather Forcasts For People Losing Their Minds Because of the Heat: Everyday Magic, Day 592
Breezy? REALLY? I just looked at the weather report, and for Wednesday, and on one website I saw “103 degrees. Breezy” and on another,...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jun 26, 20122 min read
Trying to Remember What We’re Supposed To Be Talking About: Everyday Magic, Day 591
Caryn: Ken, I have something important to tell you that happened today, but I can’t remember what it is. Ken: Was it about your book?...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jun 26, 20122 min read
The Dog Days of Summer Are Barking Loud & Early: Everyday Magic, Day 590
When I first moved to Kansas, people told me that the weather — especially the summers — build character. But the way this weather builds...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jun 25, 20121 min read
Ardys’ Amazing Voice: Everyday Magic, Day 589
Ardys is astonishingly expressive. The whole of human emotional range seems to play across her face as she sings mournful ballads, cheery...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jun 24, 20122 min read
