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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 25, 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
Being a Writer Means Giving Your Brain Daily Adjustments: Everyday Magic, Day 588
24 hours ago, I was in a tizzy about the writing life: I had reached out to dozens of people through emails and calls to set up readings,...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jun 18, 20123 min read
In Praise of Five Great Dads: Everyday Magic, Day 587
Each Father’s Day, I look at my friends’ pictures of their “best ever” dads on facebook and in blogs. While I love and miss my own...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jun 17, 20123 min read
A List of Things Shay the Dog Has Eaten Or Tried to Eat: Everyday Magic, Day 586
“I is bad but very sweet too” Ken’s pants (mostly the waist and some of the back) Three large, eucalyptus-scented candles A box of hard...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jun 16, 20121 min read
Humor in the Imaginary Rings of Hell at the Division of Motor Vehicles: Everyday Magic, Day 585
Both my sons had to go to the Division of Motor Vehicles — one to take his driving test and the other to get his permit (I know, we’re...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jun 15, 20122 min read
When Life Puts Itself In Perspective: Everyday Magic, Day 584
This afternoon, I laughed so hard I started crying, called 911 to have paramedics take a workshop participant to the hospital because of...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jun 10, 20122 min read
Facilitating Hard Meetings: Everyday Magic, Day 583
Today I facilitated a very hard meeting for a group. As a long-time facilitator, using a Quaker-style model of facilitation funneled...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jun 9, 20123 min read
Friday Afternoon: Everyday Magic, Day 582
The hackberry tree’s leaves waver slower than the walnut’s while the cedar sways as if under water. The dog sleeps on the worn planks of...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jun 8, 20122 min read
Is Judy the Cat Part of the Coyote Family?: Everyday Magic, Day 581
Saturday night, she looked up at me from the back door, and I let her out. She had always been an indoor-outdoor cat, and she was still...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jun 6, 20122 min read
For the Love of Lou: Lou Frydman’s Memorial Service: Everyday Magic, Day 560
Rick, Tess and Hannah singing “Sunrise, Sunset” to open the celebration Today was the memorial service for Lou Frydman, my friend who I...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jun 3, 20124 min read
Still Life With Sleeping Animals: Everday Magic, Day 559
Marvin Gaye sings “Mercy, Mercy Me,” the rain falls, and the animals sleep on this long Sunday morning, longer than usual because for...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jun 3, 20121 min read
A Steadfast, Upright Woman: Lynn Bretz: Everyday Magic, Day 558
This is For Lynn She walked among us, steadfast, upright. Clear-eyed, clear-headed, she considered the issues, aesthetic, political,...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jun 2, 20122 min read
Staycation 2012: Everyday Magic, Day 557
My friend Ruth’s visit coincided with a week I had little planned and barely a deadline to meet in addition to a sudden realization about...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
May 31, 20122 min read
A Little Sadness on a Quiet Morning: Everyday Magic, Day 556
I sit on the eastern edge of the porch, woods cornering around me while the wind shakes up everything then settles it down. While it’s a...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
May 28, 20122 min read
