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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
Art Tougeau Delivers: Everyday Magic, Day 555
Nothing like a steamy weekend to bring out some of what I love most about Lawrence: what happens when this community intersects with...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
May 26, 20122 min read
Attack of the Mayflies: Everyday Magic, Day 554
The mayflies are here, and they mean business. Add together a non-winter and a long, wet spring, and you get what we’ve got in our house:...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
May 24, 20121 min read
Phone Rage or Reverie: Everyday Magic, Day 553
When I was a kid, my father used to give pure hell to any customer service person employed by a company that messed up. Pity the person...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
May 22, 20123 min read
My Life With a Big, Naughty Dog: Everyday Magic, Day 552
Resting dogs after trashing the house a little He acts like a fur-covered giant toddler although various vets have told me that he’s...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
May 20, 20122 min read
Pinneapple Power, Couger Blessing & Other Wonders of Brave Voice: Everyday Magic, Day 551
Friday, I landed home from the 7th annual Brave Voice: Writing & Singing for Your Life retreat that Kelley Hunt and I blessedly do...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
May 20, 20123 min read
“You Are My People, and I Am Yours”: Everyday Magic, Day 550
I’ve been at Brave Voice, the retreat Kelley Hunt and I lead in the Flint Hills each spring, and wanted to share a poem I wrote for a...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
May 15, 20122 min read
Standing on the Side of Love For Same-Sex Marriage: Everyday Magic, Day 549
When I saw the news, first on facebook and next in the New York Times, I started crying. Maybe I’m a little tired or overly enthralled...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
May 9, 20123 min read
