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Hunting for Blurbs: Everyday Magic, Day 479
“Will you blurb my book?” Any writer will recognize the charge of those necessary words as we approach the famous and more-famous to ask...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jan 10, 20122 min read
Certain Slant of Winter: Everyday Magic, Day 478
Emily Dickinson, in one of her poems, talks about “the certain slant of sky,” but in her poem, it’s an oppressive slant. The slant we’re...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jan 9, 20121 min read
Back to the Drawing Board: Everyday Magic, Day 477
I took drawing classes (for kids) at Brooklyn College when I was about 7, studied painting with someone in our suburban New Jersey...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jan 8, 20122 min read
A Perfect Spring Day in January: Everyday Magic, Day 476
When I discovered the top song the day I was born was Bobby Darin’s “Mack the Knife,” I knew it was going to be a great day, one that...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jan 5, 20122 min read
The Shaky Joy of Passing Up a Great Opportunity: Everyday Magic, Day 475
Today, I passed up going to a gorgeous island off New England at the height of spring to be with dear friends and do work I love. Sounds...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jan 4, 20121 min read
Why I Won’t See Scary or Disturbing Movies (Except If They’re About the Holocaust): Ever
Last night, Ken and Natalie were astonished that I refused to watch “Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” with them, although I’ve been conveying...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jan 3, 20122 min read
The Cedars Are Full of Birds: Everyday Magic, Day 473
Years ago, Ken made up a chant: Blue prairie winter sky Sun shines brightly Wind blows lightly The cedars are full of birds Today is such...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jan 2, 20121 min read
In the Sweet Cusp of This New Year: Everyday Magic, Day 472
After cleaning the house for a party, the party, the clean-up, the movie afterwards, and the driving of relatively young people (e.g. old...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jan 1, 20123 min read
Daniel Speaks on Growing Up With Aspergers: Everyday Magic, Day 471
Daniel today In response to the essay I wrote about Daniel growing up with Aspergers, mainly focusing on when he was nine, I asked him if...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 31, 20114 min read
Dragonflies, Inky Blackness & Raising a Kid with Asperger’s: Essay Published in Yes Magazine
It may seem odd to take 13 years to share something widely, but when I first wrote the essay, I was immersed in co-editing with writer...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 30, 20111 min read
Why I Wish So Many More People Would Go to Therapy: Everyday Magic, Day 470
I have this fantasy of Therapy Camp, a happy place I could kindly direct all the people I know who are suffering above and beyond their...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 30, 20113 min read
Down the Medical Test Rabbit Hole & Hoping for No Poker Faces: Everyday Magic, Day 469
A few weeks ago, a friend going through chemo asked me if I still worry about the cancer returning. “Not for years,” I told her. Nothing...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 29, 20112 min read
What I Wanted to Be When I Grew Up: Everyday Magic, Day 468
I wanted to be the lead singer in a rock’n’roll band called the Rootin’ Shootin’ Tootets. I would also play tambourine, and I had already...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 28, 20112 min read
Seasons & Cycles Wheel Finds Its Place After 24 Years: Everyday Magic, Day 467
Around 1988, Ken took his vision for a seasonal wheel, calligraphied beautifully in his book Seasons & Cycles: Rhythms of Life in the Kaw...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 27, 20111 min read
When Things Go Askew, or Have Cake, Will Travel: Everyday Magic, Day 466
I rushed to the front doors of the reception place we rented only to find them locked. I had a massive carrot cake in the back of my van...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 26, 20112 min read
A Crystal-Clear Sky from the 9th Floor: Everyday Magic, Day 465
The view west is expansive, the rising blue of this enormous sky so clear and shining, especially in contrast to the washed-out grays and...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 25, 20112 min read
A Very Tall Cloud, the Joplin Tornado, the Eventual Graduation and the Rebuilding of Everything: Eve
On May 21st, Daniel quasi-graduated from Bethel College, meaning he walked in cap and gown with the others but still had an incomplete to...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 24, 20112 min read
The Longest Night of the Year: Everyday Magic, Day 463
On the longest night of the year, I strung beads, mostly choosing ones that caught the light, to create a big bunch of light-catchers for...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 23, 20112 min read
After the Migraine: Everyday Magic, Day 462
A crystal sky that goes from dark rose through yellow to blue behind the still cottonwood branches. A pale green mug of cold water. A red...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 17, 20112 min read
Living with Men Drives Me Crazy: Everyday Magic, Day 460
So it’s no wonder that every so often, living with a herd of men (and a herd of ADD men, but maybe that’s redundant), I feel like I’ve...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 15, 20112 min read
