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I’m in Love with the Ocean: Everyday Magic, Day 451
But sitting right now in my bathrobe on this small balcony attached to our room on the ship, I’m immersed in big-horizon happiness. The...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 2, 20112 min read
The Blessed Goddess of the Orlando Airport Barette Store: Everyday Magic, Day 450
Yesterday I had three hours to kill in the Orlando airport terminal, which mostly meant dragging my suitcase, backpack and purse as I...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 1, 20112 min read
The Healing Power of the Body: Everyday Magic, Day 449
I’m always astonished that one day I can feel like thousands of miniature aliens are wreaking havoc on my sinus system, and the next day,...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Nov 27, 20112 min read
Things To Notice When You’re Sick: Everyday Magic, Day 448
Sometimes all you can do is notice, and here’s what’s been occurring to me: When it’s very quiet, it’s easy to hear/feel that pulse in...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Nov 25, 20111 min read
Thanksgiving for the Obvious Beyond the Obvious: Everyday Magic, Day 447
Thanksgiving, Forgiving, Thanks for Giving: It all comes together this time of the year, just on the cusp of the shortening of days and...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Nov 23, 20112 min read
From Kansas to Peru With Love: Installment #4
Jig for making push rim When Gladys and Raoul got directions to Rumbos, the local grassroots wheelchair manufacturer, I wasn’t sure we’d...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Nov 22, 20116 min read
Sending the Book to the Publisher for Design: Everyday Magic, Day 446
I just hit the “send” button on the email to my publisher, releasing into the wilds between my novel after 16 years of writing and...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Nov 22, 20112 min read
How Many Poets Does It Take To Go to the End of the World, Begin Again, and Spring Poetry on Strange
Evidently, it takes 8 poets, which is what we had for our Southwest Kansas Begin Again: 150 Kansas Poems caravan, which took us across...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Nov 21, 20114 min read
Kansas: Size DOES Matter: Everyday Magic, Day 444
Tomorrow I drive a van load of poets about 400 miles to Southwestern Kansas for more of the Begin Again: 150 Kansas Poems tour. I’m...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Nov 17, 20111 min read
Kitty Goes Away, Kitty Comes Back and the Stages In Between: Everyday Magic, Day 443
For hours, I opened the door, stepped outside and meowed because when she’s gotten out before, she has meowed back when she was close. I...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Nov 17, 20112 min read
Astonished By Your Support: Everyday Magic, Day 442
When I launched the campaign to raise funds for the poet laureate of Kansas program, I was hoping we could reach a benchmark goal of...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Nov 15, 20111 min read
Into the Woods and Back Out Again: Everyday Magic, Day 441
Every year, we go into the woods at Shantivanam in Easten, Kansas for a little retreat. We usually go in overlapping shifts, me hauling...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Nov 13, 20111 min read
From Kansas to Peru With Love: Installment #3
Ken, Stephanie with a child and his Mom after adjusting the wheelchair, with CASP teacher. One of the unexpected bonuses for our trip’s...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Nov 8, 20115 min read
Poem for Ken Irby: Everyday Magic, Day 439
Poem for Ken Irby And the clearing, if it is clearing, from the North comes on in the brain like running out barefoot in it as fast as...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Nov 7, 20112 min read
My Two Hometowns: Everyday Magic, Day 438
In Brooklyn and lower Manhattan, I had my haunts, mainly the pizza shop, delicatessan, school yards (where I seemed to attract kids who...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Nov 6, 20112 min read
Tormented by Kittens: Everyday Magic, Day 437
Who would have thought it? Not I, lover of all kittens of the world, friend to the felines. But in my friend’s Wichita basement guest...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Nov 4, 20112 min read
Holly & Our Wedding Song: Everyday Magic, Day 436
We met her sometime in the early 80s, she and her husband having recently moved to Lawrence, and in no time we were doing poetry readings...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Nov 3, 20113 min read
Winter’s Back in Town, Baby!: Everyday Magic, Day 435
As my friend and good writer Cheryl Unruh wrote, “The warmth that has lingered in September and October gave Kansans a second chance at...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Nov 2, 20112 min read
From Kansas to Peru with Love: Installment #2
Ken Lassman (occupational therapist, writer and wheelchair clinic director, and my husband) guest-blogs about his experiences working...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Nov 2, 20113 min read
The Honor & Horror of Waking Up: Everyday Magic, Day 434
Given that I’ve written of falling asleep (or not) and napping in the last week, I figured I’d better complete the bedtime trilogy by...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Oct 31, 20113 min read
