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When Humans Make Places Talk: Everyday Magic, Day 425
An hour or so west (“Everything in New Hampshire is an hour away from everything else,” George tells me), I get to the elevator in my...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Oct 14, 20111 min read
Remembering Matthew Shepard & What Divides Us: Everday Magic, Day 424
There are many people tortured, even killed, just because they are who they are, and while I don’t mean to lift up Shepard above all...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Oct 12, 20112 min read
In Praise of White Fish: Everday Magic, Day 423
The past is blurry, but you can see that I was happier holding the white fish than sitting on the cement turtle Last night I sat around a...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Oct 11, 20112 min read
Time To Repent, Reflect & Reconvene: Everyday Magic, Day 422
Yom Kippur begins at sundown, the biggest holiday (not counting regular old shabbat, which counts as the biggest regular old holiday) of...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Oct 7, 20112 min read
Undead Poet Laureate of Kansas Marches With the Zombies: Everyday Magic, Day 421
Our friends Rachel & Jonathan out for an autumnal stroll “Undead Poet Laureate of Kansas,” I had Ken magic-marker onto a white shirt, and...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Oct 6, 20112 min read
Tale of Two Teapots: Everyday Magic, Day
We made all kinds of largely herbal teas for years, staying up late on winter nights over hibiscus or peppermint tea, talking about...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Oct 3, 20112 min read
Throwing Our Cares On the River: Everyday Magic, Day 419
Susan with her grand dog On Rosh Hashana a bunch of us from the Lawrence Jewish Community Congregation gathered at the river like we do...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Oct 2, 20112 min read
Entering the Days of Awe: A Poem for Rosh Hashana: Everyday Magic, Day 418
This is the poem I wrote yesterday and read today at services at the Lawrence Jewish Community Congregation. L’shanah tovah! Entering the...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Sep 29, 20111 min read
Raising Money From My Own Front Porch: Everyday Magic, Day 417
Always loved to be on the road even if it was just bumper cars at Coney Island As many of you know, it’s been a long and dark road for...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Sep 27, 20112 min read
Return of the Goddaughter: Everyday Magic, Day 416
Now she returns to us again, a beautiful, loving, immensely wise and imaginative 24-year-old woman who is on a roadtrip across the...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Sep 22, 20111 min read
Little Delights for the Not-So-Easily Discouraged: Everyday Magic, Day 415
I'm always keeping my eye out for little delights: whimsy on the hoof, strange magic, unusual appearances and surprising juxtapositions...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Sep 21, 20111 min read
An Old Friend Back In My Life: Everyday Magic, Day 414
Gary Lying in the dark on sub-zero nights, Gary and I talked about our lives during this pivotal time: our senior year in college...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Sep 20, 20113 min read
Eden of Autumn in Iowa: Everyday Magic, Day 413
When I confirmed plans to join a bookclub for a light dinner in Iowa on the way to see Natalie in St. Paul, I wasn't expecting more than...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Sep 18, 20112 min read
If These Jobs Could Talk: Everyday Magic, Day 412
Late at night instead of counting sheep, I counted jobs, wondering what story and history they would tell for me, and by extension, you...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Sep 15, 20114 min read
Game-Changer Day: Everyday Magic, Day 411
Suddenly, it’s cold out. How is this possible? my stunned body asks. It’s been hot for so long that I was astonished to find, when trying...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Sep 14, 20111 min read
Sleeping Outside: Everyday Magic, Day 410
I went out there because I didn’t want to miss sleeping outside before it gets cold although, given the summer we had, it’s still hard to...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Sep 13, 20111 min read
An Interfaith 9-11 Journey From Fear to Hope: Everyday Magic, Day 409
Yesterday I attended one of the most moving ceremonies of my life. “From Fear to Hope: Commemorating 9-11,” held at the Dole Center for...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Sep 11, 20113 min read
Ten Years Ago: A Poem for 9-11: Everyday Magic, Day 408
I wrote this poem for “From Fear to Hope: Commemorating 9-11,” an interfaith event at the Dole Institute of Politics, where I read it...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Sep 11, 20111 min read
9-11 Ten Years Later From the Vantage Point of Subway Dweller: Everyday Magic, Day 407
Ken “Those god-awful towers,” my father said in disgust. He wasn’t alone: we all thought they were wicked ugly, too big, and besides,...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Sep 10, 20115 min read
Porubsky's in Real and Reel Life: Everyday Magic, Day 406
My days of first getting to know and fall and in love with Ken were entwined with frequent trips to this part of the world to check on...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Sep 9, 20112 min read
