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What Democracy Looks Like Today at Occupy Wall Street: Everyday Magic, Day 426
Meditation and Prayer at Zuccotti Park This was what I found when I stepped into Zuccotti Park, ground zero of the occupy movement...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Oct 16, 20112 min read
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
