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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
A Beautiful Place To Do Yoga, Even Alone: Everyday Magic, Day 405
Yesterday I rushed to Westside Yoga for my first class, hauling my computer and speakers and big pile of laminated poems. Strangely...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Sep 8, 20112 min read
First Day of Being a Yoga Teacher: Everyday Magic, Day 404
Does this look like a yoga teacher to you? Maybe not, but let's just go with it. For some years, I’ve been a writing teacher who...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Sep 7, 20112 min read
"Everything Tells the Story of the Universe": A Moment of Thomas Berry: Everyday Magic
My friend David shared a quote on a listserv today that reminded me of where I live: in the universe, and in story. I pass this onto you...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Sep 6, 20111 min read
Old Friends: Everyday Magic, Day 402
Last night, some old friends had us over for dinner, a long walk (for some of us) and the watching of True Blood (for others of us)....
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Sep 5, 20112 min read
What Is This Life For?: Everyday Magic, Day 401
The first morning after the killing heat ends, after you’ve gotten through what you didn’t think you could endure, after the pear tree...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Sep 4, 20111 min read
Little Heartbreaks & Big Ones: Everyday Magic, Day 400
Yesterday, I had a little heartbreak, work-related and not much in the big scheme of dreams and things, but enough, when compounded with...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Sep 3, 20112 min read
When Worry & Insomnia Go Riding Off Into the Sunset Together: Everyday Magic, Day 399
It wasn’t a pretty thing, my mind reeling 100 mph, a train speeding across the continent, staying on the tracks of worry and insomnia,...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Sep 2, 20113 min read
Begin Again: Everyday Magic, Day 398
I started this post on the back deck in high winds on a day approaching 102 degrees, but the hot wind drove me inside, where I begin...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Sep 1, 20112 min read
If You Can't Stand the Heat But Won't Leave the Kitchen: Everyday Magic, Day 397
The kitchen in this case is Kansas, and although I won’t leave, I kind of can’t stand the heat anymore. After a few days in the high 80s,...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Aug 31, 20111 min read
Dancing Angels, Fairies & Gymnasts at the Kelley Hunt Concert: Everyday Magic, Day 396
Sitting in the front row, Ken and I got to watch two levels of the show: Kelley and the band above, and the dancers below, some as young...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Aug 28, 20112 min read
Watching Hurricane Irene Through the Window of the Computer: Everyday Magic, Day 395
Having grown up in New Jersey and having family there, I’ve been tracking Hurricane Irene like many of you. My brother lives three miles...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Aug 27, 20112 min read
Why You Shouldn't Save a Skink By Its Tail or Untether a Spider From Your Rearview Window: Ever
I was just trying to help, honest. So when the cat brought in the iridescent skink, ready to tear off its limbs while purring loudly, I...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Aug 24, 20112 min read
Going Back to High School: Everyday Magic, Day 393
In August each year, Ken and I go back to high school. Standing in line with the other parents, who noodle into longer and thicker lines...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Aug 23, 20113 min read
Roses From My Father-in-Law (Even Though He's Dead): Everyday Magic, Day 392
After a day, I realized that to my shame, Gene didn’t just buy me roses but my mother-in-law also. Both of us would receive a dozen or...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Aug 22, 20111 min read
"The Help," the Protest Against It And Why I Went To See It: Everyday Magic, Day 391
Sitting on Dora’s lap in our small Brooklyn apartment kitchen, I asked, “If the white people are so mean to the black people, why isn’t...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Aug 21, 20114 min read
