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Remembering How NFTY Saved My Life: Everyday Magic, Day 369
NFTY — the National Federation of Temple Youth — was the national organization that helped fuel youth groups of reform Jewish synagogues,...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jul 18, 20112 min read


The Moment It Happened: A Poem For Keeping SRS Open In Lawrence: Everyday Magic, Day 368
Later she would say it was a miracle. Afterward he would tell friends it happened just in time. Someone answered the phone. Someone took...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jul 16, 20112 min read


Wedding Rings: Everyday Magic, Day 367
“Oh, all of us felt that way,” Wilma said. “You’ll get used to it,” Eleanor added. They took off their rings, showing me how their...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jul 15, 20112 min read


Twister, the Kitten Who Survived the Joplin Tornado: Everyday Magic, Day 366
Twister a day after the tornado About six weeks ago, I reported on a newborn kitten who survived the Joplin Tornado against all odds: her...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jul 12, 20111 min read


When A Government Turns Against Its Own People: Everyday Magic, Day 365
There’s been a lot to be upset about in Kansas since the election of our new governor, much that affects people I love and me, but...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jul 12, 20113 min read


20 Things To Do When It's Above 100 Degrees: Everyday Magic, Day 364
In Kansas in the summer, we’ve become experts on this! Here’s some ideas: Sit in a comfortable chair, slumped down for extra comfort, in...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jul 10, 20112 min read


What Would That Be Like?: Everyday Magic, Day 363
Judy, a long-time Zen Buddhist and teacher at our local Zen Center, has been at this for almost a month now, and I think of her...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jul 10, 20111 min read


"These Are the Best Days of Our Lives": Everyday Magic, Day 362
Kelley's new album, which features this song (and we co-wrote 8 of the 12 songs). Click here to buy the album. Last night, right in the...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jul 9, 20112 min read


Life Is Going To Get Us: On Close Calls & Gratitude: Everyday Magic, Day 361
In the past few days, I’ve heard from two friends who lost close friends, another diagnosed with cancer, several facing financial despair...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jul 8, 20113 min read


The 7/7 Launch Into Motherhood: Everyday Magic, Day 360
With our midwife Ginger right before the birth 22 years ago Daniel was born, catapulting me into the land of no return otherwise known as...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jul 7, 20113 min read


In Praise of Homecoming: Everyday Magic, Day 359
Take the mail, for instance, and the irrational thrill of a big pile of envelopes, ferreting out the half of them that instantly go into...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jul 5, 20112 min read


The End of the Vacation: Everyday Magic, Day 358
From the 14th floor of the hotel in downtown St. Paul, my family and I watch an obscure documentary on Russia after the Soviet Union...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jul 3, 20111 min read


The Day Before the Big Adventure: Everyday Magic, Day 357
We're not going here The breeze is cool, the sky bright and the van back hatch open. Inside the house, there’s boxes of food and...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jun 23, 20112 min read


Welcome to Adulthood!: Everyday Magic, Day 356
“Welcome to adulthood!”I told my 19-year-old daughter yesterday as she waited in line in a bank with a migraine. She had just told me, “I...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jun 21, 20112 min read


In Memory of Clarence Clemons: Everyday Magic, Day 355
Both Clemons and Springsteen tell the story of how they met: Bruce was playing a club in Asbury Park when Clemons came to check out this...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jun 20, 20112 min read


Happy Father's Day to Those Of Us Who Had Difficult Fathers: Everyday Magic, Day 354
My dad blessing the challah at our wedding while Arden Booth and my sister Jen look on Lately, I see friends use their father’s pictures...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jun 18, 20112 min read


Living With Men Who Love Storms: Everyday Magic, Day 353
It used to be the man in my house who loved stormed, but since Daniel moved back in, this storm mania went exponential, each of them...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jun 18, 20111 min read


The Horror & Humor of Family Vacations: Everyday Magic, Day 352
On top of a mountain with Forest and Natalie When I mention to my friend Denise that we’re going on another family vacation, she...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jun 17, 20112 min read


Seeing in the Dark (poem): Everyday Magic, Days 350-351
Seeing In The Dark Barn’s burnt down now I can see the moon — Masahide, 1657-1723 After the fire, where next to turn? Not the old...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jun 16, 20111 min read


Moonstruck All Night: Everyday Magic, Days 348-349
Finding the Moon Did you stop now that you found the moon almost full, floating west across a small clearing between the dampening...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jun 14, 20111 min read