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The Sublime Surprise of Cold: Everyday Magic, Day 347
After days of stepping out, even early, to mild or severe sauna conditions, the cold front has landed, and sitting on the porch, it’s...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jun 12, 20111 min read


Supercell in Poetry & Video: Everyday Magic, Day 344
As Stephen Locke an Supercell for Stephen Did you think your life was straight as this road, something that could be time-lapsed into a...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jun 6, 20111 min read


So Friggin' Hot: Everyday Magic, Days 342-343
Ice water? Check. Sitting in front of air-conditioning with ceiling fan on high? Check, check. Bag of cold cherries? Happy check. Wearing...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jun 6, 20112 min read


Strange Days Indeed: Everyday Magic, Days 339-340
The storms have settled down here…..at least a little……at least for a moment, but that anything-can-happen feel permeates everything from...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jun 3, 20112 min read


Tornadoes, Come Home: Everyday Magic, Day 338
Dear Tornadoes and Otherwise Tornado Alley Storms, You know and I know that this is your home: Tornado alley, which encompasses much of...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jun 1, 20112 min read


Joni, Carly and Carole, and Finding Life in Song: Everyday Magic, Day 337
Having just finished Sheila Weller’s excellent book, Girls Like Us: Carly Simon, Joni Mitchell, Carole King and the Journey of a...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
May 31, 20112 min read


After the Party: Everyday Magic, Day 336
Like many people, we love holding parties for for the parties, but also for that clean and open breeze they bring to us after everyone is...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
May 30, 20111 min read


After the Storm, the Stars: Everyday Magic, Day 335
Another poem inspired by Stephen Locke’s photographs, this one taken after the tornadoes in Oklahoma last week. After the Storm, the...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
May 29, 20111 min read


Ad Astra per Aspera and the Kansas Arts: Everyday Magic, Day 334
Ad Astra per Aspera: That’s the Kansas state motto, “to the stars, through difficulty.” It’s also the motto for any artist, writer,...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
May 28, 20113 min read


Enraptured: Everyday Magic, Day 333
Photographer Stephen Locke, whose gorgeous photograph taken last Saturday, and I have started a project combining his photograph with my...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
May 26, 20111 min read


Our Aunt, Uncle and a Tornado Kitten: Everyday Magic, Days 331-332
Even massive tornadoes can move in delicate ways. Our aunt and uncle’s garage was destroyed, but a china cabinet that shared a wall with...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
May 26, 20111 min read


Graduation Wrapped In Weather: Everyday Magic, Days 328-330
It's hard to say where I've been, and so it's hard to say where I'm going, but I know this: I've seen and am seeing some weather. My...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
May 24, 20112 min read


How Much Wood A Baby Woodchuck Chucks: Everday Magic, Day 327
A family of woodchucks is living under my mother-in-law's deck, and so my mom -- visiting for Daniel's graduation -- and I pulled up...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
May 21, 20111 min read


The Rapture of Graduation: Everyday Magic, Day 326
There’s the rapture of the storm this morning as I lay under blanket with a sleeping cat on my chest, thunder and lightning, and the...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
May 20, 20111 min read


Great Horned Owl on the Swingset: Everyday Magic, Days 324-325
I got close to the window, aiming the camera. She wheeled her head around, but judging by her size and mine, it was clear I wasn’t much...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
May 18, 20111 min read


Good News, Bad News, 123: Everyday Magic, Day 301
Growing up in Brooklyn, we played a gamed called “Red Light, Green Light, 123” which consisted of standing with my forehead to a tree,...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
May 16, 20112 min read


Cleaning Up: Everyday Magic, Day 300
I have a secret that’s even surprises me: I love cleaning. You wouldn’t know it if you wandered through my house or rode in my car, but...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
May 15, 20112 min read


Maybe We're All Trees With Holes In Our Hearts: Everyday Magic, Days 298-299
Over the last half-week, I’ve felt just a small pin-sized hole in my heart, ever since I read about our governor firing everyone who...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
May 14, 20111 min read


The Eye of the Iris: Everyday Magic, Day 297
My new friend, poet laureate of Wyoming David Romtvedt, shared with me this astonishing poem about irises that he gave me permission to...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
May 12, 20112 min read


What Is Wrong With This Picture, and Will the Real Kansans Please Stand Up?: Everyday Magic, Day 296
Today I felt like I was punched in the stomach when I read the news: the governor put on administrative leave the five employees of the...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
May 11, 20112 min read