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"Cinderella Can Itch If Not Sweeping": Everyday Magic, Day 221
“Cinderella can itch if not sweeping” “Initially looked like ordinary writing guidebooks, with typical crisp style dialogue among...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Feb 27, 20111 min read
Red-Winged Blackbirds in a Field of Snow: Everyday Magic, Day 220
In little time, the large feeder was empty, and Ken cajoled me to step outside in my slippers and refill it. Of course just opening the...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Feb 26, 20111 min read
Snow to Snow Travel, Night Clouds & Snow Fog: Everyday Magic, Day 219
What I left: Goddard College yesterday Close to 3:30 Vermont time, I walked into my home after a somewhat harrowing 30 mph drive on...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Feb 25, 20111 min read
Suspended Animation in Cleveland: Everyday Magic, Days 217-218
Cleveland, nothing against you, but I don’t really know you, and sitting in this airport for hours isn’t helping the matter. I’ve...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Feb 24, 20112 min read
The Office Is Quiet & The World Is Calm: Everyday Magic, Day 216
Some of the students the didn't speak with today (but did obviously take their picture) This desk? It’s in room 202 of the Community...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Feb 21, 20111 min read
After Falling Down the Rabbit Hole: Everyday Magic, Day 215
Residencies make their own magic, and I would even say their own reality except this reality is quite real: what happens here is a...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Feb 19, 20111 min read
It Might As Well Be Spring: Everyday Magic, Day 214
A steady bright rain falls past all the windows as the bright blue of the sky shines through. It’s 58 degrees and February in Vermont,...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Feb 18, 20112 min read
Alchemy, Art and Knowledge That Matters and Connects: Everyday Magic, Days 212-213
Teaching at Université du Québec à Rimouski, she works with undergraduates and graduates, encouraging them to find this knowledge. In her...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Feb 17, 20112 min read
Sweet Dreams from Vermont: Everyday Magic, Day 211
Dark fills the windows, wind calls around us, and the wood stove in the basement sends up and out its steady hot breath. I listen to the...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Feb 14, 20111 min read
A Valentine Poem: Everyday Magic, Day 210
Valentine It’s all a matter of seeing what is right here: the face of the beloved, the eyes closed, graying lashes on the cheekbone. The...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Feb 13, 20111 min read
When The Clearing Comes: Everyday Magic, Day 209
There's something about a 58-degree day in February after blizzards, bad news about the state budget, and being hit by a fast-moving...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Feb 13, 20111 min read
Welcome Home, Egyptians!: Everyday Magic, Days 207-208
I'm dreaming some of Egypt, feeling that joyous swoop of energy from yesterday, and all it says about the possibilities for tomorrow....
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Feb 12, 20112 min read
Little (Chocolate) Hearts For Hard Times: Everyday Magic, 206
This is simply to say thank you — to those who wrote such encouraging comments, sent hugs and good wishes, and to those seen and unseen...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Feb 9, 20111 min read
When the Swarm of Bad News Attacks: Everyday Magic, Day 205
It's been hard getting out of bed lately, and getting to sleep at night takes massive amounts of bad news deconstruction, imaging the...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Feb 9, 20112 min read
The Coldest Night: Everyday Magic, Days 203-204
The coldest night is heavy as time compressed, the recent dead beloved, the friends facing brain tumors or kidney stones, government cuts...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Feb 9, 20111 min read
Five Easy Pieces: February Write From Your Life
Start a story, poem, play, dialogue or even novel with five easy pieces. First, do the following: Write a short description of a place...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Feb 6, 20111 min read
The King's Speech vs. I Love You Phillip Morris: Everyday Magic, Day 202
Both movies are funny, seriously. Both have incredible male leads (Colin Firth and Jim Carrey) who couldn’t actually pull off so well —...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Feb 6, 20112 min read
Loving Peace and the Warriors: Everyday Magic, Day 201
I was thinking today about what’s happening in Egypt, and how, at Maura’s funeral, someone said she loved peace but also loved the...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Feb 5, 20112 min read
Searching for Windows: Everyday Magic, Day 200
Until about 2:30 a.m., I rooted through boxes in the basement, sorting greeting cards, CDs, graduate school paperwork and baby clothes,...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Feb 4, 20111 min read
City Girl, Country Boy & a Whole Lot Of Snow: Everyday Magic, Day 199
Give a dog a bone, but give a man a snow shovel (or if he’s over 80, a snow blower) because when it snows, come hell or high water...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Feb 3, 20111 min read
