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If This Year Could Talk: Everyday Magic, Day 166
Hey, I’m 2010, and I’m exhausted. What a year! I tell you, I could use a good week of solid sleep, and I know I’m going to get it and...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 31, 20102 min read
Remembering Ben, A Giant With a Giant Heart: Everyday Magic, Day 165
I met Ben in 1974 while working at my father’s stand, where I was ordered by my dad to stand on an old wooden table and yell out, “Two...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 30, 20103 min read
Leonard Cohen, "If It Be Your Will," and the End of the Year: Everyday Magic, Day 163
First, there are the words: “If it be your will/ that a voice be true/ from this broken hill/ I will sign to you/ from this broken hill/...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 28, 20101 min read
Happiness: Everyday Magic, Day 162
“Happiness. It comes on/ unexpectedly. And goes beyond, really….” Raymond Carver wrote in his poem “Happiness.” It isn’t the result of a...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 27, 20101 min read
I Love December 26th: Everyday Magic, Day 161
It's the day after the big thing whether it was a big thing I celebrated -- starting with midnight mass at a massive Catholic church as a...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 26, 20101 min read
This Is My Life: Climate Disaster, Gonzo Cartoons & Rock'n'roll: Everyday Magic, Days 159-60
Ken passionately tells me just how bad climate change is, how it’s exceeding all expectations, and with the effects of La Nina, next...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 24, 20102 min read
Remembering Mark, Rob and Others Gone: Everyday Magic, Day 158
Rob was a river rat, tree flying trimmer extraordinaire, coffee-drinking-from-a-mason-jar, dreamboat prairie man who dated some of my...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 23, 20101 min read
Christmas Carols 24/7, Springsteen or Show Tunes: Everyday Magic, Day 157
So when I turned on the radio today, I was trying to open my little heart a bit to the wonders of Christmas carols, especially since that...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 23, 20101 min read
Turkeys of a Feather Stick Together: Everyday Magic, Day 156
Staring at the turkey out this window on this gloomy day when I can't get warm, I was dazzled by her feathers. Iridescent black, brown,...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 22, 20101 min read
Orange Moon & The Skymen: Everyday Magic, Day 155
Sometime between 1 and 2 a.m., Ken woke me up and cajoled me out of bed to the back deck, where I stood in my nightgown and bare feet...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 22, 20101 min read
Winter Solstice: 4:22 p.m.
The blunt air morning-stark, a glass light that levels everything, makes me forget my intention for this or that, the insistent hands...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 20, 20101 min read
Walking With The Men In My Life: Everyday Magic, Day 153
When the sun was at its warmest today, I took a long walk with the men in my life -- my husband, Ken; sons, Forest and Daniel; and...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 19, 20102 min read
We Have Less Control Than The Little Control We Think We Have: Everyday Magic, Day 153
The other quote comes from Pema Chodron, and I know it’s about how we humans are wired for solid ground while life is the opposite, but...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 18, 20101 min read
Do You Dream Of Houses Too?: Everyday Magic, Day 152
For years, I've dreamt of houses: houses I know and don't know, imaginary and real, with multiple rooms sprawling underground or stacked...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 17, 20101 min read
What To Do Now? Everyday Magic, Day 151
There are some days that I don’t know how to live. I mean, I could do one part of my work or another, clean a closet instead, take a walk...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 16, 20102 min read
Dogs Are Better Than Us: Everyday Magic, Day 150
It's true. They just are. It's not the same with cats: some particular cats might be better than some particular humans, but for the most...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 15, 20102 min read
Nobody Awake But Us Chickens: Everyday Magic, Between Days 149-150
Just past midnight, and here I am at my desk in my new office, soon to swoosh into Natalie’s room again when she arrives home for winter...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 15, 20101 min read
Blanket Boy Quilted Into Being: Everyday Magic, Day 148
And so it does! Op top, I used batik-designed greens and blues to match his name and his eyes, and lined various squares with a great...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 13, 20101 min read
West Into Winter: Everyday Magic, Day 147
I was on my way to give a talk on Jubilee — what we release and learn from, embrace and start fresh and alive with, beginners all of us...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 13, 20101 min read
Becoming the Art We Are: Everyday Magic, Day 146
Writing, talking, planning writing, talking more and aiming ourselves toward artfully-prepared meals and rich bouts of coffee has made me...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 11, 20101 min read
