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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
A Literary Breakfast By Starlight This Morning: Everyday Magic, Day 145
Once in a blue moon it has I had been a special guest at Natalie’s Literary Breakfast a long time ago, like exactly three years ago,...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 11, 20102 min read
Hanukkah Ends, Solstice Approaches: Everyday Magic, Day 144
Last night as I watched the Hanukkah candles burn, I thought about how quickly the shortest day of the year is coming toward us, like a...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 9, 20101 min read
The Morning After the Party: Everyday Magic, Day 141
Let's just say the first party was a sparkling cider with a dash of white wine and a big paper plate full of latkes kind of affair. The...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 6, 20102 min read
Introvert Trying to Get In on Extrovert Weekend: Everyday Magic, Days 139-140
It was an everything kind of weekend: my birthday, our annual Hanukkah party, a writing workshop I was leading for people with serious...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 5, 20102 min read
The Miracles of Laura Nyro: Everyday Magic, Day 138
I've been been thinking about Laura Nyro a lot and listening to her music. This started yesterday when I realized that one of my...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 3, 20102 min read
The Return of the Birds: Everyday Magic, Day 137
Lately, I've noticed the cats high-speeding it to the window to stare out with great joy and hunger, and just beyond them, the bare...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 2, 20101 min read
Winterizing Myself: Everyday Magic, Day 136
I found the ultimate zebra-print pajamas at Goodwill, completing my safari winterization outfit, and moreover, allowing me to mix stripes...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 1, 20101 min read
When I Was 17: Everyday Magic, Days 134-135
When I was 17, I graduated from Manalapan High School in central New Jersey, where I had spent an eternity sitting in the halls, my back...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Nov 30, 20103 min read
Sizing Up the Writing Life: Everyday Magic, Day 133
Turned out I filled up 24″ of journals during the 1980s in self-examination, stabs at poetry and stories, agonizing over what seems...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Nov 28, 20101 min read
Biz Baz, Outsider Art & Astonishment: Everyday Magic, Day 132
When Natalie was about eight, she and her cousins sold candy in mason jars, and soon she graduated to a state where she sold beta fish in...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Nov 27, 20101 min read
Magic Rainbow Glasses on Mass. Street: Everyday Magic, Day 131
Leftover from a dance performance (just held outside with the dancers wearing lights and the audience wearing magic rainbow glasses),...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Nov 26, 20101 min read
Thanksgiving, Time & Gratitude: Everyday Magic, Days 129-130
What I mean by this is that there’s great forces of life, love, motion, age and change happening constantly, and when I can expand my...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Nov 26, 20102 min read
