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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
Five Funny Things To Watch When You Need to Distract Yourself: Everyday Magic, Day 128
“Graham Chapman, co-author of the Parrot Sketch, is no more,” begins John David Sadaris, how do I love thee? There’s “8 Questions After...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Nov 23, 20101 min read
Smoke Gets In Your Moon: Everyday Magic, Day 127
Last night, we took a moonlight/cloud light walk, and I saw something I'd never seen before: as thin clouds passed over the moon, they...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Nov 22, 20101 min read
Walkabout in the Wetlands: Everyday Magic, Day 126
A week ago, we had another walkabout with KAW Council. The air was cool and just a little sharp, the sun was bright, the path was ready,...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Nov 21, 20101 min read
Losing & Finding My Bounce: Everyday Magic, Days 123-125
Over the last few days, I've gone from Tiger to Eeyore back to Tiger again, but I get ahead of myself: three days ago, I went for my...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Nov 20, 20101 min read
On Not Driving Myself Crazy: Everyday Magic, Day 121-122
The cold weather that moved in came easy and slow, and I watched and felt some of it last night when I stood in a parking lot, one of the...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Nov 17, 20101 min read
Solitude is the New Sexy: Everyday Magic, Days 119-120
SI love my husband, kids, friends, community, and especially kitty cat, but sometimes a gal just needs to go be far, far away in a place...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Nov 15, 20101 min read
