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What Falls In The Fall: Attack of the Osage Oranges: Everyday Magic, Day 100
Sitting on the porch this evening with the heavy and fast wind coming and going, the branches swinging down and back out, and the leaves...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Oct 25, 20101 min read
I Love My Work: Everyday Magic, Day 99
Just had a wonderful phone conference with my students, calling into this giant dark room (what phone conferences feel like to me) where...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Oct 24, 20101 min read
What Are Your Five Best Meals?: Everyday Magic, Day 98
1. On a small island off Mombassa after a morning of riding out on the boat (and throwing up over the side as Ken distracted everyone by...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Oct 23, 20101 min read
What Hugging Bear Salt & Pepper Shakers Have To Do With My Life: Everyday Magic, Day 73
They came from an episode of Bones, my one and only thing I rush to the TV to watch each Thursday. Natalie and I viewed an episode last...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Sep 29, 20101 min read
Gratitude for Healing & Community: Everday Magic, Day 68
Sometime in the middle of March, I drove our new old Mercury Villager van to the accident site and parked. Laurie was already there,...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Sep 22, 20103 min read
Mark’s Memorial and Poem: Everyday Magic, Day 39
That led to one of the potlucks of all potlucks, a whole lot of visiting inside and out morphing into the concert performed by the Alferd...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Aug 22, 20103 min read
I’m a Sucker for an Angel on the Street: Everyday Magic, Day 38
Look at what I found right next to La Parilla downtown: an angel standing in deep stillness. She's probably part of the Busker Festival,...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Aug 21, 20101 min read
Goat & Garden Magic: Everyday Magic, Day 26
Taking a break from my teaching to visit my friend Sara, I marveled at the beauty of her garden and goats. Her home, half-way up a...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Aug 9, 20101 min read
It’s Graduation Day: Everyday Magic, Days 25-26
Today I watched nine of our students graduate -- nine people who came here to Goddard College with a passion for studying something of...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Aug 8, 20102 min read
The Chaotic Magic of Travel & Miss Mary Mack: Everyday Magic, Day 21
Sitting at JFK in New York between flights, and between crowds of the incoming and outgoing, the new-to-here and the barely-anywhere, I...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Aug 3, 20101 min read
Writing Into Mortality & Beyond: Everyday Magic, Day 13
Today I had the joy of facilitating a mid-summer writing retreat for people living with serious illness at Turning Point: The Center for...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jul 25, 20103 min read
Life is Dangerous: Everyday Magic, Days 11 & 12
Late afternoon, I still was overcome with that shaky feeling so I did the only sensible thing I could think to do: I went to the movies...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jul 25, 20102 min read
Orange Sky & the Ways of Orange: Everyday Magic, Day Eight
After the storm last night, which exploded 3.5inches of rain from the sky in less than a few hours, I saw something I had never seen...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jul 21, 20101 min read
Yoga & Coffee: Everyday Magic, Day Four
Then there’s the yoga. Today I drove to the Holiday Inn Express of all places for the final Saturday of my year-long yoga teacher...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jul 17, 20101 min read
“I Like Your Necklace”: Everyday Magic, Day Two
This morning at Z’s Divine Espresso, just about to coffee-up for the day, I was standing over a tableunpacking this computer when I felt...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jul 15, 20103 min read
Joy in Little Boxes: Free Hugs & Flash Mobs on the Hoof
While mostly I find this sweetness in moments such as this, I also am moved and thrilled by some small gifts that come over facebook or...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jun 30, 20101 min read
In Praise of Goodness: Diane Silver’s Essential Project
My friend and writer Diane Silver has just interviewed me for her blog, In Praise of Goodness. This blog is part of a year-long project...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jun 18, 20101 min read
Mary Oliverisms
A few weeks ago, I had the joy of hearing Mary Oliver read, talk about poetry and life, and simply just visit with some of us. I found...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
May 17, 20102 min read
Night & Flight: Winning Poems from the To the Stars Poetry Contest
I am thrilled to announce the winning poets in the third week of the To the Stars poetry contest: Judy Roitman won in the...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Apr 22, 20102 min read
The Art of Art: Governor’s Arts Awards 2010
What’s Right Here to the 2010 Governor’s Arts Awards Recipients It’s all right here, they show us, the seemingly invisible right on the...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Mar 12, 20101 min read
