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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
Dragonflies & Inky Darkness in My Baby Rides the Shortbus
Today I discovered something I originally drafted a long time ago is now published at YES Magazine, one of my favorite sources of...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Nov 7, 20092 min read
Before Molly Was Nanny: Photos from 1930’s Brooklyn
A few days ago, I got the most amazing photos via email from my mother, who received them from a second cousin she recently reconnected...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Sep 29, 20092 min read
The Life We Could Be Living (If We Weren’t Living This One): July Write From Your Life
We’ve all made choices, sometimes seemingly small at first, that turned large in all they encompassed: moving to one particular town for...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jul 3, 20092 min read
It’s Hot
It happens every summer here — at some point, the sweet days of May and June give way to the somewhat hot days, then things really heat...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jun 26, 20092 min read
Who Knew? I Enjoy Being a Girl
If you saw me at this moment, you might have a hard time reconciling my black satin with silver rhinestone high heels, silver sparkly...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jun 13, 20092 min read
