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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 12, 20092 min read
Bar Mitzvahed!
The weekend was a wheel of people and joy turning through our time. We began with a pie-making party Thursday night -- the Weedle...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
May 3, 20094 min read
Spring and the Bar Mitzvah Express
Spring has sprung wildly in the last few days thanks to several days of fast, hot wind and the several more days of intense rain....
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Apr 26, 20091 min read
Prairie Fire!
Saturday around 4 p.m. when we were at the hardware store, Ken said, "You know, I think the only window to burn is about right now." He...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Apr 13, 20092 min read
I Live in Big Wind Country
Kansas is windy, often, and not just a little. When spring comes, the big wind comes with it, and yesterday was a vivid illustration with...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Mar 23, 20092 min read
Hanging Out in the Big Parking Lot of Grief
In the month since my father-in-law died, I've revisited the giant parking lot of grief, the one where you can never remember where you...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Mar 11, 20092 min read
“I’m Sorry” and “Congratulations”: Death and Poetry
All week, I’ve experienced a juxtaposition of “I’m so sorry for your loss” and “Congratulations!” side by side, sometimes even...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Feb 21, 20094 min read
In Praise of Gene
Today my father-in-law, Bill "Gene" Lassman, died at age 83 after many years of severe health issues and breaking his hip two days ago....
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Feb 10, 20093 min read
In the Batcave Doing Yoga
Today I hung upside down -- a bat in a line of other bats. It was my first time doing this pose (see picture on right although I didn't...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jan 16, 20092 min read
When Happens When Kelley Hunt Sings
New Year's eve, and again, Kelley Hunt sang us up and over, far and wide toward the changing of years. This time, it was in the Lawrence...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jan 3, 20092 min read
Breaking the Mold
It started with underground rivers of salty water left over from the days when Kansas was part of a large inland ocean. At our house, we...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 12, 20082 min read
7 x 7
Seven has always been my lucky number although I can't say it ever won me a lottery or a horserace. I've just always been partial to odd...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 4, 20082 min read
How I Learned To Stop Worrying & Love America
Last night, sitting on the couch with friends and family, glued to the television screen in between leaping up to check one of eight...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Nov 5, 20082 min read
Walkabouts on the Prairie
It started with a simple yearning to hang out together, be outside more, and not add another meeting to our overburdened schedules. The...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Oct 6, 20082 min read
The Sweetness of Between-ness
I write this from the Cleveland airport, where I wait in the in-between. The full moon has risen just over the terminal out this window,...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Sep 14, 20083 min read
