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9 Hours in New York, 12 Miles, 5 Trains & One Garden
Why do I do this? Well, for any of you who have walked in New York, you already know the answer. The energy for walking there is...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jun 18, 20083 min read
Juxtapositions When Things Go Wrong
I'm driving home from the airport, thinking how surreal it is to is to have just driven there, taken the blue bus from long-term parking...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jun 14, 20082 min read
My Wabi-Sabi Life
When I found the term "Wabi Sabi" several years ago, I was thrilled to discover there were actually some words to easily describe that...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jun 1, 20082 min read
Kitten Season
After a winter of losses, including the loss our beloved cat, Akio, we have moved through our mourning enough to open our home to new...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
May 27, 20081 min read
Iris Season
Each year it amazes me. Irises spring from their tight vertical buds into a blossom delicate as breath, and both intricately ruffled and...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
May 23, 20082 min read
Burn, Prairie, Burn!
A few weeks ago, we burned the prairie near our home, an annual rite of passage for us and for the grasslands, which need to be freed...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Apr 29, 20082 min read
Where the Weather Can Kill You: Tornado Warning and Other Things That Go Bump in the Night
When my friend Sara was about to move to the northwest, she said, "I just want to live somewhere where the weather can't kill you."...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Apr 27, 20084 min read
Passing Through Passover
Passover is my favorite holiday; in fact, sometimes I think it's the only designated holiday that I even like at all. I love that it's a...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Apr 24, 20082 min read
On Swanky Hotels and the Habitat of Being in Motion
I write this from the 12th floor of the Millennium Hotel in Minneapolis.Outside, I can see other swanky hotels, apartment buildings, and...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Apr 3, 20083 min read
Kitty, Come Home!
We walk through the brush on the hill, mosey through the prairie, visit all the neighbors to hand them flyers, and whenever we open a...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Mar 30, 20083 min read
The Best Pie-Maker in the World: Remembering My Dear Friend Weedle
When Paul called my little cell phone that evening, I was immediately taken by the very still tone in his voice.“I’m afraid I have some...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Feb 16, 20086 min read
Failing
It happened again.Yesterday, the long-awaited email arrived from the agent reading my revised (as per her suggestions) novel. In short,...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Feb 7, 20084 min read
One Good Note & The Larger Song: Learning the Cello
I came to the cello and the cello came to me all at once after many years of yearning to learn it. One day I was in the Merc, our local...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jan 7, 20083 min read
Benazir Bhutto, Rest in Peace.
It’s dusk, the snow is about to start any moment, and I’m driving down Iowa Street, one of the main drags in my town, on our way to...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 27, 20073 min read
Spirit Trip: Woody
We’ve all taken those kinds of trips that aren’t anywhere in the vicinity of relaxing poolside under swaying palms, or long meetings in...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 19, 20073 min read
Body Is as Body Does
Okay, so I struggle with what most women, and many men I know worry about, fuss over, beat themselves senseless because of and generally...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 10, 20073 min read
Abiding Grace: A Tribute to Grace Paley
Note: Grace Paley, one of the most amazing writers and activists of our time, died in late August. I wrote this after experiencing her...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 4, 20076 min read
How to Live?: Everyday Magic
A steady question has circled me for years like a song I can't shake: "How to live?" When I was diagnosed with breast cancer over five...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Nov 30, 20074 min read
