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Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
- Feb 29, 2012
- 2 min
Tornado Warning!: Everyday Magic, Day 509
It’s after midnight, and my heart is still wide awake, set in racer action by the very sudden tornado warning that propelled our family,...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
- Dec 24, 2011
- 2 min
A Very Tall Cloud, the Joplin Tornado, the Eventual Graduation and the Rebuilding of Everything: Eve
On May 21st, Daniel quasi-graduated from Bethel College, meaning he walked in cap and gown with the others but still had an incomplete to...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
- Jun 1, 2011
- 2 min
Tornadoes, Come Home: Everyday Magic, Day 338
Dear Tornadoes and Otherwise Tornado Alley Storms, You know and I know that this is your home: Tornado alley, which encompasses much of...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
- May 26, 2011
- 1 min
Our Aunt, Uncle and a Tornado Kitten: Everyday Magic, Days 331-332
Even massive tornadoes can move in delicate ways. Our aunt and uncle’s garage was destroyed, but a china cabinet that shared a wall with...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
- May 24, 2011
- 2 min
Graduation Wrapped In Weather: Everyday Magic, Days 328-330
It's hard to say where I've been, and so it's hard to say where I'm going, but I know this: I've seen and am seeing some weather. My...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
- Mar 28, 2011
- 1 min
Dreaming of Tornadoes: Everyday Magic, Day 250
I lived in Kansas for more than a decade before I began dreaming of tornadoes, something I aspired to like learning to fly in my dreams...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
- Apr 27, 2008
- 4 min
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."...