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Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
- 5 days ago
- 4 min
Five Years Later: A Cancer Story: Everyday Magic, Day 1098
"It's either an ocular melanoma or a brain tumor," the doctor told me five years ago. Ken, my brother Ravi, and I all gasped in unison....
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
- Apr 15
- 6 min
In Love and Sorrow For Goddard College: Everyday Magic, Day 1097
Right before I was hired to teach at Goddard College in 1996, the then-president, who many believed was set to shut down the college,...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
- Apr 5
- 3 min
I Eat Rejections For Breakfast Because I'm a Writer: Everyday Magic, Day 1096
Truly, and usually with steaming oatmeal and iced tea when I'm half awake. Perhaps I should eat the rejections with a chocolate amaretto...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
- Mar 14
- 3 min
Birds! Music! And Why is Everyone Yelling at Me?: Everyday Magic, Day 1095
I finally got hearing aids after several years of Ken and my kids repeating things to me loudly and often with a...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
- Mar 1
- 4 min
"Life Will Break You": Everyday Magic, Day 1094
Within weeks of my terrifying eye cancer diagnosis in 2019, my friend Harriet brought me this hand-set-type print of my favorite quote...