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The Everyday Magic Blog

I'm so happy to share my blog, started in 2008 as part of my writing practice and as way to connect directly with you! Please peruse the blog, and sign up to get the latest posts. You can also get my beautifully-produced and illustrated collection of many blog posts, Everyday Magic: Fieldnotes on the Mundane and the Miraculous through Meadowlark Press here. Thanks for being part of my everyday magic.

The Land is Still the Land: Everyday Magic, Day 1,103

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Aug 144 min read

The Land is Still the Land: Everyday Magic, Day 1,103

Last week, we signed a pile of papers -- the last of three closings to save the land where we live. The first closing -- Dec. 15, 2020 --...

We Just Saved the Land That Saves Us: Everyday Magic, Day 1,101

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jun 155 min read

We Just Saved the Land That Saves Us: Everyday Magic, Day 1,101

A few days ago, after 39 years of trying to save the land that we love and where we live, Ken and I spent five minutes signing papers to pro

A Sound Bath in Eureka Springs, Arkansas: Everyday Magic, Day 1086

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jul 27, 20233 min read

A Sound Bath in Eureka Springs, Arkansas: Everyday Magic, Day 1086

I start out walking through cicadas, thousands, millions, maybe billions of them — this is Arkansas so it’s hard to know — a tunnel of...

In the Glory of Hackberry Butterflies: Everyday Magic, Day 1082

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jun 7, 20232 min read

In the Glory of Hackberry Butterflies: Everyday Magic, Day 1082

For a week each year, the hackberry butterflies float, soar, and flutter in such number that we have to keep our mouths closed when...

The Most Beautiful Thing is Now: Everyday Magic, Day 1080

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Apr 19, 20232 min read

The Most Beautiful Thing is Now: Everyday Magic, Day 1080

As soon as we started driving west from Kansas City International Airport Monday, I fell in love again with late afternoon light play and...

Does Anyone Really Know What Time It Is?: Everyday Magic, Day 1070

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Nov 12, 20223 min read

Does Anyone Really Know What Time It Is?: Everyday Magic, Day 1070

Time continually befuddles me, so much so that my last book of poetry was called How Time Moves, and I’m still deep in the muck of...

Tuning In To Realer News: Everyday Magic, Day 1069

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Oct 31, 20223 min read

Tuning In To Realer News: Everyday Magic, Day 1069

I’ve stopped tuning into most of what we call news until after the midterms. It isn’t because I don’t care, quite the contrary, but...

Why I Love the Hard-Won: Everyday Magic, Day 1066

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Sep 7, 20222 min read

Why I Love the Hard-Won: Everyday Magic, Day 1066

Walking to the edge of the deck this early morning to take this photo of the fog burning off the brome field and the prairie, I felt...

We Never Leave You, You Never Leave Us: Everyday Magic, Day 1064

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Aug 6, 20225 min read

We Never Leave You, You Never Leave Us: Everyday Magic, Day 1064

I left because it was making me sick, the “it” being the job I had loved fiercely and believed Iwould give my heart and time to until I...

Being Made of Weather: Everyday Magic, Day 1060

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jun 12, 20224 min read

Being Made of Weather: Everyday Magic, Day 1060

Weather. That was the theme of the 2022 Symphony in the Flint Hills, and because of all my weather poetry, especially my poem “Being Made...

Force of Nature Day (Which is Actually Everyday): Everyday Magic, Day 1058

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

May 16, 20222 min read

Force of Nature Day (Which is Actually Everyday): Everyday Magic, Day 1058

Yesterday began with running outside in our pajamas to cut irises as fast as possible while 70 mph winds and a giant thunderstorm...

“Three Walking Songs for the Night”: Everyday Magic, Day 1056

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

May 13, 20223 min read

“Three Walking Songs for the Night”: Everyday Magic, Day 1056

Going from winter (otherwise known as much of April) to summer (disguised as May this year) has plummeted many of us in Kansas into the...

A Limping Coyote in the Snow: Everyday Magic, Day 1051

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Feb 24, 20222 min read

A Limping Coyote in the Snow: Everyday Magic, Day 1051

Yesterday, I was surprised by how big he was, and how, from a distance, he looked sleek and strong. But then he came closer, making...

Finding Kansas (and That’s All She Wrote): Everyday Magic, Day 1049

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jan 29, 20223 min read

Finding Kansas (and That’s All She Wrote): Everyday Magic, Day 1049

I was lucky: I found a place that made a satisfying click when I set foot in it, and I knew. It was April 30, 1982, I was living in...

When the Real Winter Shows Up: Everyday Magic, Day 1046

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Dec 29, 20212 min read

When the Real Winter Shows Up: Everyday Magic, Day 1046

In the last week, the temperatures have risen well over 70 degrees, what we expect in April and not in late December, but my dubious joy...

For the Love of Mike and His Art: Everyday Magic, Day 1045

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Dec 18, 20212 min read

For the Love of Mike and His Art: Everyday Magic, Day 1045

For years, they arrived regularly, two or three batches every month or so that always included one for me, one for Ken, and occasionally...

Listening to the Land With New Hearing: Everyday Magic, Day 1061

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Oct 26, 20212 min read

Listening to the Land With New Hearing: Everyday Magic, Day 1061

Lying in bed this morning between layers of flannel with a purring kitty under the covers with me, I dreamed in and out of the call of a...

The Changing of the Light: Everyday Magic, Day 1059

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Oct 4, 20211 min read

The Changing of the Light: Everyday Magic, Day 1059

Beyond the lower temperatures and chigger count, there’s something else that truly distinguishes this time of year: the changing of the...

In Search of the Big-Ass Trees: Everyday Magic, Day 1046

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Aug 31, 20212 min read

In Search of the Big-Ass Trees: Everyday Magic, Day 1046

When we went to the Pacific Northwest earlier this month, we had a mission: behold as many big-ass trees as possible. Thanks to our...

The Inner and Outer Wildness That Brings Us Home: Everyday Magic, Day 1041

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jul 18, 20214 min read

The Inner and Outer Wildness That Brings Us Home: Everyday Magic, Day 1041

Here’s a post about my new podcast, “Tell Me Your Truest Story.” Please listen to the podcast here. For me, it’s always been the trees...

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