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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.

Calicoco, the Flying Ninja Cat, or Why You Shouldn't Put a Feral Kitty in Your Bathroom: Everyd

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jun 16, 20174 min read

Calicoco, the Flying Ninja Cat, or Why You Shouldn't Put a Feral Kitty in Your Bathroom: Everyd

There’s white fur on the bathroom mirror, bath curtain rod, and bedroom windows from Calicoco, the feral cat I stupidly thought I could...

Beyond the Dark Tunnel of Mid-December: Everyday Magic, Day 881

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Dec 9, 20162 min read

Beyond the Dark Tunnel of Mid-December: Everyday Magic, Day 881

As a kid, I dreaded the stretch between New Jersey and New York City when our family station wagon would descend into the underworld,...

A Beautiful Moment in a Time of Despair: Everyday Magic, Day 876

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Oct 15, 20161 min read

A Beautiful Moment in a Time of Despair: Everyday Magic, Day 876

As I turn away from the news of collapsing politics and ecology, I also see this: the sky to the west is filling with clouds, the wind is...

A Charm of Teenager Hummingbirds: Everyday Magic, Day 872

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Sep 10, 20162 min read

A Charm of Teenager Hummingbirds: Everyday Magic, Day 872

A bunch of hummingbirds is called a charm, a delight and an adornment, and for the last few months, I’ve been blessed to have my view...

Saved (Again) By Music: Everyday Music, Day 860

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jun 6, 20164 min read

Saved (Again) By Music: Everyday Music, Day 860

Celebrating Claudia’s birthday at the concert with Michel Loomis Listening to the astonishingly spirited Claudia Schmidt perform a house...

Digging into What’s Mine to Chill Out the Fixer-Bee: Everyday Magic 856

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

May 5, 20162 min read

Digging into What’s Mine to Chill Out the Fixer-Bee: Everyday Magic 856

In the past week, because I was on a mini vacation (when the shit always seems to especially hit the fan), I kept bumping into my...

The Light, the Dark, and a Road Trip to Western Kansas: Everyday Magic, Day 890

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Mar 4, 20162 min read

The Light, the Dark, and a Road Trip to Western Kansas: Everyday Magic, Day 890

I first presented the book to the marvelous Pioneer Memorial Library, which brought together close to 80 people in the basement for lunch...

A Traveling Water Ritual: Everyday Magic, Day 888

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Feb 22, 20162 min read

A Traveling Water Ritual: Everyday Magic, Day 888

At the Kansas Area Watershed Council, we regularly have a water ritual. Standing in a circle around some springtime prairie plants in the...

Generations: Everyday Magic, Day 884

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jan 19, 20162 min read

Generations: Everyday Magic, Day 884

Columbia was where we met in college, or more to the point, because of what we did in our many non-college hours: potlucks with too much...

A Wonder Made of Time and Staying Put: Everyday Magic, Day 883

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jan 13, 20163 min read

A Wonder Made of Time and Staying Put: Everyday Magic, Day 883

A few days later, while wandering through the Merc to get a crapload of delicacies for friends facing serious medical woo-hah, I ran into...

Karma, a Disgruntled Cat, and the Bob-Tailed Squirrel: Everyday Magic, Day 881

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Dec 19, 20152 min read

Karma, a Disgruntled Cat, and the Bob-Tailed Squirrel: Everyday Magic, Day 881

If the windows are Cat TV, the squirrel was a daily reality show designed to inflame cat desires and piss them off. As such, it had high...

When the Ocean is There, Jump In: Everyday Magic, Day 875

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Nov 21, 20152 min read

When the Ocean is There, Jump In: Everyday Magic, Day 875

Living in Kansas, where both swimming in salt water, let alone oceans, and seeing dolphins (which I saw both days) is usually something...

Why Would Anyone Leave Lawrence, Kansas?: Everyday Magic, Day 869

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Oct 12, 20153 min read

Why Would Anyone Leave Lawrence, Kansas?: Everyday Magic, Day 869

Last night I dreamed that we had just moved to Madison, Wisconsin, where our oldest son now lives, because Ken got a kick-ass job...

Grateful to Be Back On the Old Road Home: Everyday Magic, Day 867

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Sep 26, 20152 min read

Grateful to Be Back On the Old Road Home: Everyday Magic, Day 867

Last night, instead of going west to the new route home, I turned left, following a line of cars down a new road without being sure if I...

Three Rattlesnakes and Three Kids Gone: Everyday Magic, Day 865

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Aug 28, 20151 min read

Three Rattlesnakes and Three Kids Gone: Everyday Magic, Day 865

On one hand, all is good. My heart is full and calm this morning as a hidden pond as I sit on the porch surrounded by soft rain, cats and...

Pairs of Rattlesnakes, Kayaks, and Beloveds: Everyday Magic, Day 856

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jul 5, 20153 min read

Pairs of Rattlesnakes, Kayaks, and Beloveds: Everyday Magic, Day 856

Mr. Rattlesnake just hanging in his pillow case (outside of course) before moving to his new home. It was a weekend of unlikely pairs....

Stomping Fire: Everyday Magic, Day 838

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Feb 8, 20152 min read

Stomping Fire: Everyday Magic, Day 838

How close to the house? Very. I wanted to eat pizza with friends. Instead, I stomped fire. Maybe that’s a strong narrative thread in my...

Jerry: Everyday Magic, Day 829

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Dec 14, 20143 min read

Jerry: Everyday Magic, Day 829

When I was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2002, I discovered what many already know about wandering through the world of serious...

In Memory of Pete Seeger: Everyday Magic, Day 762

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jan 28, 20142 min read

In Memory of Pete Seeger: Everyday Magic, Day 762

I grew up on Pete Seeger, his music and his voice coming to me through the radio, the television, and perhaps just in the wind. Of course...

A Quiet Moment in the Morning: Everyday Magic, Day 746

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Nov 13, 20131 min read

A Quiet Moment in the Morning: Everyday Magic, Day 746

Again, the dogs and cat sleep, some curled into a ball on worn-out cushions, others stretched on sofa arms in the sun. The light, caught...

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