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Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Oct 15, 20243 min read
25 Strange, Wonderful, Annoying, and Luminous Discoveries Last Week: Everyday Magic, Day 1,107
One October week: Hurricane Milton, Northern Lights, a colonoscopy, Yom Kippur, Louise Erdrich in town, Comet Purple Mountain, and the...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Sep 12, 20243 min read
Riding With Pack Rats and Waking With Weasels of Political Anxiety: Everyday Magic, Day 1,015
There it was -- a very large pack rat Ken was ready to fling with a pair of long tongs into the deep woods, far from where we could smell...
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...
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...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Feb 13, 20222 min read
Love and Death in February: Everyday Magic, Day 1050
“Maybe since January lasted for seven and a half years, February will be easy,” I said to my friend Kris. She was doubtful since...
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...
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...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Nov 6, 20201 min read
A Moment of Respite: Everyday Magic, Day 1020
Shay and I sit on the porch, exhaling. It has been a week, a year, and a close-to-four year thing. There’s still so much wrong with our...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Oct 20, 20202 min read
When Winter Comes Stomping In: Everyday Magic, Day 1019
Suddenly, I’m searching for sweaters, cursing the lack of mittens with me for a walk, and shiver-driving around town for the interminable...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Sep 26, 20203 min read
Days of Awe in an Unusual Year: Everyday Magic, Day 1016
The Days of Awe — the 10 days between Rosh Hashana (Jewish New Year) and Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement), it’s time to clean up our act. We...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Mar 12, 20204 min read
Dear Me: Stop Freaking Out: Everyday Magic, Day 999
Dear Me (and Dear Me!), I know you’re crazy-scared about the coronavirus. How could anyone paying attention not be when the closings and...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Sep 15, 20193 min read
Panic Attacks, Anyone?: Everyday Magic, Day 985
It’s 5:47 a.m. when I wake, trying to figure out how to fit my laptop into an antique desk that’s falling apart. My worry about the dream...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Aug 28, 20193 min read
The World is On Fire: Everyday Magic, Day 983
For the last three weeks, the Amazon burns, and just today, according to The New York Times, more than 500 Brazilian government employees...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Mar 15, 20192 min read
Blown Away: Everyday Magic, Day 968
The week began with news that blew me away: a beloved colleague, who was the rock and heart of the college where I work, died suddenly....
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Oct 22, 20182 min read
Holding Tight To Bliss Road in a Time of Climate Change: Everyday Magic, Day 955
The big picture mind-blowing expanses are all around, from a distance golden variegated hazes that upon closer range become crazy quilts...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Aug 28, 20131 min read
The Real Summer Finally Shows Up, But Who Can Complain?: Everyday Magic, Day 727
Last summer, by this point in August, the temperature dropped to highs in the mid-90s, and we dropped to our knees in gratitude. That’s...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Nov 1, 20122 min read
A Jersey Girl Thinks About the Shore: Everyday Magic, Day 643
Long Beach Island When you grow up where I did, when the temperature or boredom rises, you head to the shore, 20-40 minutes away...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jul 20, 20122 min read
One Moment in the Climate Crisis: Everyday Magic, Day 602
When I think of the weather lately — hard not to do when the reality behind and forecast ahead is triple-digit days up one side and down...
