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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.

In Praise of Goody: Everyday Magic, Day 1032

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Mar 16, 20213 min read

In Praise of Goody: Everyday Magic, Day 1032

“The world will never be the same,” Ken told me right after Goody Garfield’s burial service. “We were witness to one of a kind, and...

What is a Bad Year? What is a Good Year? Everyday Magic, Day 1024

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Dec 31, 20204 min read

What is a Bad Year? What is a Good Year? Everyday Magic, Day 1024

A friend told me that during her Christmas Zoom with family scattered far and wide, she realized how lucky they were: no one had Covid,...

A Solstice Like No Other: Everyday Magic, Day 1023

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Dec 20, 20203 min read

A Solstice Like No Other: Everyday Magic, Day 1023

I am thinking of two realities: that over 300,000 people in this country have died from COVID-19 and that we’re on the cusp of the winter...

Days of Awe in an Unusual Year: Everyday Magic, Day 1016

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...

Who is That Masked Poet?: Everyday Magic, Day 1010

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jun 26, 20204 min read

Who is That Masked Poet?: Everyday Magic, Day 1010

I never felt like much of a vigilante before, but lately, I can’t help myself. After shopping at our very safe food co-op where everyone...

Breathe In Peace, Breathe Out Love: Everyday Magic, Day 1008

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jun 1, 20202 min read

Breathe In Peace, Breathe Out Love: Everyday Magic, Day 1008

I thought a global pandemic was enough: enough pain, suffering, fear, restriction, uncertainty, and dread. Turns out I was wrong. We now...

If God Didn’t Want Us to Pray at Home, She Wouldn’t Have Invented Zoom: Everyday Magic,

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Apr 11, 20203 min read

If God Didn’t Want Us to Pray at Home, She Wouldn’t Have Invented Zoom: Everyday Magic,

Or Facebook Live. Or Youtube. Or any number of places to help us worship together while keeping physically apart and spiritually close. A...

Walking With Courage, Vulnerability, and Tenderness: Everyday Magic, Day 1,001

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Mar 31, 20203 min read

Walking With Courage, Vulnerability, and Tenderness: Everyday Magic, Day 1,001

Amazingly enough, we are arrived at the last day of March, a month that has lasted at least 1,283 days in fear, panic, and dread years....

Listening to History, Looking Out for the Herd: Everyday Magic, Day 1000

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Mar 19, 20203 min read

Listening to History, Looking Out for the Herd: Everyday Magic, Day 1000

It only took a few seconds of looking at the NYTimes map of the pandemic Saturday night for me to start hyper-ventilating and crying. At...

Dear Me: Stop Freaking Out: Everyday Magic, Day 999

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...

Oh, For the Relief of Pain!: Everyday Magic, Day 977

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jun 26, 20193 min read

Oh, For the Relief of Pain!: Everyday Magic, Day 977

All of this has me thinking a lot about the lengths I could go to to outrun pain, which are considerable. I can’t imagine slapping a...

“God’s Got You, Baby”: Everyday Magic, Day 976

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jun 17, 20193 min read

“God’s Got You, Baby”: Everyday Magic, Day 976

That’s what Cynthia said as she led me back to the surgery prep room when I told her I was scared. “And don’t you worry because God made...

Back at the Cancer Rodeo: Everyday Magic, Day 972

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

May 1, 20194 min read

Back at the Cancer Rodeo: Everyday Magic, Day 972

When I had breast cancer 17 years ago, I learned some things about resilience, the ability to bounce back. There’s nothing like being...

Blown Away: Everyday Magic, Day 968

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....

Surprises From 2018: Everyday Magic, Day 960

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Dec 31, 20183 min read

Surprises From 2018: Everyday Magic, Day 960

In reading Kate Bowler’s evocative essay, “How Cancer Changes Hope” and revising poems for my next book, How Times Moves, I’ve been...

Look for the Miriams: Everyday Magic, Day 956

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Oct 29, 20183 min read

Look for the Miriams: Everyday Magic, Day 956

A few hours after the Tree of Life shooting, we clung to each other — singing, praying, crying — at the Beth Israel Center in Madison,...

Hope on the Last Day of the Old Year: Everyday Magic, Day 912

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Sep 20, 20173 min read

Hope on the Last Day of the Old Year: Everyday Magic, Day 912

I think of people in central Mexico, working frantically to unearth possible survivors from collapsed buildings from the 7.1 earthquake...

In Gratitude for Nancy O'Connor: Everyday Magic, Day 907

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jul 30, 20172 min read

In Gratitude for Nancy O'Connor: Everyday Magic, Day 907

Community Mercantile, just celebrated its marvelous school garden project at West Junior High School and the person who founded the...

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...

Please Help Me Find Cover Art For Miriam's Well, My New Novel: Everyday Magic, Day 900

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

May 26, 20173 min read

Please Help Me Find Cover Art For Miriam's Well, My New Novel: Everyday Magic, Day 900

Miriam’s Well Synopsis From a young age Miriam sees visions she can’t cope with or stop. Growing up Jewish in Brooklyn with Aaron, her...

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