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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.

A Startling Implosion: Everyday Magic, Day 876

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Nov 25, 20152 min read

A Startling Implosion: Everyday Magic, Day 876

I went to see McCollum Hall, a 10-story dorm, being imploded without knowing why, but drawn in like thousands of others. After all, how...

Give Me Your Huddled Masses: Everyday Magic, Day 873

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Nov 18, 20151 min read

Give Me Your Huddled Masses: Everyday Magic, Day 873

Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the...

30th Anniversary for the Royals and for Us: Everyday Magic, Day 871

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Nov 5, 20153 min read

30th Anniversary for the Royals and for Us: Everyday Magic, Day 871

Of course, there’s huge differences. Marriage is not about winners and losers, unless that marriage is not really all about marriage....

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...

Ken Irby, Rest (Travel, Drink, Read and Write) in Peace: Everyday Magic, Day 861

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jul 30, 20154 min read

Ken Irby, Rest (Travel, Drink, Read and Write) in Peace: Everyday Magic, Day 861

Last night I got to join some of Ken’s closest friends, some of whom have been devoting themselves to his health and comfort over many...

A Town That Changed My Life: Everyday Magic, Day 859

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jul 19, 20153 min read

A Town That Changed My Life: Everyday Magic, Day 859

With old friends, from left, Steve, Dave, and John There was a moment in 1981 when I was driving from Columbia, Missouri to Kansas City,...

An Abundance of Cicadas, Hackberry Butterflies, and Rain: Everyday Magic, Day 853

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jun 15, 20152 min read

An Abundance of Cicadas, Hackberry Butterflies, and Rain: Everyday Magic, Day 853

So much comes so thick and fast sometimes, like this June when the 17-year cicadas hatched at the same time as the unleashing of...

For the Love of Animals and Community: Everyday Magic, Day 851

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

May 28, 20153 min read

For the Love of Animals and Community: Everyday Magic, Day 851

Vigil for lost animals When we found out about the fire at Pet World, so many of us in and around Lawrence rushed to the scene or to the...

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...

Carry On, My Wayward Son (and Daughter): Everyday Magic, Day 828

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Dec 12, 20142 min read

Carry On, My Wayward Son (and Daughter): Everyday Magic, Day 828

Kansas was singing “Carry On, My Wayward Son” with all their heart on my car radio as I stood outside the car, having accidentally locked...

Why It’s Better to Talk to Yourself Than to Listen to the Common Thinking of the Day: Everyday

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Dec 1, 20144 min read

Why It’s Better to Talk to Yourself Than to Listen to the Common Thinking of the Day: Everyday

“They told us that in the 90s that thousands of professors would be retiring, so anthropology would be a good field,” Ken told me the...

The Tender Side of Loss: Everyday Magic, Day 824

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Nov 7, 20142 min read

The Tender Side of Loss: Everyday Magic, Day 824

Ken in the deep woods In the past two weeks, the Royals lost the World Series, my favored candidate for governor (when the stakes were...

A Moment of Stillness in Grief: Everyday Magic, Day 822

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Oct 25, 20142 min read

A Moment of Stillness in Grief: Everyday Magic, Day 822

It has been a week for the record books in my life. Monday, my aunt, who I loved but barely saw in the last four decades, died after a...

Loving Rachel Rolfs: Everyday Magic, Day 821

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Oct 22, 20142 min read

Loving Rachel Rolfs: Everyday Magic, Day 821

Rachel, her brother Micah and mom LaVetta in 1983 This was a girl who grew up in the background, preferring to help others shine and...

Praying for the Peace That Surpasses All Understanding: Everyday Magic, Day 807

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jul 13, 20143 min read

Praying for the Peace That Surpasses All Understanding: Everyday Magic, Day 807

On Facebook, at the grocery store, and even in my own kitchen, discussions heat up about the Israeli bombing of Gaza, and the Hamas...

A Big Gay Wedding For Kansas: Everyday Magic, Day 799

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

May 4, 20142 min read

A Big Gay Wedding For Kansas: Everyday Magic, Day 799

Michael and Charles were joined together in holy marriage on May 3 at the Unitarian Universalist Church in Manhattan, authorized by all...

Welcome to the Dialogue and Friendship Dinner: With An Outstretched Hand

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Apr 29, 20143 min read

Welcome to the Dialogue and Friendship Dinner: With An Outstretched Hand

Thanks to Eyyup Esen, the force of friendship between this event Tonight I was honored to give the welcome and a welcoming poem at the...

Death Tour 2014: Everyday Magic, Day 797

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Apr 12, 20142 min read

Death Tour 2014: Everyday Magic, Day 797

Portrait of the artist recovering with her cat Within one week, I attended my uncle’s moving funeral in New Jersey, our dear community...

Maggie, the Heartbeat of What It Means to Be Alive: Everyday Magic, Day 796

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Apr 9, 20142 min read

Maggie, the Heartbeat of What It Means to Be Alive: Everyday Magic, Day 796

Although I didn’t know Maggie for decades or pal around big-time for her, whenever I saw her, we got right down to it: cancer (first...

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