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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 Love and Sorrow For Goddard College: Everyday Magic, Day 1097

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Apr 156 min read

In Love and Sorrow For Goddard College: Everyday Magic, Day 1097

Right before I was hired to teach at Goddard College in 1996, the then-president, who many believed was set to shut down the college,...

I Eat Rejections For Breakfast Because I'm a Writer: Everyday Magic, Day 1096

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Apr 53 min read

I Eat Rejections For Breakfast Because I'm a Writer: Everyday Magic, Day 1096

Truly, and usually with steaming oatmeal and iced tea when I'm half awake. Perhaps I should eat the rejections with a chocolate amaretto...

How to Build a Life: Everyday Magic, Day 1089

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Dec 19, 20237 min read

How to Build a Life: Everyday Magic, Day 1089

How to build a life is really up to the person living that life, but after carrying this topic around in my head for a while, I realized...

Welcome (Back) to the Everyday Magic Blog

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Oct 10, 20232 min read

Welcome (Back) to the Everyday Magic Blog

Dear everyone, I'm writing to you because my hunch is you were among the 2,000+ subscribers to my Everyday Magic blog. It's a hunch...

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...

Boobs and Bravery on the Move: Everyday Magic, Day 1061

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jun 27, 20223 min read

Boobs and Bravery on the Move: Everyday Magic, Day 1061

It’s been a week of boobs and bravery on the move (and I don’t mean the supreme court, which I have other names for rather than slang for...

Two Years Later and What Will be Two Years From Now?: Everyday Magic, Day 1053

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Mar 13, 20222 min read

Two Years Later and What Will be Two Years From Now?: Everyday Magic, Day 1053

It all changed March 13, 2020 for many of us in this country. That Friday the 13th was auspicious in ways people like me didn’t see...

What’s Wrong With Humans (and Some Birds): Everyday Magic, Day 1052

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Mar 7, 20223 min read

What’s Wrong With Humans (and Some Birds): Everyday Magic, Day 1052

An hour ago, a mourning dove crashed so hard against our living room window that Ken and I both jumped. The dove attacked his reflection...

Love and Death in February: Everyday Magic, Day 1050

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...

10 Reasons to Come to Brave Voice: Everyday Magic, Day 1045

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Aug 15, 20212 min read

10 Reasons to Come to Brave Voice: Everyday Magic, Day 1045

Kelley Hunt and my 16th annual six-day Brave Voice, Sept. 19-24 in Council Grove, Kansas. We have strong Covid protocols in place to keep...

Let’s Talk About Simone Biles: Everyday Magic, Day 1043

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jul 29, 20213 min read

Let’s Talk About Simone Biles: Everyday Magic, Day 1043

Let’s talk Simone Biles But first, let’s talk about two gymnasts we don’t know the names of: Elena Mukhina and Julissa Gomez. Elena...

A Medal for Bravery Finally Delivered After 77 Years: Everyday Magic, Day 1042

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jul 26, 20213 min read

A Medal for Bravery Finally Delivered After 77 Years: Everyday Magic, Day 1042

Saturday I got to watch historic justice: Jarek Piekalkiewicz finally being presented with the Cross of the Brave, known as Krzyz...

The People Who See Us in the Worst Light Possible: Everyday Magic, Day 722

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jul 31, 20132 min read

The People Who See Us in the Worst Light Possible: Everyday Magic, Day 722

Not so much a blast from the past but a little breeze brushed me recently, reminding me of both someone many years ago and someone in the...

Playing It Forward: Everyday Magic, Day 682

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Mar 11, 20131 min read

Playing It Forward: Everyday Magic, Day 682

We met the 29 wondrous souls who signed up in October for the first all-day session, saw them again for another day As for the...

Spirit Trip: Woody

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Dec 19, 20073 min read

Spirit Trip: Woody

We’ve all taken those kinds of trips that aren’t anywhere in the vicinity of relaxing poolside under swaying palms, or long meetings in...

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