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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.

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...

Goodbye, Dog of Love: Everyday Magic, Day 759

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jan 13, 20143 min read

Goodbye, Dog of Love: Everyday Magic, Day 759

We found Mariah at the Humane Society when Daniel, his friend Katie, and I went in looking for a special canine pal for Daniel. Mariah...

Ponderer of Ponderances: Poem for Bill Remmers: Everyday Magic, Day 711

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jun 29, 20131 min read

Ponderer of Ponderances: Poem for Bill Remmers: Everyday Magic, Day 711

Reconteur of reconteurs, astronomer of the coffee grounds, wizard of the center table, potter to the stars, scientific boy genius in the...

Missing Hadassah: Everyday Magic, Day 681

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Feb 28, 20134 min read

Missing Hadassah: Everyday Magic, Day 681

Two weeks ago, I got the call from Hadassah’s son: she only had a few hours left, and since she gave me her funeral wishes, could I send...

Missing Lou & Maura: Everyday Magic, Day 656

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Dec 3, 20122 min read

Missing Lou & Maura: Everyday Magic, Day 656

Last night at the reading at Ellen (daughter of Jarek) and Marek’s home, people repeatedly asked me how I met Lou, Jane, Jarek and Maura,...

A Wedding Shower, a Funeral, a Newborn, a Dying Friend & a Little Cold: Everyday Magic, Day 628

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Sep 25, 20122 min read

A Wedding Shower, a Funeral, a Newborn, a Dying Friend & a Little Cold: Everyday Magic, Day 628

The Days of Awe have been more than awe-inspiring this year, thanks to a confluence of life’s essence. In the last week, we’ve poured our...

Nine Years After Dad Died: Everyday Magic, Day 485

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jan 18, 20122 min read

Nine Years After Dad Died: Everyday Magic, Day 485

Sitting in my friend’s living room this morning while her husband slept in a hospital bed beside us, we talked about the hospice services...

In Memory of Peter Berg & Celebration of Real Time: Everyday Magic, Day 384

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Aug 6, 20113 min read

In Memory of Peter Berg & Celebration of Real Time: Everyday Magic, Day 384

Peter at the Texas bioregional gathering in 1992 “We didn’t play it for the Big Time. We didn’t play it for the Small Time. We played it...

In Memory of Clarence Clemons: Everyday Magic, Day 355

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jun 20, 20112 min read

In Memory of Clarence Clemons: Everyday Magic, Day 355

Both Clemons and Springsteen tell the story of how they met: Bruce was playing a club in Asbury Park when Clemons came to check out this...

Maybe We'll Know What We Meant When We're Dead: Everyday Magic, Day 231

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Mar 10, 20111 min read

Maybe We'll Know What We Meant When We're Dead: Everyday Magic, Day 231

Yesterday was extraordinarily charged in a quirky, painful and tender way. Within several hours, I stumbled into an unexpected...

The Parallel Universe of Maura: Everyday Magic, Day 195

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jan 30, 20111 min read

The Parallel Universe of Maura: Everyday Magic, Day 195

Sandy, Serina and I even talked about how this was a parallel universe, yet also the essence of reality and unreality. How could Maura be...

Missing Maura: Everyday Magic, Day 191

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jan 25, 20112 min read

Missing Maura: Everyday Magic, Day 191

Born in Ireland about 78 years ago, when Maura called out your name — and she usually did it repeatedly with great wonder in her voice —...

Remembering Micah: Everyday Magic, Day 189

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jan 23, 20111 min read

Remembering Micah: Everyday Magic, Day 189

When the Unimaginable Happened It’s a year now since you slipped out of that failing young body, gone in the green flash between your...

Remembering Ben, A Giant With a Giant Heart: Everyday Magic, Day 165

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Dec 30, 20103 min read

Remembering Ben, A Giant With a Giant Heart: Everyday Magic, Day 165

I met Ben in 1974 while working at my father’s stand, where I was ordered by my dad to stand on an old wooden table and yell out, “Two...

Remembering Mark, Rob and Others Gone: Everyday Magic, Day 158

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Dec 23, 20101 min read

Remembering Mark, Rob and Others Gone: Everyday Magic, Day 158

Rob was a river rat, tree flying trimmer extraordinaire, coffee-drinking-from-a-mason-jar, dreamboat prairie man who dated some of my...

In Praise of Gene

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Feb 10, 20093 min read

In Praise of Gene

Today my father-in-law, Bill "Gene" Lassman, died at age 83 after many years of severe health issues and breaking his hip two days ago....

From the Mountains to the Ocean and Back Again: Two Deaths in One Week, and a Whole Lot of Hats

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jul 6, 20083 min read

From the Mountains to the Ocean and Back Again: Two Deaths in One Week, and a Whole Lot of Hats

A week ago, we hit the road to attend the memorial service for Woody (who I wrote about in Dec. on this blog), our very dear and beloved...

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