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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.

I’m in Love With Irises (Peonies Too): Everyday Magic, Day 939

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

May 16, 20182 min read

I’m in Love With Irises (Peonies Too): Everyday Magic, Day 939

Why are they so mind-blowingly beautiful? Is it the delicate petal, something between paper and flesh? Or the enormous resilience of...

Swirling Distractions of Winter Birds: Everyday Magic, Day 926

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Feb 1, 20182 min read

Swirling Distractions of Winter Birds: Everyday Magic, Day 926

The starlings grabbed my attention while I was pacing the living room on a phone call. They poured diagonally down to the lawn, fanning...

Birds of Many Feathers: 10 Eagles, 100 Swans, 100,000 Snow Geese: Everyday Magic, Day 920

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Dec 11, 20172 min read

Birds of Many Feathers: 10 Eagles, 100 Swans, 100,000 Snow Geese: Everyday Magic, Day 920

I thought it was a bust, but the boon just hadn't happened yet. We wanted 100,000 snow geese, but just saw a handful of eagles, and 100...

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...

Eclipse in Our Midst: Everyday Magic, Day 909

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Aug 23, 20173 min read

Eclipse in Our Midst: Everyday Magic, Day 909

This eclipse, the first one in 99 years crossing the whole country, soared its moon shadow at speeds from 2,410 mph in Oregon, to 1,502...

Endings and Beginnings at Midnight: Everyday Magic, Day 906

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jul 11, 20172 min read

Endings and Beginnings at Midnight: Everyday Magic, Day 906

It is 12:04 a.m., and I”m writing this from our back deck where I sit cross-legged in a chair and stare up at two enormous trees. The...

When Things Fall Apart (Or Seem To): Everyday Magic, Day 890

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Feb 3, 20172 min read

When Things Fall Apart (Or Seem To): Everyday Magic, Day 890

Since the inauguration our family has been living out a microcosm of the macrocosm. While the details aren’t mine to tell, let’s just say...

Tucked into the Clouds: Everyday Magic, Day 888

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jan 16, 20171 min read

Tucked into the Clouds: Everyday Magic, Day 888

But what there is: a dog napping on the couch behind Christmas lights adorning shelves for the cats to climb and sleep on, skillet corn...

A Beautiful Moment in a Time of Despair: Everyday Magic, Day 876

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Oct 15, 20161 min read

A Beautiful Moment in a Time of Despair: Everyday Magic, Day 876

As I turn away from the news of collapsing politics and ecology, I also see this: the sky to the west is filling with clouds, the wind is...

Ocean View to Porch View: Everyday Magic, Day 868

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Aug 15, 20161 min read

Ocean View to Porch View: Everyday Magic, Day 868

Yesterday morning, I walked acros This morning, I walked to my front porch, put my feet up, and stared into the Osage Orange tree and...

Insomnia with Stars, Rain, Thunder, and Lightning Bugs: Everyday Magic, Day 866

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jul 24, 20161 min read

Insomnia with Stars, Rain, Thunder, and Lightning Bugs: Everyday Magic, Day 866

There’s something to said for seeing in the dark especially when the first rain in weeks makes both a dramatic and gentle entrance,...

The Storm Before the Storm, and the Actual Storm: Everyday Magic, Day 819

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Oct 1, 20142 min read

The Storm Before the Storm, and the Actual Storm: Everyday Magic, Day 819

There’s nothing like listening to Wagner while lightning illuminates a vast, dark grey monster you’re driving right into at highway...

A Good Rain in a Time of Cancer: Everyday Magic, Day 814

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Sep 1, 20142 min read

A Good Rain in a Time of Cancer: Everyday Magic, Day 814

I’m sitting in the middle of my screened-in-porch while thunders roars to my east, and wind swooshes from my west. The sound of the rain...

Maybe We're All Trees With Holes In Our Hearts: Everyday Magic, Days 298-299

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

May 14, 20111 min read

Maybe We're All Trees With Holes In Our Hearts: Everyday Magic, Days 298-299

Over the last half-week, I’ve felt just a small pin-sized hole in my heart, ever since I read about our governor firing everyone who...

The Eye of the Iris: Everyday Magic, Day 297

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

May 12, 20112 min read

The Eye of the Iris: Everyday Magic, Day 297

My new friend, poet laureate of Wyoming David Romtvedt, shared with me this astonishing poem about irises that he gave me permission to...

Making Fire: Everyday Magic, Days 268-269

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Apr 17, 20112 min read

Making Fire: Everyday Magic, Days 268-269

I think the flames look like two of Santa's reindeers It was too much to go home and make fire, I told myself, after balancing the...

Japan: Everyday Magic, Days 232-233

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Mar 13, 20112 min read

Global Conflict

Japan: Everyday Magic, Days 232-233

Dedicated to my dear friend, Karen Campbell I keep thinking of Japan. As the news worsens, I catch glimpses of it, feel my little heart...

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