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Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Nov 6, 20242 min read
What Makes This Bearable: Everyday Magic, Day 1,110
“You’re an interesting species. An interesting mix. You’re capable of such beautiful dreams, and such horrible nightmares. You feel so...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Oct 15, 20243 min read
25 Strange, Wonderful, Annoying, and Luminous Discoveries Last Week: Everyday Magic, Day 1,107
One October week: Hurricane Milton, Northern Lights, a colonoscopy, Yom Kippur, Louise Erdrich in town, Comet Purple Mountain, and the...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jun 15, 20245 min read
We Just Saved the Land That Saves Us: Everyday Magic, Day 1,101
A few days ago, after 39 years of trying to save the land that we love and where we live, Ken and I spent five minutes signing papers to pro
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Apr 30, 20244 min read
Five Years Later: A Cancer Story: Everyday Magic, Day 1098
"It's either an ocular melanoma or a brain tumor," the doctor told me five years ago. Ken, my brother Ravi, and I all gasped in unison....
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Mar 14, 20243 min read
Birds! Music! And Why is Everyone Yelling at Me?: Everyday Magic, Day 1095
I finally got hearing aids after several years of Ken and my kids repeating things to me loudly and often with a...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Mar 12, 20233 min read
Known & Lesser-Known Stages of Covid in Our House: Everyday Magic, Day 1078
We managed to avoid getting Covid for almost three years, to the point that when that screaming hot pink line appeared on the test strip...
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...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Nov 2, 20214 min read
For the Love of Phil on the Day of the Dead: Everyday Magic, Day 1042
It’s not lost on me that it’s the Day of the Dead, when we remember and honor our departed beloveds (between Oct. 31-Nov. 2 this year)....
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Oct 6, 20213 min read
Make Mine an MRI With a Side of Enya and a Rainbow for Dessert: Everyday Magic, Day 1060
Question: How many MRIs does it take a claustrophobe to relax? Answer: When Brandon, the wonderful (re: tolerant) MRI tech asked I told...
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...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Apr 23, 20213 min read
Rematerializing After Being Beamed Up: Everyday Magic, Day 1036
In the Star Trek shows and films, someone can yell out, with grave urgency or casual cheer, “Scotty, beam me up” then off they go. But...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Mar 20, 20213 min read
A Visit to Scan Land: Everyday Magic, Day 1033
“I’m here for my monogram,” a silver-haired woman told the receptionist. “Yes, your mammogram,” the receptionist answered without missing...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Feb 13, 20213 min read
Birds Are the Best Thing About Winter: Everyday Magic, Day 1029
When the temperature gets near or below zero, survival comes into sharper focus for us all, but so do birds and their survival without...
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,...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Oct 9, 20203 min read
Why I Won’t Watch the Debates: Everyday Magic, Day 1018
Gaslighting. What a useful word that, when I first heard it, snapped a whole lot of abuse and shaming I suffered into a new and true...
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...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Feb 6, 20204 min read
Scans For Life: Everyday Magic, Day 956
Years ago when I was in the oncology center waiting room for an appointment following my bout of breast cancer, two women made me cry....
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Sep 15, 20193 min read
Panic Attacks, Anyone?: Everyday Magic, Day 985
It’s 5:47 a.m. when I wake, trying to figure out how to fit my laptop into an antique desk that’s falling apart. My worry about the dream...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Sep 8, 20193 min read
Counting on the Other Side of Cancer: Everyday Magic, Day 984
When life feels out of control, I start counting. I first noticed this habit/neurosis/coping mechanism when I was in labor for my oldest...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jul 28, 20193 min read
When Life Reboots You: Everyday Magic, Day 980
I realize that all of us get rebooted in our lives, and usually more than once, catalyzed by a medical diagnosis, a big loss and plunge...
