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Bringing Charles Home: Everyday Magic, Day 863
It was one of those Kansas days when any moment of daylight would be heavy with heat and humidity although a 9 a.m. burial was more like...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jun 19, 20163 min read
The Light, the Dark, and a Road Trip to Western Kansas: Everyday Magic, Day 890
I first presented the book to the marvelous Pioneer Memorial Library, which brought together close to 80 people in the basement for lunch...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Mar 4, 20162 min read
Counting Stars, Time, and Remembering Jerry: Everyday Magic, Day 880
All day, I had been thinking about a year ago when our dear friend Jerry died after either a short or long illness, depending on how you...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 14, 20153 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...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Nov 19, 20151 min read
A Quiet Moment on Yom Kippur: Everyday Magic, Day 866
Early afternoon on this day of repentance, I’m sitting on my porch, laptop open despite this being the kind of holiday when many...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Sep 23, 20153 min read
Slowing Down for Sabbath: Everyday Magic, Day 840
The linguine boils happily beside the meatballs and vegetables in tomato sauce while just below them, the garlic bread warms up in the...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Feb 27, 20152 min read
Happy Rosh Hashana: Everyday Magic, Day 817
The days of awe come exactly when they’re supposed to, launching with Rosh Hashana, the Jewish new year, and ending with breaking fast on...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Sep 24, 20142 min read
When An Evangelical Christian Makes a Jewish Poet Pump Iron: Everyday Magic, Day 809
Kevin and I have, at least on the surface, little in common. He’s an evangelical Christian, and I’m a practicing Jew. He’s less than half...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jul 29, 20142 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...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jul 13, 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...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Apr 29, 20143 min read
When Hate Strikes Close to Home: Everyday Magic, Day 798
When I left Sunday morning to give a presentation on my Holocaust book Needle in the Bone at a Topeka synagogue, hate crimes against Jews...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Apr 14, 20142 min read
Drive, Hives & Still Alive: Everyday Magic, Day 689
Snow drifts on the drive were twice this high That was yesterday, which included getting the van stuck in dog-high snow drifts, a...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Mar 26, 20132 min read
Needle in the Bone Book Launch: Everyday Magic, Day 660
All day leading up to the event was a combination of all-okay and all-not-okay because, as Jarek said during the launch, “This is also...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 16, 20123 min read
Malchuyot: A Rosh Hashana Reflection on Surrender, Life’s Imagination and Who’s In Charg
1. King of Kings, or the Fire That Makes the Circle In traditional scripture about Malchuyot, we revisit God’s sovereignty in the...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Sep 17, 20124 min read
Passover: Have a Taste of Life: Everyday Magic, Day 530
All week, it’s Passover preparation: hiding all the matzoh and matzoh soup mix (along with the macaroons — do not even ask where they...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Apr 5, 20122 min read
Entering the Days of Awe: A Poem for Rosh Hashana: Everyday Magic, Day 418
This is the poem I wrote yesterday and read today at services at the Lawrence Jewish Community Congregation. L’shanah tovah! Entering the...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Sep 29, 20111 min read
Why Passover Is Christmas, My Birthday & A Broadway Musical All Rolled Up Into One Meal: Everyd
Last year south of the Wakarusa Take your light-encrusted pine trees, bright birthday bows on mystery packages and belting out...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Apr 18, 20113 min read
The Germans & The Jew: Everyday Magic, Day 258
It keeps happening to me: healing experiences at the hands of Germans. Today, for instance, I had a transformative massage from a man...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Apr 5, 20111 min read
Not By Might and Not By Power: The Passing of Debbie Friedman and the Tucson Tragedy: Everyday Magic
All day, Friedman’s song “Not by Might and Not by Power” runs through my mind because of its simply chorus, carrying an old testament...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jan 9, 20111 min read
Sing the Misheberech for Debbie Friedman: Everyday Magic, Day 174
I’m one of those people. Through my breast cancer, surgeries and chemotherapy for 14 months, every Friday night at the Lawrence Jewish...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jan 8, 20112 min read
