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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.

Counting Stars, Time, and Remembering Jerry: Everyday Magic, Day 880

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Dec 14, 20153 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...

Give Me Your Huddled Masses: Everyday Magic, Day 873

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Nov 18, 20151 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...

A Quiet Moment on Yom Kippur: Everyday Magic, Day 866

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Sep 23, 20153 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...

Slowing Down for Sabbath: Everyday Magic, Day 840

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Feb 27, 20152 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...

Happy Rosh Hashana: Everyday Magic, Day 817

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Sep 24, 20142 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...

When An Evangelical Christian Makes a Jewish Poet Pump Iron: Everyday Magic, Day 809

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jul 29, 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...

Praying for the Peace That Surpasses All Understanding: Everyday Magic, Day 807

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jul 13, 20143 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...

Welcome to the Dialogue and Friendship Dinner: With An Outstretched Hand

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Apr 29, 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...

When Hate Strikes Close to Home: Everyday Magic, Day 798

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Apr 14, 20142 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...

Drive, Hives & Still Alive: Everyday Magic, Day 689

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Mar 26, 20132 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...

Needle in the Bone Book Launch: Everyday Magic, Day 660

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Dec 16, 20123 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...

Malchuyot: A Rosh Hashana Reflection on Surrender, Life’s Imagination and Who’s In Charg

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Sep 17, 20124 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...

Passover: Have a Taste of Life: Everyday Magic, Day 530

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Apr 5, 20122 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...

Entering the Days of Awe: A Poem for Rosh Hashana: Everyday Magic, Day 418

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Sep 29, 20111 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...

Why Passover Is Christmas, My Birthday & A Broadway Musical All Rolled Up Into One Meal: Everyd

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Apr 18, 20113 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...

The Germans & The Jew: Everyday Magic, Day 258

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Apr 5, 20111 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...

Not By Might and Not By Power: The Passing of Debbie Friedman and the Tucson Tragedy: Everyday Magic

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jan 9, 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...

Sing the Misheberech for Debbie Friedman: Everyday Magic, Day 174

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jan 8, 20112 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...

Hanukkah Ends, Solstice Approaches: Everyday Magic, Day 144

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Dec 9, 20101 min read

Hanukkah Ends, Solstice Approaches: Everyday Magic, Day 144

Last night as I watched the Hanukkah candles burn, I thought about how quickly the shortest day of the year is coming toward us, like a...

Bar Mitzvahed!

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

May 3, 20094 min read

Bar Mitzvahed!

The weekend was a wheel of people and joy turning through our time. We began with a pie-making party Thursday night -- the Weedle...

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