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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.

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...

My Dog Ate My Name & Other Adventures of Book Tour Life: Everyday Magic, Day 623

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Sep 7, 20121 min read

My Dog Ate My Name & Other Adventures of Book Tour Life: Everyday Magic, Day 623

Some of us see our names in lights. For me, it's chalk, and even more miraculously, cookies. When I arrived at Blue Planet Cafe in Topeka...

Loving My Book Tour & the Open Road: Everyday Magic, Day 621

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Sep 1, 20122 min read

Loving My Book Tour & the Open Road: Everyday Magic, Day 621

Hanging out with Warren Farha, owner of Eighth Day Books in Wichita, and mutually admiring Katherine Towler’s great anthology GOD IN THE...

The Dog Days of Summer Are Barking Loud & Early: Everyday Magic, Day 590

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jun 25, 20121 min read

The Dog Days of Summer Are Barking Loud & Early: Everyday Magic, Day 590

When I first moved to Kansas, people told me that the weather — especially the summers — build character. But the way this weather builds...

After Passover Passes Over: Everyday Magic, Day 532

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Apr 8, 20121 min read

After Passover Passes Over: Everyday Magic, Day 532

The morning after Passover blanketed itself in sleep, gray sky and rain. Luckily, after moving inside to sleep about 2 a.m. when it...

In Love With Vermont & Homesick For Kansas: The Folly & Wonder of Being Multi-Placial: Eve

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Feb 19, 20122 min read

In Love With Vermont & Homesick For Kansas: The Folly & Wonder of Being Multi-Placial: Eve

It’s no wonder that I’ve had several conversations with students and friends lately about being multi-placial, that is, being someone...

Quirks of Kansas: Everyday Magic, Day 493

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Feb 5, 20122 min read

Quirks of Kansas: Everyday Magic, Day 493

When I travel Kansas, or anywhere for that matter, I look for the quirks: the whimsical, unexpected turns of land, art, people that show...

A Perfect Spring Day in January: Everyday Magic, Day 476

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jan 5, 20122 min read

A Perfect Spring Day in January: Everyday Magic, Day 476

When I discovered the top song the day I was born was Bobby Darin’s “Mack the Knife,” I knew it was going to be a great day, one that...

How Many Poets Does It Take To Go to the End of the World, Begin Again, and Spring Poetry on Strange

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Nov 21, 20114 min read

How Many Poets Does It Take To Go to the End of the World, Begin Again, and Spring Poetry on Strange

Evidently, it takes 8 poets, which is what we had for our Southwest Kansas Begin Again: 150 Kansas Poems caravan, which took us across...

Kansas: Size DOES Matter: Everyday Magic, Day 444

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Nov 17, 20111 min read

Kansas: Size DOES Matter: Everyday Magic, Day 444

Tomorrow I drive a van load of poets about 400 miles to Southwestern Kansas for more of the Begin Again: 150 Kansas Poems tour. I’m...

Into the Woods and Back Out Again: Everyday Magic, Day 441

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Nov 13, 20111 min read

Into the Woods and Back Out Again: Everyday Magic, Day 441

Every year, we go into the woods at Shantivanam in Easten, Kansas for a little retreat. We usually go in overlapping shifts, me hauling...

Winter’s Back in Town, Baby!: Everyday Magic, Day 435

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Nov 2, 20112 min read

Winter’s Back in Town, Baby!: Everyday Magic, Day 435

As my friend and good writer Cheryl Unruh wrote, “The warmth that has lingered in September and October gave Kansans a second chance at...

From Kansas to Peru with Love: Installment #2

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Nov 2, 20113 min read

From Kansas to Peru with Love: Installment #2

Ken Lassman (occupational therapist, writer and wheelchair clinic director, and my husband) guest-blogs about his experiences working...

Undead Poet Laureate of Kansas Marches With the Zombies: Everyday Magic, Day 421

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Oct 6, 20112 min read

Undead Poet Laureate of Kansas Marches With the Zombies: Everyday Magic, Day 421

Our friends Rachel & Jonathan out for an autumnal stroll “Undead Poet Laureate of Kansas,” I had Ken magic-marker onto a white shirt, and...

Raising Money From My Own Front Porch: Everyday Magic, Day 417

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Sep 27, 20112 min read

Raising Money From My Own Front Porch: Everyday Magic, Day 417

Always loved to be on the road even if it was just bumper cars at Coney Island As many of you know, it’s been a long and dark road for...

Sleeping Outside: Everyday Magic, Day 410

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Sep 13, 20111 min read

Sleeping Outside: Everyday Magic, Day 410

I went out there because I didn’t want to miss sleeping outside before it gets cold although, given the summer we had, it’s still hard to...

In Praise of Mexican Food: Everyday Magic, Day 390

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Aug 18, 20112 min read

In Praise of Mexican Food: Everyday Magic, Day 390

I was right about my lifelong relationship with Mexican food. When I get home from Vermont, where really good Mexican food is scarce (at...

News of My Demise Is Greatly Exagerated: Everyday Magic, Day 389

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Aug 16, 20112 min read

News of My Demise Is Greatly Exagerated: Everyday Magic, Day 389

Well, I’m still poet laureate, and as I’ve written before, I still plan to finish my term, which ends next July, and to pass on this post...

Flower Bed of Death: Everyday Magic, Day 388

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Aug 16, 20111 min read

Flower Bed of Death: Everyday Magic, Day 388

I start the garden each March with the best of intentions, but I’ve learned to accept that come July sometime, I will abandon all...

First Morning Back: Everyday Magic, Day 386

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Aug 13, 20112 min read

First Morning Back: Everyday Magic, Day 386

I didn’t go to sleep until well into the first morning back, the combination of 11 hours of planes, taxis, cars and long walkways...

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