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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.

"Life Will Break You": Everyday Magic, Day 1094

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Mar 14 min read

"Life Will Break You": Everyday Magic, Day 1094

Within weeks of my terrifying eye cancer diagnosis in 2019, my friend Harriet brought me this hand-set-type print of my favorite quote...

The Older I Get, the More I Flirt With Dogs: Everyday Magic, Day 1087

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Nov 29, 20233 min read

The Older I Get, the More I Flirt With Dogs: Everyday Magic, Day 1087

I don't mean this metaphorically. I flirt with real dogs everywhere who, as I mosey on toward my mid-60s, turn out to be so much better...

Hugging People As If It’s Perfectly Normal: Everyday Magic, Day 1037

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

May 4, 20212 min read

Hugging People As If It’s Perfectly Normal: Everyday Magic, Day 1037

When I walked into the Merc Co-op today, I spied Ardys. After talking a little through our masks, she leaned in to bump elbows. “You...

A Love Letter to Shay: For the Love of a Dog: Everyday Magic, Day 1034

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Mar 29, 20219 min read

A Love Letter to Shay: For the Love of a Dog: Everyday Magic, Day 1034

Y ou just showed up one winter day, nose to nose with our labmatian (lab-dalmatian) Mariah, only the glass of the screen door between...

Palliative Care or Palling Around? Everyday Magic, Day 1028

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Feb 7, 20212 min read

Palliative Care or Palling Around? Everyday Magic, Day 1028

Shay the dog is an elderly gentleman with a lot of problems that could be careening him to the brink of the rainbow bridge soon. He has...

What’s In Your Mystery Box?: Everyday Magic , Day 1027

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jan 29, 20212 min read

What’s In Your Mystery Box?: Everyday Magic , Day 1027

On the phone with my cousin Richard last night, we talked about how life gives you materials you don’t often sign up for, then you have...

On the First Night of August: Everyday Magic, Day 1012

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Aug 1, 20203 min read

On the First Night of August: Everyday Magic, Day 1012

Sometime in my early teens, I discovered Carole King’s Rhymes and Reasons, and like I had done with Joni Mitchell’s Blue (was there ever...

Back at the Cancer Rodeo: Everyday Magic, Day 972

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

May 1, 20194 min read

Back at the Cancer Rodeo: Everyday Magic, Day 972

When I had breast cancer 17 years ago, I learned some things about resilience, the ability to bounce back. There’s nothing like being...

A Snake, A Wedding, and Faith: Everyday Magic, Day 972

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Apr 27, 20192 min read

A Snake, A Wedding, and Faith: Everyday Magic, Day 972

When I saw the video, I was amazed at how calm and calming the humans and, to some extent, the snake were in doing what it took for the...

Alice: Praising My Mother-in-Law: Everyday Magic, Day 957

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Nov 18, 20182 min read

Alice: Praising My Mother-in-Law: Everyday Magic, Day 957

After crowd-sourcing some of the details for this poem from her children (including my husband), here’s what I wrote for the woman who...

True Love Isn’t Rose Petals: Everyday Magic, Day 786

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Feb 14, 20143 min read

True Love Isn’t Rose Petals: Everyday Magic, Day 786

For one thing, he doesn’t like roses, except for native wild roses, although he’s learned not to insult the roses I’ve planted in our...

Goodbye, Dog of Love: Everyday Magic, Day 759

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jan 13, 20143 min read

Goodbye, Dog of Love: Everyday Magic, Day 759

We found Mariah at the Humane Society when Daniel, his friend Katie, and I went in looking for a special canine pal for Daniel. Mariah...

The Lost Friend: Everyday Magic, Day 257

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Apr 4, 20112 min read

The Lost Friend: Everyday Magic, Day 257

Lately, I’ve been thinking about the lost friends — a few in my life, but an experience common in most of our lives: the friends who...

A Valentine Poem: Everyday Magic, Day 210

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Feb 13, 20111 min read

A Valentine Poem: Everyday Magic, Day 210

Valentine It’s all a matter of seeing what is right here: the face of the beloved, the eyes closed, graying lashes on the cheekbone. The...

Spirit Trip: Woody

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Dec 19, 20073 min read

Spirit Trip: Woody

We’ve all taken those kinds of trips that aren’t anywhere in the vicinity of relaxing poolside under swaying palms, or long meetings in...

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