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Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 26, 20244 min read
Hope and the Candles That Keep Re-Igniting: Everyday Magic, Day 1,115
Happy birthday for a 2nd time On Christmas night, the first night of Hanukkah, and my sister-in-law Karen's birthday, we light a bunch of...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Nov 2, 20247 min read
33 Things To Get You From Here to There: Everyday Magic, Day 1,109
“Don’t read the news, at least not the feeding frenzy of speculation about the election,” I keep telling myself, and for good reason....
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Feb 17, 20232 min read
The Power of Music: Everyday Magic, Day 1076
This is the week of the Bruces for me — I saw Bruce Cockburn in concert Thurs. night, and Sat. night, I’m off to see Bruce Springsteen...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Aug 15, 20212 min read
10 Reasons to Come to Brave Voice: Everyday Magic, Day 1045
Kelley Hunt and my 16th annual six-day Brave Voice, Sept. 19-24 in Council Grove, Kansas. We have strong Covid protocols in place to keep...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Apr 29, 20205 min read
Cancer Anniversary: From a Personal Pandemic to a Global One: Everyday Magic, Day 1005
A year ago today, pacing an empty parking lot, I cried so hard on the phone with my friend Kelley that it was hard to get the words out:...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Sep 18, 20173 min read
When Miriam Finishes Wandering the Desert: Everyday Magic, Day 911
Late last night, as I sent my novel Miriam’s Well to my wonderful publisher, Steve Semken of Ice Cube Press, I reworked a summary of this...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Sep 6, 20172 min read
An Expansive Kansas Road Trip in a Concise Time: Everyday Magic, Day 910
Kansas Humanities Council talk on wild weather in poetry, photography and our lives at one of the great community jewels-of-a-library,...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Aug 9, 20173 min read
Turning a Blog Into a Book (and Please Help Me Find a Great Subtitle!): Everyday Magic, Day 908
Yup, this is the photo that will wrap around the book cover. Thanks to Daniel and Ken Lassman for taking it together. My posts are fewer...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jul 1, 20173 min read
The Everyday Miracle of Rainbows: Everyday Magic, Day 904
Why I didn’t see a rainbow until I was 12 was because I wasn’t looking, not having imagined rainbows were possible in real life. Growing...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Apr 25, 20173 min read
When Self-Care Isn't Enough: Everyday Magic, Day 897
Case in point: I’m sick now, nothing very serious, and after struggling against a virus or something like it for six weeks. I had to...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jan 21, 20173 min read
"Dedications" and the Women's March in Topeka (and Everywhere!): Everyday Magic, Day
One of the men I was talking about — my husband Ken — plus Dot Nary, who gave a superb talk and her husband Today I was given the...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 21, 20162 min read
Winter Solstice and the Shortest Day: Everyday Magic, Day 882
Nora Jones sings on my computer, Natalie naps under a Tardis blanket on the couch, and Miyako the cat bird-watches in the windowsill....
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 9, 20162 min read
Beyond the Dark Tunnel of Mid-December: Everyday Magic, Day 881
As a kid, I dreaded the stretch between New Jersey and New York City when our family station wagon would descend into the underworld,...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Nov 9, 20162 min read
The Moon is Still the Moon: Everyday Magic, Day 878
I thought I would be crying tears of relief and joy. Instead, I sit in the dark at midnight while Ken tries to sleep, occasionally check...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Oct 2, 20162 min read
L'Shanah Tova — a Poem for the New Year: Everyday Magic, Day 874
As for this old year, all the beings in my house are tag-team napping. I’m unfurling from a wicked little cold and sinus deal that has...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Sep 6, 20161 min read
Your Heart Song: A Poem for Charles Gruber: Everyday Magic, Day 871
Your Heart Song for Charles Listen, listen, listen: how could I ever forget you with your shining brown eyes, raising your eyebrows when...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Aug 15, 20161 min read
Ocean View to Porch View: Everyday Magic, Day 868
Yesterday morning, I walked acros This morning, I walked to my front porch, put my feet up, and stared into the Osage Orange tree and...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Aug 3, 20163 min read
A Young Woman in the Land of Yoga: Everyday Magic, Day 867
Your Yoga in Minneapolis, a fine yoga center and school, six years after she first fell for yoga. When I visited with her in June, I...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jul 7, 20163 min read
Becoming a Parent Is Not What You Think: Everyday Magic, Day 865
Daniel with his grandmothers 27 years ago today, I was in labor at the with my first child at Topeka’s Birth and Women’s Health Center....
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jun 28, 20162 min read
A Bedroom Full of Fireflies: Everyday Magic, Day 864
There they were for the last two nights: a dozen or more fireflies stitching their green light across the bedroom, rising toward the...
