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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.

There is Life in the Universe Beyond Earth: Everyday Magic, Day 227

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Mar 6, 20112 min read

There is Life in the Universe Beyond Earth: Everyday Magic, Day 227

It may look like a ghost of a worm, but this is a fossil of filaments from an extraterrestrial lifeform Okay, so we’ve known this in our...

Good Morning, Sunshine: Everyday Magic, Day 226

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Mar 5, 20112 min read

Good Morning, Sunshine: Everyday Magic, Day 226

I took the eye pad off, and there it was: light, bright blue sky with the most pastel of clouds, a pale breeze shimming the bare branch,...

Wichita Lineman In Wichita: Everyday Magic, Days 223-22

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Mar 2, 20111 min read

Wichita Lineman In Wichita: Everyday Magic, Days 223-22

Okay, so it was a schmaltzy synchronicity, but decades immediately lined up with the road I was on. I remembered listening to Glen...

Last Day of the Longest Month of the Year: Everyday Magic, Day 222

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Feb 28, 20111 min read

Last Day of the Longest Month of the Year: Everyday Magic, Day 222

At the cusp of darkness, I went to a yoga class with Kelley, and as I pushed and pulled myself through the I-can’t-do-this-ness of the...

Red-Winged Blackbirds in a Field of Snow: Everyday Magic, Day 220

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Feb 26, 20111 min read

Red-Winged Blackbirds in a Field of Snow: Everyday Magic, Day 220

In little time, the large feeder was empty, and Ken cajoled me to step outside in my slippers and refill it. Of course just opening the...

It Might As Well Be Spring: Everyday Magic, Day 214

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Feb 18, 20112 min read

It Might As Well Be Spring: Everyday Magic, Day 214

A steady bright rain falls past all the windows as the bright blue of the sky shines through. It’s 58 degrees and February in Vermont,...

When The Clearing Comes: Everyday Magic, Day 209

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Feb 13, 20111 min read

When The Clearing Comes: Everyday Magic, Day 209

There's something about a 58-degree day in February after blizzards, bad news about the state budget, and being hit by a fast-moving...

Welcome Home, Egyptians!: Everyday Magic, Days 207-208

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Feb 12, 20112 min read

Welcome Home, Egyptians!: Everyday Magic, Days 207-208

I'm dreaming some of Egypt, feeling that joyous swoop of energy from yesterday, and all it says about the possibilities for tomorrow....

Loving Peace and the Warriors: Everyday Magic, Day 201

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Feb 5, 20112 min read

Loving Peace and the Warriors: Everyday Magic, Day 201

I was thinking today about what’s happening in Egypt, and how, at Maura’s funeral, someone said she loved peace but also loved the...

Searching for Windows: Everyday Magic, Day 200

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Feb 4, 20111 min read

Searching for Windows: Everyday Magic, Day 200

Until about 2:30 a.m., I rooted through boxes in the basement, sorting greeting cards, CDs, graduate school paperwork and baby clothes,...

Snow Day Memories: Everyday Magic, Day 197

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Feb 1, 20112 min read

Snow Day Memories: Everyday Magic, Day 197

I was eight, we had just moved from my beloved Brooklyn to an actual house (with space between it and other houses — amazing!) in a...

The Gift Of Rep. Gabrielle Gifford's Recovery: Everyday Magic, Day 186

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jan 20, 20112 min read

The Gift Of Rep. Gabrielle Gifford's Recovery: Everyday Magic, Day 186

Like many of you, I've been following the news about Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, smiling whenever I hear more news of her recovery: she's...

Where Have All the Cameras Gone? The Art of Losing Is Too Easy to Master: Everyday Magic, Day 185

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jan 19, 20111 min read

Where Have All the Cameras Gone? The Art of Losing Is Too Easy to Master: Everyday Magic, Day 185

You see, we have a history of leaking cameras. In the last year, we (the collective family since no one knows for sure who last used it)...

When Life Puts Life In Perspective: Everyday Magic, Day 182

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jan 16, 20112 min read

When Life Puts Life In Perspective: Everyday Magic, Day 182

Just as we were leaving the house to dance our butts off and eat delectables at a Bar Mitzvah celebration, my little phone rang. I looked...

Remembering the Six Who Died in Tucson, and Sending Peace: Everyday Magic, Day 176

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jan 10, 20112 min read

Remembering the Six Who Died in Tucson, and Sending Peace: Everyday Magic, Day 176

I sit in a comfortable chair, wearing cuddle-duds and yoga clothing, my feet stretched out and the windows I’m facing full of...

The Magic of Brave Voice: Everyday Magic, Day 172

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jan 6, 20112 min read

The Magic of Brave Voice: Everyday Magic, Day 172

When Kelley and I started designing the Brave Voice writing and singing retreat about seven years ago, we envisioned a clearing, a place...

When the Veil is Thin: Everyday Magic, Day 170

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jan 4, 20111 min read

When the Veil is Thin: Everyday Magic, Day 170

"It's a time when the veil is just thinner," my friend Denise told me when I asked her about the feeling I had that the sacred was just...

Cats Taught Us To Lie: Everyday Magic, Day 169

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jan 3, 20111 min read

Cats Taught Us To Lie: Everyday Magic, Day 169

I walked in the door after yoga today, and immediately Miyako, our sweet little cat, rushed to the laundry room threshold and told me...

If This Year Could Talk: Everyday Magic, Day 166

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Dec 31, 20102 min read

If This Year Could Talk: Everyday Magic, Day 166

Hey, I’m 2010, and I’m exhausted. What a year! I tell you, I could use a good week of solid sleep, and I know I’m going to get it and...

Happiness: Everyday Magic, Day 162

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Dec 27, 20101 min read

Happiness: Everyday Magic, Day 162

“Happiness. It comes on/ unexpectedly. And goes beyond, really….” Raymond Carver wrote in his poem “Happiness.” It isn’t the result of a...

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