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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.

In the Center of Everything: Everyday Magic: Day 490

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jan 26, 20122 min read

In the Center of Everything: Everyday Magic: Day 490

I write this post from the center of Kansas in Wilson, which is close to the center of the continental United States. I sit in the center...

For the Love of Lou Frydman, July 1, 1930 – January 24, 2012: Everyday Magic, Day 489

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jan 24, 20122 min read

For the Love of Lou Frydman, July 1, 1930 – January 24, 2012: Everyday Magic, Day 489

Jane and Lou All last night I thought about Lou, waking between my dreams to wonder if he was still alive, feeling that sense of Lou-ness...

Note to Self: Don’t Try to Do Everything Yourself: Everyday Magic, Day 488

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jan 21, 20121 min read

Note to Self: Don’t Try to Do Everything Yourself: Everyday Magic, Day 488

A few days ago, I wrote about teaching myself to update my website, building on my scant knowledge of code and lots of experience with...

The Occasional Horror of the Basement: Everyday Magic, Day 484

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jan 16, 20122 min read

The Occasional Horror of the Basement: Everyday Magic, Day 484

It started with a mild desire to haul boxes of banking records from the 1980s off to the shred-ery, a one-day free shredding service in...

In Search of the Illusive Herd of Roaming Furniture: Everyday Magic, Day 482

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jan 14, 20122 min read

In Search of the Illusive Herd of Roaming Furniture: Everyday Magic, Day 482

A bouquet of furniture from an antique shop, thrift store, alleyway and yard sale Finding furniture has been an adventure for me since I...

Certain Slant of Winter: Everyday Magic, Day 478

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jan 9, 20121 min read

Certain Slant of Winter: Everyday Magic, Day 478

Emily Dickinson, in one of her poems, talks about “the certain slant of sky,” but in her poem, it’s an oppressive slant. The slant we’re...

The Cedars Are Full of Birds: Everyday Magic, Day 473

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jan 2, 20121 min read

The Cedars Are Full of Birds: Everyday Magic, Day 473

Years ago, Ken made up a chant: Blue prairie winter sky Sun shines brightly Wind blows lightly The cedars are full of birds Today is such...

In the Sweet Cusp of This New Year: Everyday Magic, Day 472

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jan 1, 20123 min read

In the Sweet Cusp of This New Year: Everyday Magic, Day 472

After cleaning the house for a party, the party, the clean-up, the movie afterwards, and the driving of relatively young people (e.g. old...

Dragonflies, Inky Blackness & Raising a Kid with Asperger’s: Essay Published in Yes Magazine

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Dec 30, 20111 min read

Dragonflies, Inky Blackness & Raising a Kid with Asperger’s: Essay Published in Yes Magazine

It may seem odd to take 13 years to share something widely, but when I first wrote the essay, I was immersed in co-editing with writer...

Seasons & Cycles Wheel Finds Its Place After 24 Years: Everyday Magic, Day 467

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Dec 27, 20111 min read

Seasons & Cycles Wheel Finds Its Place After 24 Years: Everyday Magic, Day 467

Around 1988, Ken took his vision for a seasonal wheel, calligraphied beautifully in his book Seasons & Cycles: Rhythms of Life in the Kaw...

When Things Go Askew, or Have Cake, Will Travel: Everyday Magic, Day 466

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Dec 26, 20112 min read

When Things Go Askew, or Have Cake, Will Travel: Everyday Magic, Day 466

I rushed to the front doors of the reception place we rented only to find them locked. I had a massive carrot cake in the back of my van...

A Crystal-Clear Sky from the 9th Floor: Everyday Magic, Day 465

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Dec 25, 20112 min read

A Crystal-Clear Sky from the 9th Floor: Everyday Magic, Day 465

The view west is expansive, the rising blue of this enormous sky so clear and shining, especially in contrast to the washed-out grays and...

Living with Men Drives Me Crazy: Everyday Magic, Day 460

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Dec 15, 20112 min read

Living with Men Drives Me Crazy: Everyday Magic, Day 460

So it’s no wonder that every so often, living with a herd of men (and a herd of ADD men, but maybe that’s redundant), I feel like I’ve...

Lost in Translation at Walmart: Everyday Magic, Day 459

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Dec 15, 20113 min read

Lost in Translation at Walmart: Everyday Magic, Day 459

Why we were at Walmart, hauling an outrageously heavy treadmill with a whimpering motor, is itself a long story involving Craig’s List, a...

Spa Day Despite All Else: Trying My Own Advice: Everyday Magic, Day 458

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Dec 14, 20112 min read

Spa Day Despite All Else: Trying My Own Advice: Everyday Magic, Day 458

When the article I wrote for The Magazine of Yoga on creating your own spa day was published, I was caught in so much the opposite of spa...

Dear December, Please Change: Everyday Magic, Day 457

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Dec 12, 20112 min read

Dear December, Please Change: Everyday Magic, Day 457

Dear December, I want to like you, really I do, especially since you’re my birthday month (not to mention the birthday month of many dear...

What’s So Great About Turkey Thursday?: Everyday Magic, Day 453

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Dec 8, 20111 min read

What’s So Great About Turkey Thursday?: Everyday Magic, Day 453

I’ve got a turkey in the oven, so all is right with the world. Never mind that it’s not Thanksgiving or Christmas (other people in my...

I’m in Love with the Ocean: Everyday Magic, Day 451

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Dec 2, 20112 min read

I’m in Love with the Ocean: Everyday Magic, Day 451

But sitting right now in my bathrobe on this small balcony attached to our room on the ship, I’m immersed in big-horizon happiness. The...

The Blessed Goddess of the Orlando Airport Barette Store: Everyday Magic, Day 450

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Dec 1, 20112 min read

The Blessed Goddess of the Orlando Airport Barette Store: Everyday Magic, Day 450

Yesterday I had three hours to kill in the Orlando airport terminal, which mostly meant dragging my suitcase, backpack and purse as I...

From Kansas to Peru With Love: Installment #4

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Nov 22, 20116 min read

From Kansas to Peru With Love: Installment #4

Jig for making push rim When Gladys and Raoul got directions to Rumbos, the local grassroots wheelchair manufacturer, I wasn’t sure we’d...

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