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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.

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...

Kitty Goes Away, Kitty Comes Back and the Stages In Between: Everyday Magic, Day 443

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Nov 17, 20112 min read

Kitty Goes Away, Kitty Comes Back and the Stages In Between: Everyday Magic, Day 443

For hours, I opened the door, stepped outside and meowed because when she’s gotten out before, she has meowed back when she was close. I...

Tormented by Kittens: Everyday Magic, Day 437

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Nov 4, 20112 min read

Tormented by Kittens: Everyday Magic, Day 437

Who would have thought it? Not I, lover of all kittens of the world, friend to the felines. But in my friend’s Wichita basement guest...

The Honor & Horror of Waking Up: Everyday Magic, Day 434

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Oct 31, 20113 min read

The Honor & Horror of Waking Up: Everyday Magic, Day 434

Given that I’ve written of falling asleep (or not) and napping in the last week, I figured I’d better complete the bedtime trilogy by...

Surrealistic Power Napping: Everyday Magic, Day 433

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Oct 30, 20112 min read

Surrealistic Power Napping: Everyday Magic, Day 433

I just woke up after a 30-minute nap, but actually, I was gone about three and a half hours……or maybe the reverse is true. In any case,...

Little Delights for the Not-So-Easily Discouraged: Everyday Magic, Day 415

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Sep 21, 20111 min read

Little Delights for the Not-So-Easily Discouraged: Everyday Magic, Day 415

I'm always keeping my eye out for little delights: whimsy on the hoof, strange magic, unusual appearances and surprising juxtapositions...

If These Jobs Could Talk: Everyday Magic, Day 412

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Sep 15, 20114 min read

If These Jobs Could Talk: Everyday Magic, Day 412

Late at night instead of counting sheep, I counted jobs, wondering what story and history they would tell for me, and by extension, you...

An Interfaith 9-11 Journey From Fear to Hope: Everyday Magic, Day 409

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Sep 11, 20113 min read

An Interfaith 9-11 Journey From Fear to Hope: Everyday Magic, Day 409

Yesterday I attended one of the most moving ceremonies of my life. “From Fear to Hope: Commemorating 9-11,” held at the Dole Center for...

Little Heartbreaks & Big Ones: Everyday Magic, Day 400

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Sep 3, 20112 min read

Little Heartbreaks & Big Ones: Everyday Magic, Day 400

Yesterday, I had a little heartbreak, work-related and not much in the big scheme of dreams and things, but enough, when compounded with...

When Worry & Insomnia Go Riding Off Into the Sunset Together: Everyday Magic, Day 399

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Sep 2, 20113 min read

When Worry & Insomnia Go Riding Off Into the Sunset Together: Everyday Magic, Day 399

It wasn’t a pretty thing, my mind reeling 100 mph, a train speeding across the continent, staying on the tracks of worry and insomnia,...

Begin Again: Everyday Magic, Day 398

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Sep 1, 20112 min read

Begin Again: Everyday Magic, Day 398

I started this post on the back deck in high winds on a day approaching 102 degrees, but the hot wind drove me inside, where I begin...

Dancing Angels, Fairies & Gymnasts at the Kelley Hunt Concert: Everyday Magic, Day 396

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Aug 28, 20112 min read

Dancing Angels, Fairies & Gymnasts at the Kelley Hunt Concert: Everyday Magic, Day 396

Sitting in the front row, Ken and I got to watch two levels of the show: Kelley and the band above, and the dancers below, some as young...

Roses From My Father-in-Law (Even Though He's Dead): Everyday Magic, Day 392

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Aug 22, 20111 min read

Roses From My Father-in-Law (Even Though He's Dead): Everyday Magic, Day 392

After a day, I realized that to my shame, Gene didn’t just buy me roses but my mother-in-law also. Both of us would receive a dozen or...

Doors Of New York & Other Entryways To Other Dimensions: Everyday Magic, Day 381

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Aug 3, 20112 min read

Doors Of New York & Other Entryways To Other Dimensions: Everyday Magic, Day 381

We stepped out of the hotel a few days ago, glanced at a door together, and Lauren and I looked at each other, each pulling out a camera....

Twister, the Kitten Who Survived the Joplin Tornado: Everyday Magic, Day 366

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jul 12, 20111 min read

Twister, the Kitten Who Survived the Joplin Tornado: Everyday Magic, Day 366

Twister a day after the tornado About six weeks ago, I reported on a newborn kitten who survived the Joplin Tornado against all odds: her...

"These Are the Best Days of Our Lives": Everyday Magic, Day 362

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jul 9, 20112 min read

"These Are the Best Days of Our Lives": Everyday Magic, Day 362

Kelley's new album, which features this song (and we co-wrote 8 of the 12 songs). Click here to buy the album. Last night, right in the...

Moonstruck All Night: Everyday Magic, Days 348-349

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jun 14, 20111 min read

Moonstruck All Night: Everyday Magic, Days 348-349

Finding the Moon Did you stop now that you found the moon almost full, floating west across a small clearing between the dampening...

The Sublime Surprise of Cold: Everyday Magic, Day 347

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jun 12, 20111 min read

The Sublime Surprise of Cold: Everyday Magic, Day 347

After days of stepping out, even early, to mild or severe sauna conditions, the cold front has landed, and sitting on the porch, it’s...

So Friggin' Hot: Everyday Magic, Days 342-343

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jun 6, 20112 min read

So Friggin' Hot: Everyday Magic, Days 342-343

Ice water? Check. Sitting in front of air-conditioning with ceiling fan on high? Check, check. Bag of cold cherries? Happy check. Wearing...

After the Party: Everyday Magic, Day 336

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

May 30, 20111 min read

After the Party: Everyday Magic, Day 336

Like many people, we love holding parties for for the parties, but also for that clean and open breeze they bring to us after everyone is...

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