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Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Aug 2, 20142 min read
Ellis Island, Where Past Generations of Us Came First: Everyday Magic, Day 810
Forest, about to enter the building his great-grandparents passed through to make a life here. Yesterday, Forest and I went, for the...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jun 30, 20144 min read
To All the Young Adults I Love: Everyday Magic, Day 806
Now that all three of our children are young adults, I realize how difficult it is to be moseying around on not-completely-fully-formed...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Oct 14, 20132 min read
You Can Go Home Again Even If It’s Someone Else’s Home: Everyday Magic, Day 740
Residents present and past Within moments, Adam, the man who lives with his wife in the house where I lived from ages eight to 19, was...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Mar 25, 20111 min read
From a Hidey Hole in Eighth Day Books: Everyday Magic, Days 246-247
How does a Jewish girl get to hang in this core of the Wichita Lebanese Orthodox community, and in the sweet attic offices no less? My...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Mar 22, 20111 min read
The Secret of Life is No Secret: Everyday Magic, Day 244
In the movie City Slickers, the Billy Crystal character searches for the secret of life, which a grizzled cowboy played to perfect by...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jan 18, 20112 min read
The Impossible & Miraculous: Remembering Dad: Everyday Magic, Days 183-184
My dad — Hugh Melvyn Goldberg, but everyone called him Mel — was an impossibly difficult person to know, let alone be related to, so much...
