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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.

“Three Walking Songs for the Night”: Everyday Magic, Day 1056

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

May 13, 20223 min read

“Three Walking Songs for the Night”: Everyday Magic, Day 1056

Going from winter (otherwise known as much of April) to summer (disguised as May this year) has plummeted many of us in Kansas into the...

The Quiet In-Betweens: Everyday Magic, Day 1055

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Apr 19, 20222 min read

The Quiet In-Betweens: Everyday Magic, Day 1055

Sometimes I feel like I’m at a sudden still point between waves of motion and change. Like right now as I sit in a floral chair in my...

The Call: Everyday Magic, Day 1057

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Sep 7, 20212 min read

The Call: Everyday Magic, Day 1057

This morning, I gave a short talk at the Lawrence Jewish Community Congregation’s Rosh Hashana service on Shafarot, a calling to live...

10 Reasons to Come to Brave Voice: Everyday Magic, Day 1045

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...

Writing With Wildlife: Everyday Magic, Day 1013

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Aug 15, 20202 min read

Writing With Wildlife: Everyday Magic, Day 1013

I just returned from writing poetry on the porch at the Writers’ Colony at Dairy Hollow to write poetry on the porch of our place. Being...

Prayer for the New Year & Bonus Posts: Everyday Magic, Day 993

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jan 12, 20202 min read

Prayer for the New Year & Bonus Posts: Everyday Magic, Day 993

Although 2020 is already underfoot, this is my first blog post of the year, and it’s the first post that will go out to all of you who...

You As a Poem (for Denise Low): Everyday Magic, Day 973

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

May 16, 20192 min read

You As a Poem (for Denise Low): Everyday Magic, Day 973

You As a Poem for Denise The poem would rise from fossils and columbarium time-traveled from your memory or the continent’s, through two...

Big Picture Days and Little Animal Moments: Everyday Magic, Day 964

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Feb 9, 20191 min read

Big Picture Days and Little Animal Moments: Everyday Magic, Day 964

I’ve been thinking so hard that I’ve landed in myself into the land of the fuzzy-headed, seeking solace in deep-sea naps on the couch,...

In Praise of Mary Oliver: Everyday Magic, Day 962

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jan 18, 20194 min read

In Praise of Mary Oliver: Everyday Magic, Day 962

I can’t remember when I first encountered Oliver’s poetry, but I know this: it wasn’t when I was doing a PhD in poetry despite my comps...

Surprises From 2018: Everyday Magic, Day 960

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Dec 31, 20183 min read

Surprises From 2018: Everyday Magic, Day 960

In reading Kate Bowler’s evocative essay, “How Cancer Changes Hope” and revising poems for my next book, How Times Moves, I’ve been...

Surprise Lilies: Everyday Magic, Day 948

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Aug 7, 20181 min read

Surprise Lilies: Everyday Magic, Day 948

Surprise Lilies Green shots, pink ribbons in the alley lining the dumpster or the driveway around the broken mowers, past moving out...

Remembering Dick Allen, 1939-2017: Everyday Magic, Day 922

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Dec 28, 20176 min read

Remembering Dick Allen, 1939-2017: Everyday Magic, Day 922

The only problem was, that aside from the conference organizers, there were only a handful of conference-goers. We filled the open space...

Putting the New Poetry Book to Bed: Everyday Magic, Day 905

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jul 9, 20172 min read

Putting the New Poetry Book to Bed: Everyday Magic, Day 905

It’s called “putting the book to bed” when you turn in your final version of a whole bunch of pages about to be published as a real, live...

Following the Curve – a New Book of Poems About an Old Tradition: Everyday Magic, Day 901

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jun 5, 20171 min read

Following the Curve – a New Book of Poems About an Old Tradition: Everyday Magic, Day 901

Yoga, one of the oldest maps for being a body, says so much about cultivating a life of daring vitality and compassionate alignment. I’ve...

Poets Laureate of Kansas Call For the Humanities

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Apr 5, 20172 min read

Poets Laureate of Kansas Call For the Humanities

In the past few weeks, I’ve been workin Poets Laureate of Kansas Statement of Support for the Humanities What does it mean to be fully...

Save the Humanities!: Everyday Magic, Day 894

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Mar 24, 20173 min read

Save the Humanities!: Everyday Magic, Day 894

Photo by Stephen Locke, used with permission The kids were already in the front seats when I arrived at the Coffey County Library branch...

Prevernal for the Vernal Equinox: Everyday Magic, Day 891

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Mar 21, 20161 min read

Prevernal for the Vernal Equinox: Everyday Magic, Day 891

Prevernal The dogs stop. The deer over the loop of the field pause. The highway rising west clears. I wait. Let my breath make itself...

Ken Irby, Rest (Travel, Drink, Read and Write) in Peace: Everyday Magic, Day 861

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jul 30, 20154 min read

Ken Irby, Rest (Travel, Drink, Read and Write) in Peace: Everyday Magic, Day 861

Last night I got to join some of Ken’s closest friends, some of whom have been devoting themselves to his health and comfort over many...

The Obstacle Course of April: Everyday Magic, Day 846

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Apr 29, 20153 min read

The Obstacle Course of April: Everyday Magic, Day 846

Oy vey! I spend a lot of time on my calendar, trying to ensure that I’m not putting myself out there too much at the expense of taking...

Teaching Writing for the Love of It: Everyday Magic, Day 841

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Mar 1, 20154 min read

Teaching Writing for the Love of It: Everyday Magic, Day 841

Tom McAfee years before I met him Believe me, I wasn’t a good poet when I studied creative writing as an undergraduate. I don’t say this...

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