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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.

Back in the Porch in Big Wind: Everyday Magic, Day 1079

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Apr 4, 20232 min read

Back in the Porch in Big Wind: Everyday Magic, Day 1079

“Little darling, it’s been a long cold lonely winter,” the Beatles sang, and while my winter wasn’t so lonely, it felt unduly long and...

When the Real Winter Shows Up: Everyday Magic, Day 1046

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Dec 29, 20212 min read

When the Real Winter Shows Up: Everyday Magic, Day 1046

In the last week, the temperatures have risen well over 70 degrees, what we expect in April and not in late December, but my dubious joy...

The Changing of the Light: Everyday Magic, Day 1059

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Oct 4, 20211 min read

The Changing of the Light: Everyday Magic, Day 1059

Beyond the lower temperatures and chigger count, there’s something else that truly distinguishes this time of year: the changing of the...

The Inner and Outer Wildness That Brings Us Home: Everyday Magic, Day 1041

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jul 18, 20214 min read

The Inner and Outer Wildness That Brings Us Home: Everyday Magic, Day 1041

Here’s a post about my new podcast, “Tell Me Your Truest Story.” Please listen to the podcast here. For me, it’s always been the trees...

When Winter Comes Stomping In: Everyday Magic, Day 1019

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Oct 20, 20202 min read

When Winter Comes Stomping In: Everyday Magic, Day 1019

Suddenly, I’m searching for sweaters, cursing the lack of mittens with me for a walk, and shiver-driving around town for the interminable...

In the Cave of Winter: Everyday Magic, Day 994

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jan 23, 20202 min read

In the Cave of Winter: Everyday Magic, Day 994

Each day I crave a clear view of a clear sky, but fog, snow, sleet, rain, freezing rain, and variety packs of all this percipitation at...

A Quiet Summer Evening With a Side of Peaches: Everyday Magic, Day 982

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Aug 14, 20191 min read

A Quiet Summer Evening With a Side of Peaches: Everyday Magic, Day 982

This has been a summer of porch-sitting, and as eye recovery and associated surprises and lessons continue their roaring hum, I’ve done...

A Snake, A Wedding, and Faith: Everyday Magic, Day 972

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Apr 27, 20192 min read

A Snake, A Wedding, and Faith: Everyday Magic, Day 972

When I saw the video, I was amazed at how calm and calming the humans and, to some extent, the snake were in doing what it took for the...

The Power of Blossoms: Everyday Magic, Day 971

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Apr 21, 20192 min read

The Power of Blossoms: Everyday Magic, Day 971

Emily Dickinson writes, “I started early — Took my dog.” In my case, I started late and took my croissant, and unlike Dickinson, I wasn’t...

A Lightening Up: Everyday Magic, Day 967

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Mar 10, 20192 min read

A Lightening Up: Everyday Magic, Day 967

Daylight Savings Time, beside being a kick that keeps kicking our sleeping patterns for a while, heralds a kind of lightening up,...

Getting Through February (the Longest Month): Everyday Magic, Day 965

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Feb 16, 20192 min read

Getting Through February (the Longest Month): Everyday Magic, Day 965

As life has repeatedly, February is the longest month. Maybe it’s the overwrought repetition of cold, ice, and snow after months of...

After 64 Consecutive Semesters, Taking a Break: Everyday Magic, Day 941

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jun 5, 20183 min read

After 64 Consecutive Semesters, Taking a Break: Everyday Magic, Day 941

I started teaching when I was 26. It was English 101 at the University of Kansas, a gig I figured would help me get through graduate...

The Beauty of Overgrowth: Everyday Magic, Day 940

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

May 24, 20182 min read

The Beauty of Overgrowth: Everyday Magic, Day 940

With temperatures rising to summertime and good rains falling last week, everything is speeding into growth around this house. The hostas...

Weeding in the Rain: Everyday Magic, Day 938

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

May 3, 20182 min read

Weeding in the Rain: Everyday Magic, Day 938

I felt that call of the garden as soon as Ken and I stepped out for our evening walk around the edges of the fields. “Let’s just stay...

Annual Magnolia Walk: Everyday Magic, Day 935

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Mar 31, 20182 min read

Annual Magnolia Walk: Everyday Magic, Day 935

I love magnolia trees. Let me be more honest: I really and deeply love magnolia blossoms, and it’s one of my recurring nightmares to miss...

Prevernal Wonders: Everyday Magic, Day 932

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Mar 16, 20182 min read

Prevernal Wonders: Everyday Magic, Day 932

I love the prevernal season perhaps best of all: that space between the start of spring and before the leafing out of the big, green...

Swirling Distractions of Winter Birds: Everyday Magic, Day 926

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Feb 1, 20182 min read

Swirling Distractions of Winter Birds: Everyday Magic, Day 926

The starlings grabbed my attention while I was pacing the living room on a phone call. They poured diagonally down to the lawn, fanning...

The Peace of a Late Autumn Day: Everyday Magic, Day 916

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Nov 17, 20172 min read

The Peace of a Late Autumn Day: Everyday Magic, Day 916

One of my and maybe your ongoing problems with fall as well as spring — especially in these regions where we have four distinct seasons —...

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...

Just-Doing-That-Moon: Everyday Magic, Day 893

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Mar 11, 20171 min read

Just-Doing-That-Moon: Everyday Magic, Day 893

Snow, do you forsake the forsythia? This land’s Osage Indians, like many tribal people, named each month for its ecological context,...

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