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Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Oct 7, 20203 min read
Life Comes in Waves: Everyday Magic, Day 1017
Yesterday, we rushed down the driveway to pick up my car from one repair shop to take it to another. But Moxie-dog chased us down the...
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...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
May 1, 20194 min read
Back at the Cancer Rodeo: Everyday Magic, Day 972
When I had breast cancer 17 years ago, I learned some things about resilience, the ability to bounce back. There’s nothing like being...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Oct 29, 20183 min read
Look for the Miriams: Everyday Magic, Day 956
A few hours after the Tree of Life shooting, we clung to each other — singing, praying, crying — at the Beth Israel Center in Madison,...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Aug 18, 20182 min read
Rituals of Pause as the Big Rocks in the Jar: Everyday Magic, Day 950
What Neela, a marvelous integrative physician and founder of Atma Clinic, said rocked my world. Wait, what about all the things I need to...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Mar 3, 20172 min read
The Patron Saint of Just-Being Returns the Music: Everyday Magic, Day 892
In the two-plus years since our dear friend Jerry died, I’ve occasionally resumed my search for my Ipod mini, a little music player I...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Feb 3, 20172 min read
When Things Fall Apart (Or Seem To): Everyday Magic, Day 890
Since the inauguration our family has been living out a microcosm of the macrocosm. While the details aren’t mine to tell, let’s just say...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jun 19, 20163 min read
Bringing Charles Home: Everyday Magic, Day 863
It was one of those Kansas days when any moment of daylight would be heavy with heat and humidity although a 9 a.m. burial was more like...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jun 15, 20163 min read
Charles Is A Force of Nature: Everyday Magic, Day 862
Charles was one of the first Lawrencians I ever met, in about 1981 when I was a member of the Kansas City Sufi community, where Charles...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 31, 20143 min read
What Is a Year?: Everyday Magic, Day 833
If 2014 was a mouse, I’d let my cats kill it, and then I would, like I do with all their usual triumphs, pick it up by the tip of its...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 24, 20143 min read
Making Peace with Christmas: Everyday Magic, Day 832
Growing up Jewish, I remember cleaning my closet on Christmas, passing the day feeling left out of the party, and of course, going out...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 21, 20143 min read
The Things of a Life: Everyday Magic, Day 831
One of the photos his daughters found The shortest day of the year included taking apart, packing, hauling away and other redistributing...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Aug 29, 20142 min read
Why I Buy Myself Flowers Each Week: Everyday Magic, Day 813
I didn’t always buy myself flowers each Friday, and actually, I’m not even sure when I started, but it was sometime in the last five or...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jul 13, 20143 min read
Praying for the Peace That Surpasses All Understanding: Everyday Magic, Day 807
On Facebook, at the grocery store, and even in my own kitchen, discussions heat up about the Israeli bombing of Gaza, and the Hamas...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Apr 29, 20143 min read
Welcome to the Dialogue and Friendship Dinner: With An Outstretched Hand
Thanks to Eyyup Esen, the force of friendship between this event Tonight I was honored to give the welcome and a welcoming poem at the...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Sep 4, 20132 min read
Inventorying the Pettinesses (and Trying Not To Channel Darth Vader): Everyay Magic, Day 732
There’s nothing like a convergence of the ongoing Days of Awe, when Jews are supposed to look at our shortcomings and make amends, and a...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Aug 30, 20132 min read
When the Hooks Are on the Wind: Everyday Magic, Day 729
Pema Chodron, a Buddhist nun and writer, calls it shenpa, which she defines as “….the urge, the hook, that triggers our habitual tendency...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Feb 24, 20133 min read
Homing In: Everyday Magic, Day 680
The world of travel farce is narrow and treacherous. What wouldn’t shake me much in ordinary life level me here. My burrowing animal...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 16, 20123 min read
Needle in the Bone Book Launch: Everyday Magic, Day 660
All day leading up to the event was a combination of all-okay and all-not-okay because, as Jarek said during the launch, “This is also...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Oct 23, 20122 min read
Back to the Source in New Jersey: Everyday Magic, Day 639
Reunited after 30 years with Phil Brater, my mentor and dear friend who modeled for me what true witnessing, support and daring to love...
