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A Wedding Shower, a Funeral, a Newborn, a Dying Friend & a Little Cold: Everyday Magic, Day 628
The Days of Awe have been more than awe-inspiring this year, thanks to a confluence of life’s essence. In the last week, we’ve poured our...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Sep 25, 20122 min read
Malchuyot: A Rosh Hashana Reflection on Surrender, Life’s Imagination and Who’s In Charg
1. King of Kings, or the Fire That Makes the Circle In traditional scripture about Malchuyot, we revisit God’s sovereignty in the...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Sep 17, 20124 min read
Golden Lions, Ghosts of Love and Other Adventures of the Book Tour: Everyday Magic, Day 624
Yet my life, this book, Kansas, and haunted houses are nothing I could have imagined. The Koester House, a beautiful home in downtown...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Sep 11, 20122 min read
I Listen to the Wind of My Soul: Everyday Magic, Day 622
Sitting on the back deck, the sun to my right and cottonwood to my left, I listen to the wind. I love this sound so much that I could not...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Sep 5, 20122 min read
“No Way of Dividing What’s Yours & Mine When Everything is Shining” & My
Juxtaposed with the news reports in my head of the Republican National Convention, recent polling on the election, the impossibility of...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Aug 28, 20122 min read
A Little Sadness on a Quiet Morning: Everyday Magic, Day 556
I sit on the eastern edge of the porch, woods cornering around me while the wind shakes up everything then settles it down. While it’s a...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
May 28, 20122 min read
Pinneapple Power, Couger Blessing & Other Wonders of Brave Voice: Everyday Magic, Day 551
Friday, I landed home from the 7th annual Brave Voice: Writing & Singing for Your Life retreat that Kelley Hunt and I blessedly do...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
May 20, 20123 min read
Passover: Have a Taste of Life: Everyday Magic, Day 530
All week, it’s Passover preparation: hiding all the matzoh and matzoh soup mix (along with the macaroons — do not even ask where they...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Apr 5, 20122 min read
Ronda, Grandma Barb and the Long Way Home: A Miracle of Poetry: Everyday Magic, Day 525
Why the poetry caravan went to St. Francis for a reading had everything to do with one of the town’s prodigal daughters, Ronda Miller....
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Mar 27, 20122 min read
Three Greatest Gifts of Moving On: Everyday Magic, Day 481
“The three greatest gifts of moving on are forgiveness, hope and the great beyond,” Mary Chapin Carpenter sang today in “Leaving Song,”...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jan 12, 20122 min read
The Longest Night of the Year: Everyday Magic, Day 463
On the longest night of the year, I strung beads, mostly choosing ones that caught the light, to create a big bunch of light-catchers for...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 23, 20112 min read
Throwing Our Cares On the River: Everyday Magic, Day 419
Susan with her grand dog On Rosh Hashana a bunch of us from the Lawrence Jewish Community Congregation gathered at the river like we do...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Oct 2, 20112 min read
Ten Years Ago: A Poem for 9-11: Everyday Magic, Day 408
I wrote this poem for “From Fear to Hope: Commemorating 9-11,” an interfaith event at the Dole Institute of Politics, where I read it...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Sep 11, 20111 min read
First Day of Being a Yoga Teacher: Everyday Magic, Day 404
Does this look like a yoga teacher to you? Maybe not, but let's just go with it. For some years, I’ve been a writing teacher who...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Sep 7, 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...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Sep 3, 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...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Sep 1, 20112 min read
The Girl, The Ego & The Comfortable Room: Everyday Magic, Day 382
"Your goal on the spiritual path should be to free everyone else from your ego." – Ken Wilber. That's what my friend Scott posted on...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Aug 4, 20112 min read
What Would That Be Like?: Everyday Magic, Day 363
Judy, a long-time Zen Buddhist and teacher at our local Zen Center, has been at this for almost a month now, and I think of her...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jul 10, 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 25, 20111 min read
When A Jew Speaks On How To Be Christian (Or Something Like That): Everyday Magic, Day 237
Last night, I was the speaker at the Ecumenical Christian Ministries’ Faith Forum: “A Liberating Take On Christianity.” Asked to speak...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Mar 17, 20113 min read
