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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.

The Winter That Could Not End: Everyday Magic, Day 789

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Mar 5, 20141 min read

The Winter That Could Not End: Everyday Magic, Day 789

Adding to my winter kvetching has been a five-day virus, just now ebbing after nights of making me shiver so much that piles of down...

A Quiet Moment in the Morning: Everyday Magic, Day 746

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Nov 13, 20131 min read

A Quiet Moment in the Morning: Everyday Magic, Day 746

Again, the dogs and cat sleep, some curled into a ball on worn-out cushions, others stretched on sofa arms in the sun. The light, caught...

Take the Long Way Home: Everyday Magic, Day 743

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Oct 26, 20133 min read

Take the Long Way Home: Everyday Magic, Day 743

Sid Vicious memorial party because it’s simply another reason to have a party Supertramp’s “Take the Long Way Home” was at its height in...

The People Who See Us in the Worst Light Possible: Everyday Magic, Day 722

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jul 31, 20132 min read

The People Who See Us in the Worst Light Possible: Everyday Magic, Day 722

Not so much a blast from the past but a little breeze brushed me recently, reminding me of both someone many years ago and someone in the...

The Next Big Thing Blog Hop: Everyday Magic, Day 687

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Mar 22, 20132 min read

The Next Big Thing Blog Hop: Everyday Magic, Day 687

Matthew Porubsky asked me to participate in this blog hop, which encourages writers to self-interview themselves on the next big thing in...

Planes, Trains, Ships & Automobiles: Everyday Magic, Day 657

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Dec 11, 20121 min read

Planes, Trains, Ships & Automobiles: Everyday Magic, Day 657

In the last ten days, I've traveled by airplane, convertible, foot, SUV, cruise ship, minivan, tram, car, swimming, and even bed and hot...

Missing Lou & Maura: Everyday Magic, Day 656

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Dec 3, 20122 min read

Missing Lou & Maura: Everyday Magic, Day 656

Last night at the reading at Ellen (daughter of Jarek) and Marek’s home, people repeatedly asked me how I met Lou, Jane, Jarek and Maura,...

Thinking About New Jersey & New York: Everyday Magic, Day 642

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Oct 31, 20122 min read

Thinking About New Jersey & New York: Everyday Magic, Day 642

A week ago, we drove with ease across Monmouth County in central New Jersey, and then back again before foraying out another direction...

It Seemed Like Summer Would Never End (and I Don’t Mean That In a Good Way): Everyday Magic, D

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Sep 28, 20121 min read

It Seemed Like Summer Would Never End (and I Don’t Mean That In a Good Way): Everyday Magic, D

Now we’re on the other end of summer, and although the drought set up house for the long term, signs of autumn abound. I’ve never felt so...

I Listen to the Wind of My Soul: Everyday Magic, Day 622

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Sep 5, 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...

Cantaloupe, Iced Coffee & An Hour on the Deck: Everyday Magic, Day 603

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jul 24, 20121 min read

Cantaloupe, Iced Coffee & An Hour on the Deck: Everyday Magic, Day 603

The heaviness and lightness of life braid with my own life. Last night, I facilitated a writing workshop in Kansas City for people living...

Trying to Remember What We’re Supposed To Be Talking About: Everyday Magic, Day 591

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jun 25, 20122 min read

Trying to Remember What We’re Supposed To Be Talking About: Everyday Magic, Day 591

Caryn: Ken, I have something important to tell you that happened today, but I can’t remember what it is. Ken: Was it about your book?...

20 Years and One Daughter Later: Everyday Magic, Day 542

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Apr 27, 20123 min read

20 Years and One Daughter Later: Everyday Magic, Day 542

20 years ago this afternoon, I sat in a Chinese restaurant in Topeka with Ken and our friend Mike Rundle, waiting for some wonton soup...

Ronda, Grandma Barb and the Long Way Home: A Miracle of Poetry: Everyday Magic, Day 525

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Mar 27, 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....

10 Perfect Things: Everyday Magic, Day 521

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Mar 19, 20121 min read

10 Perfect Things: Everyday Magic, Day 521

10 a.m. in the Checkers (supermarket for you out-of-towners) parking lot, I saw a man surely in his 70s or older carrying a one-year-old...

Why Daylight Savings Time Confuses the Heck Out of Me: Everyday Magic, Day 515

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Mar 11, 20122 min read

Why Daylight Savings Time Confuses the Heck Out of Me: Everyday Magic, Day 515

It’s no wonder these time changes make me feel like I’ve woken up on another planet because time, for most of the year, seems absolute...

Three Greatest Gifts of Moving On: Everyday Magic, Day 481

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jan 12, 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,”...

The Longest Night of the Year: Everyday Magic, Day 463

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Dec 23, 20112 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...

If These Jobs Could Talk: Everyday Magic, Day 412

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Sep 15, 20114 min read

If These Jobs Could Talk: Everyday Magic, Day 412

Late at night instead of counting sheep, I counted jobs, wondering what story and history they would tell for me, and by extension, you...

Game-Changer Day: Everyday Magic, Day 411

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Sep 14, 20111 min read

Game-Changer Day: Everyday Magic, Day 411

Suddenly, it’s cold out. How is this possible? my stunned body asks. It’s been hot for so long that I was astonished to find, when trying...

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