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Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Feb 11, 20243 min read
The Miracle of "Fast Car" Then and Now: Everyday Magic, Day 1092
By 1990, my Tracy Chapman cassette tape was played into such oblivion (and so repeatedly tangled in the car tape deck) that I had to buy...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jun 28, 20142 min read
Lawrence, Kansas: Center of the Universe: Everyday Magic, Day 805
A standing still (and surprised) artist on Mass. and 9th St. As I always say, there are two rules to Lawrence: 1) Don’t leave; and 2) If...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jun 16, 20132 min read
Scaring Ourselves At High Altitudes: Everyday Magic, Day 708
The other rafts twice the number of people on them as ours with only Ken, Forest, our nephew Andrew, me and our guide. “Will that make it...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
May 30, 20131 min read
Falling in Love with Kansas Skies All Over Again: Everyday Magic, Day 706
It happens all the time. It happens every so often. I go outside or, while driving, turn a corner, and I meet the sky. On a spring day in...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Apr 24, 20132 min read
A Long, Slow Spring With Lots of Quick, Fast Travel: Everyday Magic, Day 696
At the beginning of March, I trembled when I looked at my calendar. With the end of my poet laureate term ending, I basically stopped...
