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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.

"I'm Trying Not To Be Such a Maniac": Everyday Magic, Day 1,016

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Oct 63 min read

"I'm Trying Not To Be Such a Maniac": Everyday Magic, Day 1,016

That's what I say to my friend Joy on the phone while we each surveyed our overflowing calendars for open spaces to meet. Over the last...

I Eat Rejections For Breakfast Because I'm a Writer: Everyday Magic, Day 1096

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Apr 53 min read

I Eat Rejections For Breakfast Because I'm a Writer: Everyday Magic, Day 1096

Truly, and usually with steaming oatmeal and iced tea when I'm half awake. Perhaps I should eat the rejections with a chocolate amaretto...

Living in a City of Writers at a Humongous Convention Center: Everyday Magic, Day 1093

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Feb 144 min read

Living in a City of Writers at a Humongous Convention Center: Everyday Magic, Day 1093

The elevator door opened on the 16th floor of the Marriott, where I was staying, and there they were: a scraggly bunch, some in oversized...

Welcome (Back) to the Everyday Magic Blog

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Oct 10, 20232 min read

Welcome (Back) to the Everyday Magic Blog

Dear everyone, I'm writing to you because my hunch is you were among the 2,000+ subscribers to my Everyday Magic blog. It's a hunch...

A Sound Bath in Eureka Springs, Arkansas: Everyday Magic, Day 1086

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jul 27, 20233 min read

A Sound Bath in Eureka Springs, Arkansas: Everyday Magic, Day 1086

I start out walking through cicadas, thousands, millions, maybe billions of them — this is Arkansas so it’s hard to know — a tunnel of...

Writing With Wildlife: Everyday Magic, Day 1013

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Aug 15, 20202 min read

Writing With Wildlife: Everyday Magic, Day 1013

I just returned from writing poetry on the porch at the Writers’ Colony at Dairy Hollow to write poetry on the porch of our place. Being...

My Life Has Gone to the Dogs: Everyday Magic, Day 998

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Mar 2, 20203 min read

My Life Has Gone to the Dogs: Everyday Magic, Day 998

“It’s like an animal daycare here,” said my friend Laurie, here to give Shay some doggy acupuncture today. She was right, and with two...

Nine Reasons to Give a Little (or a Lot): Everyday Magic, Day 978

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jun 29, 20192 min read

Nine Reasons to Give a Little (or a Lot): Everyday Magic, Day 978

As many of you know, I’m leaping from my day job of college-level teaching to creating more transformative writing, community-building...

Lightening Up for the Solstice: Everyday Magic, Day 959

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Dec 20, 20182 min read

Lightening Up for the Solstice: Everyday Magic, Day 959

Tomorrow the world turns over: our shortening days stop in their tracks, and the light begins lengthening those days for months to come....

The Hospitality of Writing: Everyday Magic, Day 951

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Sep 3, 20182 min read

The Hospitality of Writing: Everyday Magic, Day 951

Sitting outside and writing at home feeds my soul. This led me to develop “A Leap Forward Writing Retreat” for Nov., 3, a day I welcome...

Working Hard on Not Working (So) Hard: Everyday Magic, Day 937

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Apr 26, 20183 min read

Working Hard on Not Working (So) Hard: Everyday Magic, Day 937

For a good many years, I’ve been working hard at not working so hard, not just in April but in other months prone to get over-laden with...

Making Stuff Up From Mrs. Potato Head to Eat the Earth: Everyday Magic, Day 928

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Feb 10, 20182 min read

Making Stuff Up From Mrs. Potato Head to Eat the Earth: Everyday Magic, Day 928

What to call a fictional women’s collective running a potato farm in Moab, Utah in my novel Miriam’s Well? What else but “Mrs. Potato...

A Bright, Beautiful Day and Why I Blog: Everyday Magic, Day 923

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jan 3, 20182 min read

A Bright, Beautiful Day and Why I Blog: Everyday Magic, Day 923

I started and persist for two reasons: to build more of an audience for my books, workshops, and other freelancing curves of work, and...

Hawking Books Wherever the Wind (and Car) Take Me: Everyday Magic, Day 919

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Nov 30, 20173 min read

Hawking Books Wherever the Wind (and Car) Take Me: Everyday Magic, Day 919

I’ve learned over the years that it’s never a mistake to drive around with a bookstore in a rolling suitcase just in case, and that’s...

When Miriam Finishes Wandering the Desert: Everyday Magic, Day 911

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Sep 18, 20173 min read

When Miriam Finishes Wandering the Desert: Everyday Magic, Day 911

Late last night, as I sent my novel Miriam’s Well to my wonderful publisher, Steve Semken of Ice Cube Press, I reworked a summary of this...

Please Help Me Find Cover Art For Miriam's Well, My New Novel: Everyday Magic, Day 900

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

May 26, 20173 min read

Please Help Me Find Cover Art For Miriam's Well, My New Novel: Everyday Magic, Day 900

Miriam’s Well Synopsis From a young age Miriam sees visions she can’t cope with or stop. Growing up Jewish in Brooklyn with Aaron, her...

Teaching Writing for the Love of It: Everyday Magic, Day 841

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Mar 1, 20154 min read

Teaching Writing for the Love of It: Everyday Magic, Day 841

Tom McAfee years before I met him Believe me, I wasn’t a good poet when I studied creative writing as an undergraduate. I don’t say this...

Where Am I Now?: Everyday Magic, Day 800

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

May 20, 20142 min read

Where Am I Now?: Everyday Magic, Day 800

My initial plan was to write everyday, which I did for a long time. The practice helped me aim my perception toward something to...

Getting Rid of Books: Everyday Magic, Day 754

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Dec 26, 20132 min read

Getting Rid of Books: Everyday Magic, Day 754

Bon Voyage, old friends! It was time. Actually, past time. For years, I’ve looked at whole shelves — some ten feet long — stuffed with...

Spray-Painting a Bunch of Stuff: Everyday Magic, Day 707

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jun 3, 20131 min read

Spray-Painting a Bunch of Stuff: Everyday Magic, Day 707

Today gave me three opportunities to wield some spray paint colors, namely bright blue, grape purple and deep green, while aiming at a...

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