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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.

If God Didn’t Want Us to Pray at Home, She Wouldn’t Have Invented Zoom: Everyday Magic,

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Apr 11, 20203 min read

If God Didn’t Want Us to Pray at Home, She Wouldn’t Have Invented Zoom: Everyday Magic,

Or Facebook Live. Or Youtube. Or any number of places to help us worship together while keeping physically apart and spiritually close. A...

Are We All Just Dust in the Wind?: Everyday Magic, Day 995

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jan 30, 20202 min read

Are We All Just Dust in the Wind?: Everyday Magic, Day 995

That’s the question I kept asking myself as I replayed “Dust in the Wind” on my quickly-wearing-out but relatively new copy of Point of...

The Secret Lives of Old Quilt Tops: Everyday Magic, Day 927

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Feb 6, 20182 min read

The Secret Lives of Old Quilt Tops: Everyday Magic, Day 927

Years ago, I fell in love with a massive quilt of stars hand-sewn by an old woman at her garage sale. “It’s made from those cloth sacks...

Eclipse in Our Midst: Everyday Magic, Day 909

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Aug 23, 20173 min read

Eclipse in Our Midst: Everyday Magic, Day 909

This eclipse, the first one in 99 years crossing the whole country, soared its moon shadow at speeds from 2,410 mph in Oregon, to 1,502...

"What It Takes": 63rd Anniversary of Brown Vs. Board of Education: Everyday Magic, Day 899

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

May 22, 20172 min read

"What It Takes": 63rd Anniversary of Brown Vs. Board of Education: Everyday Magic, Day 899

What It Takes It takes years of waiting on polished wooden benches outside trembling courtrooms. Thousands of meetings in church...

The Light, the Dark, and a Road Trip to Western Kansas: Everyday Magic, Day 890

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Mar 4, 20162 min read

The Light, the Dark, and a Road Trip to Western Kansas: Everyday Magic, Day 890

I first presented the book to the marvelous Pioneer Memorial Library, which brought together close to 80 people in the basement for lunch...

Darling, Sweetheart & Baby in Pittsburg, Kansas: Everyday Magic, Day 648

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Nov 16, 20121 min read

Darling, Sweetheart & Baby in Pittsburg, Kansas: Everyday Magic, Day 648

Is it a Pittsburg, KS thing or just an tender roll of the dice kind of thing? I don’t know, but I liked it. Everywhere I went in...

Rain Is The New Sexy: Everyday Magic, Day 600

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jul 19, 20122 min read

Rain Is The New Sexy: Everyday Magic, Day 600

It’s been decayed-bone-dry here. Stepping outside either means entering a giant sauna or being battered around in a giant dryer...

Tornado Warning!: Everyday Magic, Day 509

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Feb 29, 20122 min read

Tornado Warning!: Everyday Magic, Day 509

It’s after midnight, and my heart is still wide awake, set in racer action by the very sudden tornado warning that propelled our family,...

Readying Myself to Roll: Everyday Magic, Day 497

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Feb 11, 20122 min read

Readying Myself to Roll: Everyday Magic, Day 497

The cat packs herself for the trip Come Monday morning, I head down the magic rabbit hole between my home in a house on the prairie in...

In the Center of Everything: Everyday Magic: Day 490

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jan 26, 20122 min read

In the Center of Everything: Everyday Magic: Day 490

I write this post from the center of Kansas in Wilson, which is close to the center of the continental United States. I sit in the center...

Weather Guilt & The Weather To Come: Everyday Magic, Day 380

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Aug 2, 20111 min read

Weather Guilt & The Weather To Come: Everyday Magic, Day 380

I'm in a dorm room in Vermont with the windows open. It's 62 degrees. Fellow Kansans as well as inhabitants of Death Valley (although...

20 Things To Do When It's Above 100 Degrees: Everyday Magic, Day 364

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jul 10, 20112 min read

20 Things To Do When It's Above 100 Degrees: Everyday Magic, Day 364

In Kansas in the summer, we’ve become experts on this! Here’s some ideas: Sit in a comfortable chair, slumped down for extra comfort, in...

So Friggin' Hot: Everyday Magic, Days 342-343

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jun 6, 20112 min read

So Friggin' Hot: Everyday Magic, Days 342-343

Ice water? Check. Sitting in front of air-conditioning with ceiling fan on high? Check, check. Bag of cold cherries? Happy check. Wearing...

Dreaming of Tornadoes: Everyday Magic, Day 250

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Mar 28, 20111 min read

Dreaming of Tornadoes: Everyday Magic, Day 250

I lived in Kansas for more than a decade before I began dreaming of tornadoes, something I aspired to like learning to fly in my dreams...

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