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Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Feb 8, 20132 min read
I Wanted An Enchilada, I Got a Prairie Fire: Everyday Magic, Day 676
I didn’t feel like bundling up so I could strip down as I dragged fire through the cold, but it was the right thing to do because I live...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Mar 13, 20122 min read
Unromancing the Fire: Everyday Magic, Day 517
I was surrounded by fire in the dry grass as it ran forward, little triangles composed of small flames licking the grass. I tried to put...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Apr 17, 20112 min read
Making Fire: Everyday Magic, Days 268-269
I think the flames look like two of Santa's reindeers It was too much to go home and make fire, I told myself, after balancing the...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Apr 13, 20092 min read
Prairie Fire!
Saturday around 4 p.m. when we were at the hardware store, Ken said, "You know, I think the only window to burn is about right now." He...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Apr 28, 20082 min read
Burn, Prairie, Burn!
A few weeks ago, we burned the prairie near our home, an annual rite of passage for us and for the grasslands, which need to be freed...
