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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,...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 24, 20112 min read
A Very Tall Cloud, the Joplin Tornado, the Eventual Graduation and the Rebuilding of Everything: Eve
On May 21st, Daniel quasi-graduated from Bethel College, meaning he walked in cap and gown with the others but still had an incomplete to...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jun 1, 20112 min read
Tornadoes, Come Home: Everyday Magic, Day 338
Dear Tornadoes and Otherwise Tornado Alley Storms, You know and I know that this is your home: Tornado alley, which encompasses much of...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
May 26, 20111 min read
Our Aunt, Uncle and a Tornado Kitten: Everyday Magic, Days 331-332
Even massive tornadoes can move in delicate ways. Our aunt and uncle’s garage was destroyed, but a china cabinet that shared a wall with...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
May 24, 20112 min read
Graduation Wrapped In Weather: Everyday Magic, Days 328-330
It's hard to say where I've been, and so it's hard to say where I'm going, but I know this: I've seen and am seeing some weather. My...
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...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Apr 27, 20084 min read
Where the Weather Can Kill You: Tornado Warning and Other Things That Go Bump in the Night
When my friend Sara was about to move to the northwest, she said, "I just want to live somewhere where the weather can't kill you."...
