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About me
Welcome and thank you for visiting! I’m Naomi – a mother, writer, creative soul, and avid reader. I aim to share my thoughts and ideas to inspire positive change that will help you live an authentic and caring life.
Poetic Aperture is for me and for you. I often write just to process the swirling activity inside, but I also hope to inspire COMPASSION, COURAGE, and WONDER in you and support you on your journey of elevating the everyday.
I am a rabbinical student at the Academy for Jewish Religion in New York. I am fortunate to have an amazing 15-year-old daughter and a supportive husband of 22 years.
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… reading in bed, candles, diving into a new project, learning something new, crisp crunchy leaves underfoot, hearing my daughter laugh, starting a new book, finishing a book, organizing, floating on my back in the pool and staring at the sky, writing, craft supplies, photography, poetry, a good massage, knowing smiles, singing along to the radio, getting things done, comfy bedding, hot chocolate, paying attention to the details, libraries and bookstores, campfires, astronomy, finding beauty in the everyday, impromptu road trips, quiet, journaling, learning about myself, waking up and reading in bed (preferably with coffee), home, interesting flowers, affection, Sleepytime tea, capturing a moment in time with my camera, true laughter, soft rain.
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“There are many things in life that will catch your eye, but only a few will catch your heart. Pursue those.” ~ Michael Nolan
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Category Archives: Books
Inner Excavate-along: I seek
On to Chapter 2 of Liz Lamoreux’s Inner Excavation: Exploring Your Self Through Photography, Poetry and Mixed Media. Liz is leading a couple hundred of her friends through seven weeks of inner excavation on Flickr, on her blog, and through subscribed posts. … Continue reading
Guiding principles of unconditional parenting
I want to share a section of Alfie Kohn’s book, Unconditional Parenting: Moving from Rewards and Punishments to Love and Reason, because these concepts are really helping me find reserves of patience and lovingkindness for my daughter that I never … Continue reading
Why we read and write a la Katrina Kennison
In this recent post on her blog, Katrina Kennison, author of The Gift of an Ordinary Day: A Mother’s Memoir and Mitten Strings for God: Reflections for Mothers in a Hurry, wrote about how she recently holed up at her mother’s … Continue reading
“The World to Come” book excerpt
At the suggestion of a couple of you peeps, I added a page (see above bar) to this blog called “Books, Books, Books!!” where you can view what I’m currently reading, have ever read, or my favorite books. Right now … Continue reading
You are what you read
Every time I move, I end up sloughing off a few boxes of books. After my husband helped me move a huge collection from my apartment to our new condo over ten years ago now, he declared that he was … Continue reading
Between Interruptions is now an e-book
You may remember that I took two writing classes from The Momoir Project and found writing about motherhood to be cathartic. The online group of women in the classes became a supportive sisterhood for me and I am still connected … Continue reading
