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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: Mindfulness
Making choices
That’s it! I have finally had it with my schedule. Today I went to a morning spiritual group meeting where I hadn’t had enough time beforehand to prepare and do the reading and so I didn’t get from it what … Continue reading
Where on earth…
… have you been??? I know, I know, and I’m sorry. Some things have had to give, you know? I am thinking through a great many things the past couple of weeks. Adorable. On doing too much: In my small … Continue reading
New Years resolutions and other impossible standards
My 2016 accomplishments: 86 blog posts Read 73 books – faves were The Light Between Oceans,History on Trial: My Day in Court with a Holocaust Denier, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, From Silk to Silicon: The Story of Globalization Through Ten … Continue reading
On the phases of life
It seems like a big shift is coming. Sweet Girl is finally at an age where I feel most similar to who I was and where I was in life before I got pregnant. That’s about 9 years! I guess … Continue reading
Why connection is so important
I am writing this on Sweet Girl’s 8th birthday. I have learned more from being a parent of this child than I’d guess she has learned from me, though who really knows how much we take of each other. The … Continue reading
Write yourself a permission slip
Remember that feeling of going to school with a handwritten note in hand from a parent? A note that held the power to excuse you from gym class or from an absence? Somehow that note left no questions unanswered because everything … Continue reading
