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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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Category Archives: Motherhood
Inner Excavate-along: I gather and I see me
On to Chapters 3 and 4 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 … Continue reading
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
Inner Excavate-along: I begin
The only book I took to Italy last summer was Liz Lamoreux’s Inner Excavation: Exploring Your Self Through Photography, Poetry and Mixed Media, along with a journal. I enjoyed sitting with the first two chapters and being taken in a few … Continue reading
Time keeps on changing
One of you dear friends told me about this awesome (and free) e-course, Changing Time, about managing our relationship to time. It consists of an “ongoing flow of innovative tools, techniques and ideas to create a new relationship with time,” … Continue reading
My birthday through my daughter’s eyes
“To the world you might be one person, but to one person you might be the world.” ~ Anonymous “When all your desires are distilled You will cast just two votes To love more And be happy.” ~ Hafiz My … Continue reading
My mindset = my child’s behavior
(I wrote this post a few weeks ago and unintentionally hit “publish,” so some of you have already read it. My apologies! I am happy to report that things are much better now… three nights in a row of my … Continue reading