Day 1 of The Purge
I keep seeing trailers on Viceland for The Purge. Evidently it’s the 4th or 5th movie in the series (but it’s maybe a prequel?), and yet I’ve ...
Author: noemikjames
School’s Out For Summer!
Today was my last day of what was probably one of the hardest school years of my professional life. I am so relieved that it’s over. Yesterday was actuall...
West Medicine Fails Again
West medicine can do a lot of incredible things. This is not a post to deride western medicine as a whole. Vaccines especially are proof of western medicines ab...
Negated
My son had one of his epic meltdowns yesterday. It started at pick up and continued until bedtime. He was screaming, thrashing, insulting, threatening, throwing...
Final Stretch(es)
My daughter has three more days of school. Her birthday is Thursday and her party is Friday. This coming weekend we have a Girl Scout camping trip. My last day ...
Content with less connection
I am changing. It’s subtle, so subtle that sometimes I don’t realize it, but it’s happening all the same. I’m getting older. More mature...
Change of plans
We are no longer traveling to Nicaragua this summer. Our new destination is Colombia. It turns out my college roommates Freshman and Sophomore year boyfriend wo...
30 minutes
There is so much to do to prepare the house for AirBnB guests that I am paralyzed most night by the sheer length of my to-do list. It’s hard to stop readi...