The Play/Space Ratio
This year my school district is in session until the 23rd, which means there won’t be much time after we get out to buy Christmas presents. My mom is usin...
Author: noemikjames
An emerging outline
Yes it’s true that I’ve been happily dwelling in my echo chamber, and I need to step out of it if I want to be a part of the solution, but I will ad...
Tis the Season
It turns out Christmas is already upon us, even though Thanksgiving hasn’t even happened yet. I’ve been on a shopping ban for the past two months, s...
Shaken
I read some articles last night that shook me to my core. This is not just about a hateful, bigoted man running the country, this is about the possible (probabl...
Necessary Software Updates
After a valiant effort to keep my head above water this past week, I can feel myself slipping. I have to get serious now about actively keeping myself out of a ...
Nightmares
My daughter has nightmares. A lot. Most nights she wakes up at least once. Some nights she wakes up two or three times. It’s not enough for us to go into ...
There’s Alway’s Something
I remember back when I tracked my time for a week thinking, well it’s interesting to see how much time I spend on everything, but this isn’t really ...
The Thing About Teaching
I’m drowning in paperwork right now. The end of the trimester is Friday and I’m really hoping not to spend most of my Thanksgiving break grading pap...
Finger Tied
If there is one thing I’ve learned about myself in these many years of writing, it’s that the words do not come easily to me in times of crisis. I w...
These made me smile
I am meeting a friend from my old neighborhood this morning. Walking through the dog park where I spent so many hours with my daughter in the first two years of...