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...
Author: noemikjames
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...
Struggling
I’m struggling to find the words right now. I’m not even attempting my morning pages. I’ve been sick since Wednesday. And not just sick of spi...
Angry
I’m cycling through the phases of grief. Today I spent a lot of time in anger. I’m angry at the people who voted for a hateful bigot who believes I ...
The saddest part is…
…nobody won last night, least of all the people who voted for Trump. That’s the saddest thing. I haven’t processed my thoughts well enough to ...
I can’t look
This election has hurdled me into a tail spin of anxiety. To combat the horrible feelings of doom, I’ve done a lot of sticking my head in the sand. I know...
Falling Back
I remember when the hour we got at the end of Daylight Savings Time felt like a gift. A whole extra hour to do with as I pleased. Now I dread how this day drags...
Cartoon Fall
This morning I slipped on my daughter’s homework folder and came down on my tailbone. Hard. Like, really hard. In the moment it felt like slow motion, lik...
A Positive Outcome
I swear, this will be my last post about my event. So it’s two days out, and I’m feeling really positively about my big even at school. I want to wr...