Preparing for a purge
There is an idea being discussed lately on minimalism blogs: You don’t have to keep everything you use. Which might seem obvious to some, and ludicrous to...
Author: noemikjames
Summer 2022
The summer of 2020 we didn’t do much. My son went to a few weeks of camp at our dojo and got into a couple weeks at a near by Rec Center in August. Our da...
Naming the pain
Thank you for everyone who gave me information on headaches on my last post. Having a possible name for the pain really helps – it helps find information ...
Two years later
This weekend marked two years since we went into lock down in the Bay Area. My kids left their classrooms on March 13, 2020 and didn’t really return to th...
I wish I were more sure of myself
I don’t feel like I’ve ever been very sure of myself, but I’m pretty sure they pandemic eroded what little conviction I did have. (Sheesh, I c...
Not showing up when everything feels interconnected (and I don’t have time to write about everything)
I’ve noticed that lately I’m not showing up here, partly because I decide to write about one thing, but then I realize I will comment on another thi...
The Rhythm of our weekends
Last weekend we spent a day in Alameda and about half way through I realized what a lovely time I was having. It occurred to me then that my husband could have ...
The post that won’t upload (and apologies for my unannounced absence)
I did not mean to be gone for so long, but this week kicked my ass. Hard. There just ended up being way too much to do. Some of it was my fault for actually tak...
One more day off
Tuesday I… took both kids to school stopped by work ran six miles had lunch with my parents did a big shop at Costco took my son and his friend to martial...
Mid-Winter Break
I have the rest of this week off. My kids do not. This means it’s less like a break in some ways, and more like a break in others. The mornings, afternoon...