Author: noemikjames

When we bought our house I wanted very much to incorporate the lower unit into the bigger whole. I wanted a real bedroom and a second bathroom. I wanted a livin...

So I’m on week two of a total news fast. I’m not looking at anything, not even reading headlines. I have no idea what is going on in the world. And ...

I’m super depressed about the state of things right now. The Republican party, after acquitting a president that openly asked a foreign power to meddle in...

All this winter, I’ve watched my students be out of school for a week or more and come back looking like death warmed over. Some years everyone’s co...

Thank you all for your thoughts and ideas about living abroad. The summer option is obviously a good one. We spend some time with my extended family in St. Loui...

We’re having big talks about the house right now, trying to decide what our long term strategy will be. It’s making me think a lot about what our ul...

The principal at my school sends out a weekly email to the staff every Monday morning with a list of everything that will be happening during the week. At the b...

I went back and looked at the March Photo Challenge that I posted in 2012 on my old blog, and I decided to re-post those pictures here, because why not? So here...