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About me
Welcome and thank you for visiting! I’m Naomi – a mother, writer, creative soul, and avid reader. I aim to share my thoughts and ideas to inspire positive change that will help you live an authentic and caring life.
Poetic Aperture is for me and for you. I often write just to process the swirling activity inside, but I also hope to inspire COMPASSION, COURAGE, and WONDER in you and support you on your journey of elevating the everyday.
I am a rabbinical student at the Academy for Jewish Religion in New York. I am fortunate to have an amazing 15-year-old daughter and a supportive husband of 22 years.
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… reading in bed, candles, diving into a new project, learning something new, crisp crunchy leaves underfoot, hearing my daughter laugh, starting a new book, finishing a book, organizing, floating on my back in the pool and staring at the sky, writing, craft supplies, photography, poetry, a good massage, knowing smiles, singing along to the radio, getting things done, comfy bedding, hot chocolate, paying attention to the details, libraries and bookstores, campfires, astronomy, finding beauty in the everyday, impromptu road trips, quiet, journaling, learning about myself, waking up and reading in bed (preferably with coffee), home, interesting flowers, affection, Sleepytime tea, capturing a moment in time with my camera, true laughter, soft rain.
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“There are many things in life that will catch your eye, but only a few will catch your heart. Pursue those.” ~ Michael Nolan
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Category Archives: Poetry
Inner Excavate-along: I seek
On to Chapter 2 of Liz Lamoreux’s Inner Excavation: Exploring Your Self Through Photography, Poetry and Mixed Media. Liz is leading a couple hundred of her friends through seven weeks of inner excavation on Flickr, on her blog, and through subscribed posts. … Continue reading
Weekly Photo Challenge: Close
The WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge is CLOSE. Close. It’s a feeling, it’s a proximity…it’s people, it’s a place, it’s objects. They’re close. “they do not kiss but they both want to instead their feet touch and so do their arms it is … Continue reading
Photo Friday: textured flower images
“I know a bank where the wild thyme blows, Where oxlips and the nodding violet grows, Quite over-canopied with luscious woodbine, With sweet musk-roses and with eglantine.” ~ William Shakespeare, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream“ “People from a planet without flowers would … Continue reading
“In the end” by Tara Sophia Mohr
In the end you won’t be known for the things you did or what you built, or what you said. You won’t even be known for the love given or the hearts saved, because in the end you won’t be … Continue reading
On infinity, awe, and sunlight – and a poem by Tony Hoagland
Every so often, I read The Writer’s Almanac with Garrison Keillor. Ha! I wish I were reading it with Garrison Keillor. I can just imagine… He posts a poem every day, and a few months ago, he put up a … Continue reading
Hineni. I am here.
“Hineni” by Rabbi Rami Shapiro Hineni. Here I am. A little bit nervous, a little bit self conscious. After all, whom am I talking to? And what have I done? Am I a sinner in search of grace or a saint … Continue reading
