Home Archives — EMMpress https://www.emmpress.com/category/home/ words and images for mindful humans Mon, 06 Apr 2026 16:50:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://www.emmpress.com/wp-content/uploads/cropped-Screenshot-2026-03-10-at-12.16.43-PM-32x32.png Home Archives — EMMpress https://www.emmpress.com/category/home/ 32 32 What happened to the chicken bag? https://www.emmpress.com/what-happened-to-the-chicken-bag/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-happened-to-the-chicken-bag Wed, 01 Apr 2026 13:51:00 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=17129 The types of explanations we received as kids about the mundane questions of life, alters how we develop our capacity for internal reasoning. Becoming educated with diversity of…

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]]> low-to-no ownership https://www.emmpress.com/low-to-no-ownership/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=low-to-no-ownership Sat, 19 Jul 2025 13:20:02 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=13505 With poorly drawn diagram of a cross-section of Earth and Space. Because Western civilization and most economic systems seem to be centered around “mine” vs. “yours,” there is…

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]]> The toilet in my back yard https://www.emmpress.com/the-toilet-in-my-back-yard/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-toilet-in-my-back-yard Fri, 20 Jun 2025 18:45:20 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=13110 And the knowing that comes from an ‘in house’ metaphor. Last month, we cashed in some Apple shares to have a friend’s brother fix our bathroom. The floor…

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]]> Feeling Free on the Mother of all days https://www.emmpress.com/feeling-free-on-the-mother-of-all-days/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeling-free-on-the-mother-of-all-days Sun, 11 May 2025 15:37:10 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=12093 Sunday is Mothers Day and I’m going to try again to divest myself of all planned work, chores, conversations, and responsibilities; while avoiding expectant smiles about having a…

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]]> Nurse Maid Bird | Movie Mode https://www.emmpress.com/nurse-maid-bird-movie-mode/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=nurse-maid-bird-movie-mode Wed, 12 Feb 2025 22:39:40 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=10335 I shouldn’t be happy when my 15 year old daughter is home sick, but I am. I delight in getting to take care of her because there are…

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]]> Tree Hugging Humour, Lychee Trees & Ways of Approach https://www.emmpress.com/tree-hugging-humour-lychee-trees-ways-of-approach/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tree-hugging-humour-lychee-trees-ways-of-approach Fri, 13 Dec 2024 19:45:03 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=9110 I need to make this quick, and I’m going for the British spelling to captivate your interest. I’ve got shopping to do and laundry, maybe even can get…

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]]> Artist’s Confidential https://www.emmpress.com/artists-confidential/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=artists-confidential Tue, 03 Dec 2024 17:55:26 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=8792 AKA pulling apart a piece of art, with some web-weaving via inappropriate footnoting. This entire piece is about a rapidly made Instagram reel (with high hopes of it…

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]]> A Burning Bridge to Now-here https://www.emmpress.com/bridge-to-now-here/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bridge-to-now-here Thu, 24 Oct 2024 17:17:55 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=8007 My favorite candle sits on my dining room table. It’s inside opaque black glass and sits on its own wooden cover like a little pedestal. I refer to…

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]]> Sock Drawer Philosophy https://www.emmpress.com/sock-drawer-philosophy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sock-drawer-philosophy Thu, 11 Jul 2024 14:29:01 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=6082 When I moved in with my husband I had a funny insight about styles of life. I was loading balled up socks into the bottom drawer of my…

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]]> Speculation vs Decision: guarantee certainty and mitigate risk by front-loading choices https://www.emmpress.com/speculation-vs-decision-guarantee-certainty-and-mitigate-risk-by-front-loading-choices/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=speculation-vs-decision-guarantee-certainty-and-mitigate-risk-by-front-loading-choices Mon, 10 Jun 2024 15:54:45 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=5259 My eleven year old wakes up early and likes to go on woods-walks with me most days before school. Today, we figured out when choosing between two potential…

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]]> Ode to my mom’s memory https://www.emmpress.com/ode-to-my-moms-memory-timelines-gone-awry/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ode-to-my-moms-memory-timelines-gone-awry Thu, 25 May 2023 12:12:40 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=2492 “I’m living two timelines moving in different directions.”  I sat up in bed and said that to my husband last night. I’ve been plagued by night terrors for…

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]]> Mothers make matter https://www.emmpress.com/mothers-make-matter/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mothers-make-matter Tue, 16 May 2023 14:59:23 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=2460 Becoming a mother has been a ride. I’ve learned to live with less sleep, half-baked plans that fall apart the other half of the time, and constant pings…

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]]> Easter twisted tulip https://www.emmpress.com/easter-twisted-tulip/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=easter-twisted-tulip Sun, 09 Apr 2023 15:01:49 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=2463 I do so many ‘busy’ things in this life, but my true self is always tripping the eternal where I mostly just observe in wonder and get surprised…

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]]> How to take a mental health day https://www.emmpress.com/how-to-take-a-mental-health-day-steps/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-take-a-mental-health-day-steps Thu, 13 Jan 2022 20:56:41 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=2341 skip to steps Today my 8 year old son and I took a mental health day. This was at my suggestion after he’d run into a frustration-styled brick…

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]]> What I know (a letter of witchy wisdom to my kid) https://www.emmpress.com/what-i-know/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-i-know Sun, 28 Nov 2021 19:38:44 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=2333 So, you don’t seem to be interested in what I have to say. And that’s natural. And that is you becoming you, so it’s fine. But your mom…

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]]> Coping: Part II in the Working Toward Transformation series https://www.emmpress.com/coping-part-ii-in-working-toward-transformation/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=coping-part-ii-in-working-toward-transformation Wed, 18 Mar 2020 10:58:31 +0000 http://www.emmpress.com/?p=1997 Last post was supposed to be about forgiveness, but wound up as an angry, toxic diatribe. I’ll guess I’ll call that Part I. I’m okay with this, because…

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]]> I have a friend https://www.emmpress.com/i-have-a-friend/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=i-have-a-friend Thu, 07 Nov 2019 19:53:40 +0000 http://www.emmpress.com/?p=1908 I have a friend. She used to smoke Camel unfiltered. The first time I was to meet her, was an evening at a dusty Irish pub in Matunuck,…

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]]> I am my dogs https://www.emmpress.com/i-am-my-dogs/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=i-am-my-dogs Wed, 12 Dec 2018 17:17:28 +0000 http://www.emmpress.com/?p=1849 A generation ago, I had a dream, and I told my mentor about it. Black dogs are barking at me. It is depression. It looks like this (I…

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]]> Holiday Jealousy. On Making Cheer https://www.emmpress.com/holiday-jealousy-on-making-cheer/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=holiday-jealousy-on-making-cheer Tue, 26 Dec 2017 12:50:24 +0000 http://www.emmpress.com/?p=1627 I’ve got to admit, I’ve been feeling a little sorry for myself. I feel like I work really hard taking care of a thousand things, and yet, I…

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]]> Thankfulness, it’s an ambulance https://www.emmpress.com/thankfulness-its-an-ambulance/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=thankfulness-its-an-ambulance Wed, 22 Nov 2017 23:23:24 +0000 http://www.emmpress.com/?p=1598 It’s the day before Thanksgiving and I’m feeling gratitude. For real. Deeply. And I’m holding onto it. I’m ‘gratituding’ not just to herald the holiday, but because if…

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]]> A message to my son on Mother’s Day https://www.emmpress.com/a-message-to-odin/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-message-to-odin Fri, 12 May 2017 13:51:04 +0000 http://www.emmpress.com/?p=1334 Hi O! You are four now, and not one for lengthy or deep conversations, but there are so many things I want to say to you, so I’ll…

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]]> Message for my daughter on Mother’s Day https://www.emmpress.com/message-for-tasslen/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=message-for-tasslen Fri, 12 May 2017 12:23:17 +0000 http://www.emmpress.com/?p=1319 Hi Tas, This morning I was in the bathroom and saw our little message chicken (you know, the one with a set of little papers with nice sayings…

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]]> Farewell, Fair Man (and Family) https://www.emmpress.com/farewell-fair-man-and-family-and-friends/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=farewell-fair-man-and-family-and-friends Wed, 18 Jan 2017 10:00:41 +0000 http://www.emmpress.com/?p=842 [first posted Dec 18, 2016] I campaigned for you, Obama, and am proud I did so. Since the time you became our president, our family has done better,…

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]]> Aloft https://www.emmpress.com/aloft/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=aloft Sun, 08 Jan 2017 20:40:42 +0000 http://www.emmpress.com/?p=913 This is my theme for the day. It has to be. I am exhausted from running too many things, and there is snow on the ground, and all…

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]]> Who’s carrying… https://www.emmpress.com/whos-carrying/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=whos-carrying Sat, 07 Jan 2017 20:25:13 +0000 http://www.emmpress.com/?p=903 … the emotion of the situation? In every intense interaction between people, an emotional ‘bubble’ gets created. Usually this bubble is experienced by each person based on their…

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]]> When you’ve got 20 minutes https://www.emmpress.com/when-youve-got-20-minutes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=when-youve-got-20-minutes Fri, 06 Jan 2017 16:26:11 +0000 http://www.emmpress.com/?p=900 I have at least 8 hours of work to do today, plus kid pickups, meal-making, housekeeping, and miscellaneousness. There is no way I will all get even a…

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]]> The conversation https://www.emmpress.com/the-conversation/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-conversation Wed, 30 Nov 2016 18:46:29 +0000 http://www.emmpress.com/?p=772 This morning my daughter lied to me. Not about anything big, or even particularly important, but the lie was said, then backed up by demonstrations to “prove” its…

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]]> Me time = Flea time https://www.emmpress.com/me-time-flea-time/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=me-time-flea-time Tue, 25 Oct 2016 15:55:38 +0000 http://www.emmpress.com/?p=673 I am battling tiny vermin, some imagined, some real.  Last week, my elder child came home with a classroom lice notice.  That took my already overactive laundry habit…

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]]> Guilt and Accomplishment https://www.emmpress.com/guilt-and-accomplishment/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=guilt-and-accomplishment Fri, 15 Jan 2016 19:13:34 +0000 http://www.emmpress.com/?p=654 I feel guilty about nearly everything I do, and don’t do. I realized that today, when I asked my mom to bring my daughter to school. I felt…

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]]> More simple truisms https://www.emmpress.com/more-simple-truisms/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=more-simple-truisms Thu, 31 Dec 2015 18:44:07 +0000 http://www.emmpress.com/?p=647 Things I wind up saying often to my kids, that also give me pause when in a spiritual state of mind: mom’s meals are healthier than institutional ones…

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]]> Calm after a storm https://www.emmpress.com/calm-after-a-storm/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=calm-after-a-storm Tue, 29 Dec 2015 19:38:07 +0000 http://www.emmpress.com/?p=644 Holidays at home with little ones means super secrets, high anticipation, late nights, big messes, bigger food and lots of opportunities to make memories. It always goes by…

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]]> The morning I have https://www.emmpress.com/the-morning-i-have/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-morning-i-have Thu, 27 Aug 2015 17:53:57 +0000 http://www.emmpress.com/?p=627 This was not the morning I wanted.  I had great visions for how my daughter and I would connect, and I would help ease her “just starting school”…

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]]> hiding in the library https://www.emmpress.com/hiding-in-the-library/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hiding-in-the-library Thu, 30 Jul 2015 17:08:56 +0000 http://www.emmpress.com/?p=612 I hide in the kitchen, extending the time it takes to do dishes.  No one comes in during that time. This is the only way I can eat…

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