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Category: Mommess

abortion story
Body & Health

Ordinary Abortion Story

If you know me at all, you know I try to let my work speak for itself, and I don’t like to reveal myself clearly online. It’s scary…

October 16, 2024October 17, 2024 · 1 min read

Family

What is God?

I asked my 11 year old son on our walk this morning, after a long ramble through the woods where we talked about the philosophy of cross country…

October 13, 2024October 13, 2024 · 1 min read

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Culture

The Name of the Game

Ever wake up with a song in your mind for no apparent reason? Today was one of those, and here it is by ABBA. The song couldn’t be…

October 10, 2024October 10, 2024 · 5 min read

Family

Protected: when ‘us’ turns 20

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October 7, 2024October 7, 2024 · 3 min read

Mommess

Hosting Hos: an explainer

In my professional life, I’ve been one heck of a website ho. Stewarding website after website, using my pro tools and licenses and caring for dozens of websites…

October 3, 2024October 3, 2024 · 3 min read

Mommess

10 minutes to problemlessness

I have 10 minutes to write this post. My goal is to only share truth, and that which helps set people free. This morning I discovered a bevy…

October 2, 2024October 3, 2024 · 2 min read

Mommess

Word

Words explain my world to me, and I’m guessing I’m not alone. What I mean is that every definition is steeped in memory of when I first learned…

October 1, 2024October 1, 2024 · 2 min read

Humor

Stale questions, fresh answers

I’m treating myself to some new questions in my self-styled spa day today, because my old questions haven’t been serving up much joy or love. I have a…

September 27, 2024September 28, 2024 · 12 min read

Portal One: Egg and Three Wisdoms by Elizabeth Mullen Matteson
Mommess

Portals: belying space and time since the beginning of space and time

My woods walk today taught me about portals. They appeared like little natural occurrences that reminded me of the way we try to see things about times and…

September 23, 2024June 6, 2025 · 4 min read

"Rune" a #SymbolWork by EMWe Art (Elizabeth Mullen Matteson)
Body & Health

Title remains silent

She wanted her confection, her conception to be a “good good.” This is because the truth of her experience had told her if there was “good” there was…

September 21, 2024April 7, 2025 · 6 min read

Creativity

Truthiness and tricks: the authoritative voice

Ooops. I did it again. Spoke with the “royal we” from the stance of collective truth teller, and my husband called me out on it over pour over…

September 20, 2024September 27, 2024 · 3 min read

Art by Henri Matisse, 1916.
Creativity

Seeing vs sighting: a creative’s guide to perspective

Axes, dimensions, observers, and the role of inner perspective. As a girl, one day while standing on the side of a cliff looking out over the water, I…

September 17, 2024July 13, 2025 · 6 min read

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