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Category: Mommess

Mommess

Finding order on the web

Looking wholly at your web presence When it’s time to change your brand, there a few considerations before you transition a known web presence so you can protect…

March 27, 2026March 28, 2026 · 5 min read

Abstract Art by Elizabeth Mullen Matteson. All rights reserved
Mommess

IF you are going to use AI, do this first… or now

For quick disclaimer, I don’t use AI to write, or make art (because I love to do these things, why would I give them up?), but I do…

March 15, 2026March 17, 2026 · 4 min read

Coaching

Valuing your values – a mini workshop in a post

Many moons ago I crewed for a personal development coach in Hawaii and both coasts. I used to help usher folks across beds of hot coals and jump…

March 14, 2026March 17, 2026 · 6 min read

his Band Goes Time Markup on photo of broken stump by Elizabeth Mullen Matteson South Kingstown, RI
Mommess

Flip the bird like an artist

I love birds, including this one. Lately, I’ve been finding myself (and several of my friends) angry about how the world has been working. For us as individuals,…

March 3, 2026March 3, 2026 · 3 min read

"Beachy K" Abstract Digital Markup Art by Elizabeth Mullen Matteson
Mommess

When you don’t have words…

say it another way. Sometimes forming essays that contain a beginning, middle, and end feels incredibly limiting, and not on target with what I’m working on… or through…

March 1, 2026March 1, 2026 · 1 min read

Mommess

weaving the www

With the wild west, a personal party, and thoughts on the web as a woman’s medium. Women’s work, I’ve been told by more than a few wise souls,…

February 16, 2026February 16, 2026 · 6 min read

Mommess

Focus: Forgiveness

I’ve been struggling for awhile forgiving a boundary breach by a loved one. And I’ve been under the delusion that I need a complete forgiveness to move forward.…

February 16, 2026February 16, 2026 · 4 min read

Phone Markup Art Per Usual by Elizabeth M Matteson
Family

non-shop adventures and the underappreciated art of window shopping

Here’s a little story about non-shop adventures and participating in your local economy even when you aren’t flush with currency. It’s like flash-mobbing a business you love, but…

February 6, 2026February 7, 2026 · 6 min read

Language

Writing for focus & fittings

Who else makes things for the sake of focus? In my world, the process of writing gives me a coherent sense of thought, a long and lovely sound…

February 1, 2026February 1, 2026 · 4 min read

Lady Bug Abstract Art by Elizabeth Mullen Matteson
Culture

Release the Patriarchy

I have a social activist friend who occasionally warns folks what words folks should use in everyday conversation. Two words in question: army and just. I believe she’s…

February 1, 2026February 1, 2026 · 1 min read

Jamestown, RI Casino House owned by Madeline Kelly-Pierz from 1970s through her passing in 2021
For My Kids

Jamestown, RI

Chapter One: Rock I grew up on “the rock,” otherwise known as Jamestown, RI. A place of roughly the same geographical spread as Manhattan, but far fewer people…

January 25, 2026January 25, 2026 · 9 min read

Mommess

invoking dignity

This is another Term of Endearment post. A friend brought this to my attention by recommending this book: Dignity: It’s Essential Role in Resolving Conflict by Donna Hicks.…

January 24, 2026January 24, 2026 · 5 min read

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