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Category: Mommess

Culture

Uncanny Vibe Valley

how to know the difference between the real and artificial I believe our “uncanny valley radar” will be the only way we’ll be able to tell the difference…

June 4, 2023June 4, 2023 · 4 min read

Creativity

passive income / passive outcomes

If you are like me and have many interests, maybe sometimes you go “all in” one on project, then drift off a bit toward the next thing, rinse…

June 3, 2023July 11, 2024 · 2 min read

Creativity

See something, say something

My mom has always been an awesome writer. She went back to school when I was 10.  Her professors fawned over her writing which raised money, started programs…

June 2, 2023October 26, 2023 · 3 min read

Culture

Black Hat Bots & Mad Gratitude

I have 15 minutes to write this. Black Hat Part Some hack-bot came through this website and inserted viagra ads into some of my paragraphs. It’s not dangerous…

June 1, 2023June 2, 2023 · 2 min read

Best of Mommess

Doing it ‘nice and rough’ – Tina Turner is my kind of Buddha

I have fifteen minutes to write this. I know Buddhsim works for me, and I want to practice every day. I’ve tried apps, books, meditation retreats and everything…

May 31, 2023February 5, 2025 · 2 min read

Best of Mommess

Ode to my mom’s memory

“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…

May 25, 2023June 25, 2024 · 4 min read

Best of Mommess

Being a creative – how does art come through?

I wrote something the other day, and it was pretty honest and it was good. So I read it over and over again. I remember when I was…

May 16, 2023August 10, 2023 · 5 min read

Best of Mommess

Mothers make matter

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…

May 16, 2023June 2, 2023 · 2 min read

Home

Easter twisted tulip

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…

April 9, 2023May 16, 2023 · 2 min read

Best of Mommess

Rita Keintz Mullen

My stepmother Rita passed away yesterday. She had her sister by her side during a peaceful transition. Her health had declined rapidly after my Dad moved into a…

March 5, 2023August 10, 2023 · 5 min read

Best of Mommess

Stretched Thin – Christmas Wishes

“I’m stretched too thin!” I’m pretty sure I’ve been saying this to anyone who would listen, including playing this complaint on internal repeat for the last two months.…

December 24, 2022May 21, 2025 · 2 min read

For My Kids

delaborate

Odin: so I was working on my narrative at school, and it was long, so I decided to delaborate on the spaghetti. . #Odinisms #ProudMom #CoinedIt!

October 22, 2022October 26, 2023 · 1 min read

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