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Category: Mommess

Culture

New words for the end

Dear Mr. Trump, I know it is not yet the election, but it is time for me, and you, and your GOP comrades, to stop the showmanship, drama,…

October 27, 2016February 6, 2024 · 1 min read

Family

Me time = Flea time

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…

October 25, 2016June 1, 2023 · 1 min read

Culture

Make American Great by Making it Good

There is something adults are supposed to do best. We are supposed to take responsibility for ourselves and others, and make well-thought decisions to support the greater good.…

October 20, 2016June 1, 2023 · 1 min read

Mommess

Fearless and Non-reactive

Hillary Clinton is fearless and non-reactive.   We usually applaud these traits in men, and I admire these qualities in Hillary, especially since they come from decades of…

September 30, 2016June 1, 2023 · 1 min read

Home

Guilt and Accomplishment

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…

January 15, 2016June 1, 2023 · 1 min read

Family

More simple truisms

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…

December 31, 2015June 3, 2022 · 1 min read

Body & Health

Calm after a storm

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…

December 29, 2015June 28, 2023 · 1 min read

Mommess

Free Webworker stuff

For webbie folks. Merry Christmas. Free webhosting: www.whdms.com Free website visitor mouse-tracking: mouseflow.com Free DNS tools: ViewDNS.info Free no-attribution stock images: PicJumbo Free international proxy masking/hiding: hide.me Free…

December 8, 2015June 28, 2023 · 1 min read

Best of Mommess

Simple truisms for my 6 year old

Don’t push hard unless you are aiming correctly. True for arms in sleeves, and everything else. You will have bumps in your socks most days, ignore them. Not…

December 1, 2015July 7, 2023 · 1 min read

Family

hiding in the library

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…

July 30, 2015July 7, 2023 · 1 min read

Body & Health

watching water drops turn to birds

So, I’ve been missing poetry in my life, or more like, missing the poetry of life.  I used to get my fill by watching period pieces (think Jane…

July 28, 2015February 23, 2025 · 1 min read

Body & Health

Authenticity v Indulgence

Wow, I just looked at my home page and it started off with two very yucky titles: The dark dog of exhaustion and the deep suck of depression……

June 17, 2015July 10, 2023 · 1 min read

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