Mommess
Annnd today, there’s peace-ish in the Middle East
[originally published in newsletter on 10/14/2025] My friend is dying and everyone except a rogue lung doctor is doing their job. Well, actually maybe he’s did a different…
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Culture
Anchors Away
There was a time when women undergoing spiritual transformation could take a vow of stability of place, and hole up – practically – in a cell in a…
Creativity
recent visual work
Birth of VenusMarkup on photo AVMarkup on photo Visual Works © September 2025 Elizabeth Mullen Matteson | Contact for licensing.
Culture
Admitting Conflation
See, I’m on a self-study immersion in the English language and American culture so as to become a better writer. And my course is pretty sloppy and more…
Creativity
Mapping: meeting what you need on the checkerboard of life – with art project
On the checkerboard of life, the right thing is finding its way to you, as you are to it.~ My Mom Artwork: No Title by the author 2024…
Body & Health
Culling, destruction, and birth by menopause
I am experiencing menopause. And also a deep gleaning of my business ventures, clients, relationships, subscriptions, and some obligations too. And, I think these processes go together: bodily…
Culture
Over-Unders for the Sandwich Generation
IE the gamble of choosing material renunciation as a middle-class, middle-generation American. Sitting here squarely in a middle class “sandwich generation,” I’ve noticed a few things. Trying to…
Mommess
Matchy matchy branding is going, going …
I only have a few minutes to write this. Remember when the sign that a business was “official” was that all their social channels, their website, their email…
Family
Mother of
I was out late last night at a concert with my teenager. Total bonding experience, and great to see how even punk and goth music can still send…
Family
If it’s brown…
There’s a bell in the bathroom at my mom’s house. Like one of those “ring for service,” bells that dings when you slap it. Because there’s more than…
Mommess
“Yeah, No” and knowing what you’ve really got
Originally published by Newsletter 9/3/2025 Hello Reader, I keep thinking I’m supposed to write relatable material here, and then, I think, I’m probably not relatable and maybe it’s…
Mommess
3 little words… on my doorstep
A multi-media pairing for a multi-media life. Thank goodness for music, art, and poetry. In three words, I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life. It goes…