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…
Archive
Category: Writing
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…
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…
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…
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…
Mommess
On citing self: academic v. experiential knowing
The greatest teachers of all time rarely cite others to enhance their lessons or prove their validity. Their knowledge comes from experience, and mostly inner experience at that.…
Coaching
Your ordinary, extraordinary life
There is a form if you’d like to share on this topic below. The first part of my life, I wanted to be extraordinary. Driven by a distant…
Mommess
Hemingway, quantum mechanics, and personal inquiry
I think it was Earnest Hemingway who said to write well, start with one true sentence. My true sentences come from my raw, emotional questions and experiences —…
Quotes
What you see is what you can free
Don’t get trapped in a prison of your own making. -W Leitzen
Mommess
em dash — • middot
I love punctuation. It has as much to do with the shape and positioning of the glyphs in relationship to words nearby as anything else. Visual, not just…
Mommess
website explainer: “the magic bookshelf”
As a 27-year web design veteran, and de facto tech support for many of my clients, I’m often asked to explain what’s going on with some aspect of…
Mommess
the web
As a web-worker myself, I find myself doing this every day; working on the Internet. That’s my ‘web’ and the moniker of my company. Sometimes connectivity feels like…