EMMpress https://www.emmpress.com/ words and images for mindful humans Sun, 26 Apr 2026 18:34:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.emmpress.com/wp-content/uploads/cropped-Screenshot-2026-03-10-at-12.16.43-PM-32x32.png EMMpress https://www.emmpress.com/ 32 32 Acclimate https://www.emmpress.com/acclimate/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=acclimate Sun, 26 Apr 2026 17:29:46 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=17727 A Term of Endearment post with whiffs of ritual and how to help multi-dimensionally on difficult days. My mom is moving. Moved. The last few days consisted of…

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]]> The digital dance of brand migration https://www.emmpress.com/the-digital-dance-of-brand-migration/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-digital-dance-of-brand-migration Wed, 22 Apr 2026 17:41:42 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=17741 I know how overwhelming it can be to switch a business name, finances, website hosting, 301 redirects, domain names, audiences, branding collateral, social channels, and not lose sales…

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]]> Short & Sweet https://www.emmpress.com/short-sweet/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=short-sweet Wed, 22 Apr 2026 11:39:48 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=17667 At my first New York gallery show, an Ukranian artist named Bokov drew caricatures of those present. Mine was a young girl with a big head, tiny neck,…

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]]> Name-work, paper-work, and identity reboots for language-minded ladies https://www.emmpress.com/name-work-paper-work-and-self-understanding/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=name-work-paper-work-and-self-understanding Mon, 20 Apr 2026 17:46:34 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=17533 Today I needed to fill in some paperwork to pick up an official birth certificate for my youngest child and was struck how, as a woman, I’ve needed…

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]]> covering – artist’s statement https://www.emmpress.com/covering-artists-statement/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=covering-artists-statement Thu, 16 Apr 2026 12:47:57 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=17478 I cover nature. Daily drawings are digital finger painting atop photos, including collage-symbols made from other moments in time. These personal symbols are stored as stickers in my…

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]]> Orion’s Party Hat https://www.emmpress.com/orions-party-hat/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=orions-party-hat Sun, 12 Apr 2026 13:38:14 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=17437 There’s not much to say here that hasn’t been said about Artemis program to – and around– the Moon. Watching, thinking, listening, and conversing about this go-round of…

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]]> Breaking Conventions https://www.emmpress.com/breaking-conventions/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=breaking-conventions Fri, 10 Apr 2026 15:55:07 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=17407 Remember when the Democratic party broke with proper convention (and conventions) to nominate Kamala Harris? As a decidedly left-leaning citizen I absolutely wanted Kamala to beat Trump in…

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]]> From post to gatepost: why “engaging” social media strategies don’t always get people to show up https://www.emmpress.com/from-post-to-gatepost/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=from-post-to-gatepost Fri, 10 Apr 2026 14:36:29 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=17321 and what to do about it. Focusing on social media engagement stats can be antithetical to actually helping people show up in real life. Because “engagement-based” social strategies…

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]]> Hope in coping mechanisms https://www.emmpress.com/hope-in-coping-mechanisms/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hope-in-coping-mechanisms Mon, 06 Apr 2026 11:39:52 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=17144 Today is Easter Sunday, and I’m sitting at dining table, laptop nestled among mountains of near-folded clothes, purple and white towels, and underwear. I’m also sneaking in some…

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]]> What happened to the chicken bag? https://www.emmpress.com/what-happened-to-the-chicken-bag/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-happened-to-the-chicken-bag Wed, 01 Apr 2026 13:51:00 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=17129 The types of explanations we received as kids about the mundane questions of life, alters how we develop our capacity for internal reasoning. Becoming educated with diversity of…

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]]> What’s your best marketing plan? https://www.emmpress.com/whats-your-best-marketing-plan/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=whats-your-best-marketing-plan Tue, 31 Mar 2026 23:25:14 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=16993 Answer: the one you will actually do. No one needs to elaborate any more than this, but I will write like wild anyway because I’m a human who…

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]]> Sushi Bake Beliefs https://www.emmpress.com/sushi-bake-beliefs/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sushi-bake-beliefs Sat, 28 Mar 2026 13:57:40 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=16902 On Food Culture, Balls of Beliefs, Paradox, Music, and Menopause Yesterday my daughter found a recipe for a Sushi Bake, and I was immediately skeptical. Who wants to…

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]]> Finding order on the web https://www.emmpress.com/finding-order-on-the-web/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=finding-order-on-the-web Fri, 27 Mar 2026 20:53:52 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=16841 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…

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]]> IF you are going to use AI, do this first… or now https://www.emmpress.com/if-you-are-going-to-use-ai-do-this-first-or-now/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=if-you-are-going-to-use-ai-do-this-first-or-now Sun, 15 Mar 2026 14:42:28 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=16725 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…

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]]> Valuing your values – a mini workshop in a post https://www.emmpress.com/valuing-your-values-a-mini-workshop/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=valuing-your-values-a-mini-workshop Sat, 14 Mar 2026 20:14:00 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=14628 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…

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]]> Flip the bird like an artist https://www.emmpress.com/flipping-the-bird/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=flipping-the-bird Tue, 03 Mar 2026 14:19:25 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=16577 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,…

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]]> When you don’t have words… https://www.emmpress.com/when-you-dont-have-words/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=when-you-dont-have-words Sun, 01 Mar 2026 19:43:30 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=16555 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…

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]]> weaving the www https://www.emmpress.com/weaving-the-www/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=weaving-the-www Mon, 16 Feb 2026 18:31:53 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=16356 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,…

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]]> Focus: Forgiveness https://www.emmpress.com/focus-forgiveness/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=focus-forgiveness Mon, 16 Feb 2026 14:32:16 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=16358 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.…

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]]> non-shop adventures and the underappreciated art of window shopping https://www.emmpress.com/non-shop-adventures-and-the-underappreciated-art-of-window-shopping/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=non-shop-adventures-and-the-underappreciated-art-of-window-shopping Fri, 06 Feb 2026 21:29:27 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=16261 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…

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]]> Writing for focus & fittings https://www.emmpress.com/writing-for-focus-fittings/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=writing-for-focus-fittings Sun, 01 Feb 2026 13:01:37 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=16228 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…

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]]> Release the Patriarchy https://www.emmpress.com/release-the-patriarchy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=release-the-patriarchy Sun, 01 Feb 2026 11:16:58 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=16207 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…

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]]> Jamestown, RI https://www.emmpress.com/jamestown-ri/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=jamestown-ri Sun, 25 Jan 2026 20:30:37 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=15699 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…

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]]> invoking dignity https://www.emmpress.com/invoking-dignity/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=invoking-dignity Sat, 24 Jan 2026 15:45:01 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=15919 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.…

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]]> On making love, not war, and the silent majority https://www.emmpress.com/on-making-love-not-war/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=on-making-love-not-war Fri, 23 Jan 2026 11:29:06 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=15975 When I first heard Double Fantasy at 11, I knew I’d heard something new. A collaboration with two unique voices: one from the West, one from the East.…

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]]> “Came by it honestly” https://www.emmpress.com/came-by-it-honestly/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=came-by-it-honestly Sat, 10 Jan 2026 12:37:13 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=15585 Fiction vs non and protecting people and privacy while writing. My mother in law used this expression a while back and I found it immediately empowering. That’s because…

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]]> when practicality looks like magic: 222 https://www.emmpress.com/when-practicality-looks-like-magic/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=when-practicality-looks-like-magic Fri, 09 Jan 2026 16:36:05 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=15488 “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic” -Arthur C. Clarke Years ago I was contracted to coordinate and improve the digital marketing for an explosively growing outfit.…

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]]> A Visual Peace: Art as Alchemy https://www.emmpress.com/a-visual-peace-art-as-alchemy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-visual-peace-art-as-alchemy Fri, 02 Jan 2026 12:50:09 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=15324 Creative work is alchemy. It is an honest process, that sometimes culminates something that can touch the honest places in other people too. Art, music, poetry, and stories…

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]]> Long a$$ rambling tax ‘tip’ https://www.emmpress.com/long-a-rambling-tax-tip/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=long-a-rambling-tax-tip Tue, 23 Dec 2025 15:07:44 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=15059 Hi Friends, The 2025 tax code allows filers to write off up to 25K in tips as long as their adjusted gross income isn’t above $150,000 ($300,000 if…

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]]> Why try bird’s eye? https://www.emmpress.com/why-try-birds-eye/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why-try-birds-eye Fri, 19 Dec 2025 17:47:00 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=14951 On the art & science of mapping, and our physical positioning in relationship to the places we depict. Maps may have come about, in part, to verify that…

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]]> practice makes a practice https://www.emmpress.com/practice-makes-a-practice/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=practice-makes-a-practice Tue, 16 Dec 2025 16:37:28 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=14887 Doing things and making things makes me feel alive. So to practice feeling alive, I need to be in motion, or at least making something for the sake…

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]]> Living Legacy™ and loving turns of phrase https://www.emmpress.com/living-legacy-and-loving-turns-of-phrase/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=living-legacy-and-loving-turns-of-phrase Sun, 14 Dec 2025 13:05:06 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=14859 I love turns of phrase, especially those that are, by their nature, contradictory. Living Legacy is one like this. Legacy, by definition, has to do with what you…

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]]> Audience https://www.emmpress.com/audience/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=audience Sat, 13 Dec 2025 13:22:27 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=14845 A term of endearment post. If you can feel positioning and motion inherent in words, then you may also experience how your point of view can flip with…

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