Body & Health
A Prompt for Nature Knowledge
Some days I walk through the woods and wonder “what is nature telling me today?” The answers are always simple. Nature tells me that old needles fall off,…
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Creativity
Terms of Endearment – Acceptance
This is a Terms of Endearment (TOE) post. These are words that keep coming up that I find myself re-defining for my own relief, amusement, and insight. Acceptance…
Coaching
What are your Grace Goals today?
It’s Sunday morning in America1 and the texts from family & friends are coming in. “How can we get through?”“I’m freaking out inside.”“It’s like the last day before…
Body & Health
7 | 8 Reflections
alphabets, art, hospitality, & coverings Dear Lisa,This morning I woke up naturally, later than usual and in a warm and dark and quiet place, with a beautifully comfortable…
Best of Mommess
Artist’s Confidential
AKA pulling apart a piece of art, with some web-weaving via inappropriate footnoting. This entire piece is about a rapidly made Instagram reel (with high hopes of it…
Creativity
Titles First (and foremost?)
I saw a delightful and giddily relaxed David Bowie1 in an old video clip saying something so true: artists are more comfortable describing their process than what things…
Family
A Burning Bridge to Now-here
My favorite candle sits on my dining room table. It’s inside opaque black glass and sits on its own wooden cover like a little pedestal. I refer to…
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…
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…
Best of Mommess
Seeing: a creative’s guide to the senses
philosophical practices in nature -|- the art of trusting your senses The idea to put together this series came this morning in the woods. Most days, I walk…
Body & Health
Sock Drawer Philosophy
When I moved in with my husband I had a funny insight about styles of life. I was loading balled up socks into the bottom drawer of my…
For My Kids
When libraries love you back
I have always loved libraries. Actually, take that back. I used to be afraid of libraries, but now I love them. Growing up on a small island, I…