language Archives — EMMpress words and images for mindful humans Thu, 30 Jul 2026 12:28:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://www.emmpress.com/wp-content/uploads/cropped-Screenshot-2026-03-10-at-12.16.43-PM-32x32.png language Archives — EMMpress 32 32 Disambiguation https://www.emmpress.com/disambiguation/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=disambiguation Thu, 30 Jul 2026 11:56:03 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=18975 How a bold brain chat changed my ability to understand what people are talking about. About two years back, my left and right brain hemispheres had a bit…

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]]> Declaration of Independence https://www.emmpress.com/declaration-of-independence/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=declaration-of-independence Sat, 04 Jul 2026 13:29:07 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=18762 How a powerful document did what it was supposed to do. There are dozens of declarations that we could look at more closely, but today, I’d love discuss…

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]]> Taking time… https://www.emmpress.com/taking-time/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=taking-time Tue, 09 Jun 2026 10:35:34 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=18269 On “taking time for oneself,” rest, idiomatic expressions, etymology, and art from this week. I occasionally steal time to do things like watch movies, walk in nature, write…

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]]> Perspicacious: a term of endearment https://www.emmpress.com/perspicacious-a-term-of-endearment/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=perspicacious-a-term-of-endearment Fri, 28 Nov 2025 18:19:05 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=14585 I heard this word for perhaps the first time in a podcast, and fell in love. The word delighted me because it condensed into one word what I’d…

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]]> What do you call utopia? https://www.emmpress.com/what-do-you-call-utopia/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-do-you-call-utopia Sun, 09 Nov 2025 14:32:59 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=14520 With Sunday Morning Hope by David Byrne and Patti Smith I don’t care for the word utopia. I feel it’s been so overused for so long that my…

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]]> Admitting Conflation https://www.emmpress.com/admitting-conflation/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=admitting-conflation Sun, 28 Sep 2025 11:54:54 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=14085 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…

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]]> making one’s own language https://www.emmpress.com/im-making-my-own-language/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=im-making-my-own-language Sun, 25 May 2025 10:51:04 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=12701 Correspondence, energy, and how to gain self-awareness through making your language, your way. Actually, I’m working on more of symbol set, but that’s semantics for you. This SymbolWorkTM…

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]]> Terms of Endearment – Article https://www.emmpress.com/term-of-endearment-article/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=term-of-endearment-article Mon, 10 Feb 2025 18:16:42 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=10221 Article = Art + Miracle I’ve been at a loss how to brand myself as a maker of digital stuffs, so I’m not going to do it.1 And…

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]]> Terms of Endearment – Acceptance https://www.emmpress.com/terms-of-endearment-acceptance/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=terms-of-endearment-acceptance Fri, 31 Jan 2025 21:20:00 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=9981 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…

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