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toney atone: my family goals

E Mullen Matteson — Sat, 28 Oct 2023 12:18:38 +0000

There are a few things I’ve been saying to my family, hoping they’ll see things I see as problems and make “us” feel better. No one has wanted…

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Survival is a fast car

E Mullen Matteson — Fri, 07 Jul 2023 19:17:21 +0000

On a recent talk the speaker asked her audience how many were “in survival mode.” One quarter of the hands went up.* I found this revelatory, not because…

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Beyond Belief

E Mullen Matteson — Fri, 18 Mar 2022 18:06:32 +0000

I don’t go to church, my kids don’t either. The other day I realized that even though I don’t engage with organized religion anymore, that there are many…

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The low road

E Mullen Matteson — Sat, 09 Oct 2021 21:11:01 +0000

Walking with my son in the “fairy woods,” we came to an intersection in the trail we’d come to many times before. “Which way should we go?” he…

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to women who’ve made themselves a holy mess of wonderfulness

E Mullen Matteson — Thu, 23 Jan 2020 18:55:00 +0000

This is a shout out to all women, like me, who have experienced trauma and made themselves a holy mess of wonderfulness. This is a shout out to…

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The worm

E Mullen Matteson — Fri, 18 Oct 2019 15:43:09 +0000

Do you remember that story* about the two dimensional world, and what happens when a sphere goes through it? First the sphere looks like a dot, then like…

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They made their bed, let ’em lie in it

E Mullen Matteson — Wed, 19 Jul 2017 23:45:30 +0000

This is one of those posts I didn’t want to write. But this refrain keeps going through my head, so this is as good a way as any…

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Quantum Audience

E Mullen Matteson — Wed, 12 Jul 2017 14:01:49 +0000

In quantum physics theory, the intention of the experimenter can determine an experiment’s outcome. In this tiny world of stuff, scientists have an understanding that intention itself —and…

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A message to my son on Mother’s Day

E Mullen Matteson — Fri, 12 May 2017 13:51:04 +0000

Hi O! You are four now, and not one for lengthy or deep conversations, but there are so many things I want to say to you, so I’ll…

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Red Face to Chance Grace

E Mullen Matteson — Wed, 01 Feb 2017 19:47:09 +0000

For the first time, I have experienced a random Trump supporter asking me how she could ameliorate election-based stress in her family. This came within a heartfelt 2-sided…

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Self Care Salvation

E Mullen Matteson — Tue, 17 Jan 2017 19:22:13 +0000

[first posted on Nov 10, 2016] I have been feeling shocked. But I will not stay there. When you are in shock, for real, you need stuff to…

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Intervention

E Mullen Matteson — Mon, 12 Dec 2016 18:00:16 +0000

During a rough patch in my life, I had a life-changing experience that I was the last person in the world to get “It.” “It” was an understanding…

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watching water drops turn to birds

E Mullen Matteson — Tue, 28 Jul 2015 19:00:04 +0000

So, I’ve been missing poetry in my life, or more like, missing the poetry of life. I used to get my fill by watching period pieces (think Jane…

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The beach rocks

E Mullen Matteson — Sat, 28 Mar 2015 12:11:58 +0000

One of the happiest times of my week is walking the beach with eyes sweeping the sand and rocks. Eight minutes away is a place where my dogs…

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Walking between the worlds

E Mullen Matteson — Fri, 20 Mar 2015 17:45:51 +0000

If you are a woman who has faced depression or even discontent, perhaps you know what it means to walk between two worlds. One world is the literal,…

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