My mom has always been an awesome writer. She went back to school when I was 10. Her professors fawned over her writing which raised money, started
Black Hat Bots & Mad Gratitude
I have 15 minutes to write this. Black Hat Part Some hack-bot came through this website and inserted viagra ads into some of my paragraphs. It's not
Doing it ‘nice and rough’ – Tina Turner is my kind of Buddha
I have fifteen minutes to write this. I know Buddhsim works for me, and I want to practice every day. I've tried apps, books, meditation retreats
Ode to my mom’s memory
"I'm living two timelines moving in different directions." I sat up in bed and said that to my husband last night. I've been plagued by night
Being a creative – how does art come through?
I wrote something the other day, and it was pretty honest and it was good. So I read it over and over again. I remember when I was an art student.
Mothers make matter
Becoming a mother has been a ride. I’ve learned to live with less sleep, half-baked plans that fall apart the other half of the time, and constant
Easter twisted tulip
I do so many 'busy' things in this life, but my true self is always tripping the eternal where I mostly just observe in wonder and get surprised by
Rita Keintz Mullen
My stepmother Rita passed away yesterday. She had her sister by her side during a peaceful transition. Her health had declined rapidly after my Dad
Stretched Thin – Christmas Wishes
“I’m stretched too thin !” I’m pretty sure I’ve been saying this to anyone who would listen, including playing this complaint on internal
delaborate
Odin: so I was working on my narrative at school, and it was long, so I decided to delaborate on the spaghetti. . #Odinisms #ProudMom
make all the same mistakes I did
There's been so much discontent between us, eldest kid. Maybe this is from me trying to shield you from mistakes, preventing you from falling on your
Beyond Belief
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
How to take a mental health day
skip to steps Today my 8 year old son and I took a mental health day. This was at my suggestion after he'd run into a frustration-styled brick wall.
What I know (a letter of witchy wisdom to my kid)
So, you don't seem to be interested in what I have to say. And that's natural. And that is you becoming you, so it's fine. But your mom was born a
The low road
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
Sacrifice
The US Constitution says I don’t have to sacrifice my life in any way to anyone who cannot live without my contribution. No one does. No person
Odin’s Bones
Hi Dad, It’s funny, I was out for a walk and thinking about Odin’s leg. How the one that was broken is longer than the one that didn’t get
Arriving by Writing
On occasion (okay, daily), I try to find meaning online. That is, I know there is something I seek, but am unclear as to what it is. So I scroll, and
Don’t cancel cancel culture
Why? Because cancel culture is the most humane, lenient way to deal with people who break the rules, and I'm all for leniency, as long as it's
Radicalized, Right?!
I'm so tired of liberals being branded "the radical left” whenever mentioned in GOP-friendly media. Afterall, I'm a friggin' middle class,
A poem on what it feels like
... to be only a small part of a needed solution (and I want to be bigger) Speaking, sparkling, skinny-ingThat small person with a big
Exhale and Prepare
I am taking a deep exhale today. My president honored the 400K dead at a memorial last night. He cared. He will be sworn in in a few
Breaking the natural and mythic laws of life: a primer
and a powerful path forward for good grownups Yesterday, January 6, 2021, American law was flouted when people broke into the
On the morning after the Georgia runoff, for Stacey Abrams
A little contextual note. I wrote this in delight and wonder at Stacey Abrams who had moved mountains in Georgia. On the morning of January 6, 2021,
Take a break, cause you are broken
I've noticed, ever since I've been responsible for humans other than myself, that I get sick every time I have the time to get sick. A day off
Smartphone shrine
The minute I took my meditation links and apps and organized them into a.Folder is the moment I knew I killedthem soI stopped.I letThe clutter
Nature of the beach
Like the wavesWishes, and dreams, and focus fanciesAre coming toward relentlesslyOne after anotherIt is the nature of the beachThe question is not
When I was before now
When I was before nowI would hear the universe gong me into new thingsor clang me for missteps This is what you wantThat is what you should
Mantis
I moved a dead praying mantis offthe bike path to give it a properburial I felt this was important It didn't -EMM
Yup, Q, It’s True
When the Alt-right and Q followers obsess on pedophilia, its because in a very real way, it is true. The child-like minds of many Trumpians are being
Death Panels: brought to you by the GOP
Doesn’t a stranger deciding you can’t get what you need to live amount to a death panel? I've heard it said the fears you obsess about are the
Flying Beagle
Every election a bunch of intellectuals and statisticians get famous for predicting an election correctly. They have reasoned arguments, loads of data
Media Marks: that would be you and me
Last night was dueling town halls between two networks and two candidates. I did not watch. Partially, because I can't stand one candidate, he