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Category: Spirtuality

Best of Mommess

Sushi Bake Beliefs

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…

March 28, 2026March 28, 2026 · 3 min read

Mommess

Focus: Forgiveness

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.…

February 16, 2026February 16, 2026 · 4 min read

ukulele and guitar assemblage for Ron
Creativity

On making love, not war, and the silent majority

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.…

January 23, 2026January 23, 2026 · 2 min read

abstract digital art by Elizabeth Mullen Matteson.
Mommess

practice makes a practice

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…

December 16, 2025December 19, 2025 · 2 min read

Culture

Generational Curse Breaking for an Everyday Lady

Disclaimer: in order to do this, you don’t actually have to be a lady. I am case in point. I’m also not recommending you believe in curses per…

November 24, 2025November 24, 2025 · 4 min read

Mommess

Life is a feeling

One of my teachers said the title of this post with great authority, and it gave me pause. How could life be a feeling, I wondered, isn’t life…

November 10, 2025November 13, 2025 · 5 min read

Original art by EM Matteson
Creativity

Here’s my story (and I’m not sticking to it)

I’ve been in between things for some time now. Like in my career. And it is glorious. I mean, literally glorious. Each day feels like an adventure, my…

October 22, 2025October 23, 2025 · 7 min read

Map_of_Norwich_(c.1300)_by_Woodward. See Wikimedia commons for more
Culture

Anchors Away

There was a time when women undergoing spiritual transformation could take a vow of stability of place, and hole up – practically – in a cell in a…

October 6, 2025October 6, 2025 · 3 min read

Body & Health

Culling, destruction, and birth by menopause

I am experiencing menopause. And also a deep gleaning of my business ventures, clients, relationships, subscriptions, and some obligations too. And, I think these processes go together: bodily…

September 21, 2025September 22, 2025 · 3 min read

photo of trees with lens flare
Poetry

Waving

For the first time in ages, I sat outside and watched the trees. First, I saw trees. Then my eyes opened, and I saw breeze. Boughs bending toward…

August 25, 2025August 26, 2025 · 1 min read

StoryCollage 08072025 by Elizabeth Mullen Matteson @emwe_art
Culture

The Helpers

On building trust and hope in a world we cannot control. Mr. Rogers said, when you are in crisis, look for the helpers. This is a good strategy…

August 8, 2025August 8, 2025 · 7 min read

Culture

low-to-no ownership

With poorly drawn diagram of a cross-section of Earth and Space. Because Western civilization and most economic systems seem to be centered around “mine” vs. “yours,” there is…

July 19, 2025July 19, 2025 · 4 min read

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