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Creativity

Dream On Drum Kit: What’s Your Rhythm?

Ever feel like you need a new timing or approach? One that hasn’t  been done quite yet? So, the other night I have this dream that I’m back…

June 17, 2025June 18, 2025 · 2 min read

Humor

Is AI, or my butt, running my mobile phone?

Ever call someone you didn’t intend to by “butt dial?” I keep my phone in my pocket, and given how tight my jeans have become, watching the operations…

June 12, 2025June 12, 2025 · 2 min read

Mommess

Hey Ram

Today in the woods, I saw Ram Dass1. Well not really. And yet, in another way, precisely. The older man had just a little grey hair and sparkly…

June 11, 2025June 18, 2025 · 2 min read

Creativity

Validation & Credentialing ~ Terms of Endearment for oddly-credentialed kin

I’ve been pondering the value of credentialing and validation for someone to get recognized for mastery in action, but have personally not chased either; preferring instead to practice…

June 10, 2025June 10, 2025 · 4 min read

Mommess

Confidence in Community

After working on dozens of special events like gala balls, weddings, music festivals, high-brow fundraisers, and kids’ field days, I’ve come to learn that special events need a…

June 9, 2025June 9, 2025 · 2 min read

Creativity

Lady of a non-specific location

Our most aligned vantage point exists in our own inner space. But if you also see yourself in part through others’ eyes things can get complicated. I think…

June 9, 2025June 9, 2025 · 7 min read

Mommess

The Next Generation

Today, I did something out of character. I showed up to volunteer for a PTO thing at my kids’ former elementary school. For the record, my kids do…

June 7, 2025June 7, 2025 · 2 min read

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Culture

Service Breakdown

Here’s a little “waitress confidential” for you. Yes, that kind of service. I’ve always felt that restaurants raise the finest in service-minded, quick-thinking individuals  in an environment not…

June 6, 2025June 6, 2025 · 3 min read

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Creativity

Nunsense

When I was 16, a defecting nun came to stay with us. She was young and full of verve and vigor. She had been running the church-y teenager…

May 31, 2025May 31, 2025 · 4 min read

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Mommess

The book in me

I think we all have a book in us. One that includes deep themes and our ancestral family mind. Includes thoughts we can access via time to intermingle…

May 28, 2025May 28, 2025 · 3 min read

Coaching

making one’s own language

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…

May 25, 2025May 26, 2025 · 5 min read

Mommess

Relatable-ish: Mourning & Anticipation

I’ve been struggling to relate to the folks in my daily life, because I’ve stopped trying to “fit” into a role that I thought was easily understood in…

May 22, 2025May 23, 2025 · 5 min read

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