Archive - Rootsie

Getting by with a little help from my friends

Life feels really weird right now, but also really normal, which is part of why it feels really weird.

Jun 6 •

Rita Ott Ramstad

May 2025

April 2025

Finally, in a real way, warts and all

Seeing what it really looks like to make space for creative work while in the midst of grief and injury

Apr 10 •

Rita Ott Ramstad

March 2025

A pep talk of sorts for those of us who are fresh out of pep

Mar 10 •

Rita Ott Ramstad

February 2025

Hazy shade of winter snow day

A missive from the fourth week of the regime

Feb 13 •

Rita Ott Ramstad

Staying human in the WinCo express line

What do you do about the older white guy with 19 items in the express line on a cold winter night during a coup?

Feb 6 •

Rita Ott Ramstad

January 2025

I'm not here to comfort or inspire

I'm here to just be in it with you

Jan 22 •

Rita Ott Ramstad

Running on ice with knives

Learning how to live when it's the end of the world as we've known it

Jan 15 •

Rita Ott Ramstad

A different kind of new year's post

Jan 8 •

Rita Ott Ramstad

December 2024

Getting small to go big

How my small life (and heart) has expanded in ways I didn’t think were possible

Dec 13, 2024 •

Rita Ott Ramstad

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