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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
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Rita Ott Ramstad
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May 2025
Maybe read it as if it were a poem
When you practice "this is about/this is really about" on the day of a school shooting
May 23
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Rita Ott Ramstad
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What kind of abundance do you want?
A small creative life won't bring you fame or fortune, but there are plenty of other things to be had from not going big
May 8
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Rita Ott Ramstad
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No such thing as bad weather?
I want to thrive not as an act of resistance, but simply because I am 60 years old, and I don’t want to give away what’s left of my life waiting for…
May 2
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Rita Ott Ramstad
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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
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Rita Ott Ramstad
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March 2025
Good grief
A pep talk of sorts for those of us who are fresh out of pep
Mar 10
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Rita Ott Ramstad
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February 2025
Hazy shade of winter snow day
A missive from the fourth week of the regime
Feb 13
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Rita Ott Ramstad
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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
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Rita Ott Ramstad
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January 2025
I'm not here to comfort or inspire
I'm here to just be in it with you
Jan 22
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Rita Ott Ramstad
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Running on ice with knives
Learning how to live when it's the end of the world as we've known it
Jan 15
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Rita Ott Ramstad
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Before/After
A different kind of new year's post
Jan 8
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Rita Ott Ramstad
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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
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Rita Ott Ramstad
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