Archive - Rootsie

The last Pap smear

There's a last time for everything. Whoa.

May 19 • Rita Ott Ramstad

Getting into the garden

Part 3 of 3 in an exploration of neurodiversity, trauma, and systemic harm

May 7 • Rita Ott Ramstad

April 2026

Down the rabbit hole

Apr 15 • Rita Ott Ramstad

March 2026

Into the rabbit hole

The first of two parts. Or maybe three. Or maybe infinity.

Mar 27 • Rita Ott Ramstad

February 2026

Still life with betrayal

Because we're all living through betrayal trauma right now

Feb 26 • Rita Ott Ramstad

November 2025

A life more analog

Is a pile of old journals worth anything that matters? Yeah, it is.

Nov 7, 2025 • Rita Ott Ramstad

October 2025

Love, grief, and tears

On showing care in whatever ways we can

Oct 20, 2025 • Rita Ott Ramstad

What if you aren't any good at it?

In praise of doing it anyway (and of inflatable frogs & unicorns)

Oct 17, 2025 • Rita Ott Ramstad

September 2025

Of fury, Furies, and force

Sep 30, 2025 • Rita Ott Ramstad

When the right plant in the right place isn't

(Not really about plants. But you knew that.)

Sep 22, 2025 • Rita Ott Ramstad

August 2025

Letting the salty flood wash over me

And finding a way to a better kind of hard

Aug 6, 2025 • Rita Ott Ramstad

June 2025

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, 2025 • Rita Ott Ramstad