Rootsie
Rita Ott RamstadDispatches from a small, creative life
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The last Pap smear
“You know, we now recommend Paps only every five years,” the doctor says. She is firmly in middle-age, some grey hair mixed with mostly darker. Her eyes are warm. She is younger than me.
“And we don’t give them after 65. So that means this...
Getting into the garden
Some people who put puzzles together like to put all of the pieces out on a table. I like to leave them in the box, where I can comb through them. I’ll choose a part of the image to focus on—the warm cozy den in the trunk of a tree surround...
Down the rabbit hole
Today’s essay is a continuation of Part I:
The article my husband sent me about women with AuDHD was the entrance to a rabbit hole. After reading the first essay, I began clicking on links to others. When I got to, “You’re Not Half...
Into the rabbit hole
Illustration by John Tenniel, via Project Gutenberg
I love puzzles.
I buy nice ones, because I don’t like the feel of thin, flimsy pieces. I’ll do the ones with a shiny finish, but I prefer a matte image on thick, sturdy pieces of cardbo...
Still life with betrayal
“Still Life with Fruit, Fish, and a Nest” by Abraham Mignon, National Gallery of Art
On December 30th of 2024, I learned that my husband had secrets.
Did you ever get the wind knocked out of you as a kid? Maybe fell off the monkey bars at...
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Award-winning writer. Retired literacy specialist and K-12 librarian. Mom to young adults and daughter to old ones. Asking good questions is my super-power. Budding sewist, baker, gardener, figure skater, and memoirist.
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