What is Rooted in Racine? Rooted in Racine is a 6-month series that focuses on local happenings, events, and activities in the Racine County area. Emma Rose Widmar is the 21st ArtRoot Writer-in-Residence and will focus exclusively on two topics: disability awareness and community happenings. Rooted in Racine can serve as an accessible guide for…
Category: Life
OBSERVATIONS #16 – 11.23.24
Call – Color Feel, Theme of the MonthResponse – My SpaceBy – Mimi Peterson My Space The sunlight is loud, It’s noise breaks the silence, Like a comforting blanket, Surrounds me, you, us, With both narrow and broad streams of brilliant sounds, Soon turn into murmurous shadows, At once dark and transparent, Casting familiar silhouettes,…
OBSERVATION #11-10.26.24
Call – Don’t Dis Me, Theme of the Month Response – Musings on Nobody’s Perfect, Anecdotes by M By – Mimi Peterson My Musings on Nobody’s Perfect with Anecdotes by B, C, J, L, M,Like butterflies, words escaped the cocoon of the story teller’s memory,Like fairy tales, transformed and captured under my pen. mp Meet…
OBSERVATIONS #10 – 10.19.24
Call – Don’t Dis Me, Theme of the Month Response – Musings on Nobody’s Perfect, Anecdotes by – Mimi Peterson About the Arts and Humanities Happy National Arts and Humanities month! The White House issued its yearly proclaim that states: “The arts and humanities bring people together and show us that we have more in…
OBSERVATIONAL INTERLUDE
Call – 10.5.24 Response – Flubbing Around By – Mimi Peterson Flubbing AroundIt is always a challenge,To find where to begin,What to say and do.Although the list starts short,Words form in quick succession.Each a cue of what follows,Too many additions block lively ambition,On the list of things to do.As perceived by the Do-ers, Waves of…
OBSERVATIONS #8 – 9.21.24
Call – Don’t Dis Me, Theme of the Month Response – Musings on Nobody’s Perfect by – Mimi Peterson About Me Alone, only the distant street sounds penetrate my thoughts, Only the skylight’s my mood, Only coffee, cooling in my favorite mug, Waits within reach. I sit at the old family table of notorious memories,…
Gods Mercy
I may not understand you in your totality but I feel your energy as if you are a part of me I know you are a part of me Because my deepest desires and deepest fears that I do not dare to speak out of my mouth but in the secret chambers of my heart,…
A few beautiful reminders
You’ll come into many truths throughout your life Constantly changing your mind Shedding old skin and old beliefs Endings and beginnings, beginnings and endings Cycles of sleep and awakenings Nothing is good or bad, that is what makes life a journey and a mystery An experience and adventure Lose yourself, find yourself, reinvent yourself as…
Tea time #1
“Know the unknown, hear the unheard, see the unseen.” -Author unknown An affirmation to stay in alignment with The Divine Holy Spirit Of The Most High God, YAH. When you surrender to the life force that is flowing through you naturally, that is when you can know the unknown, hear the unheard, and see the…
God
The innocent me Seeks divine intelligence To express myself
