Shana RitterDec 31, 20215 minMy Visionary Fall ON THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON There are many stories. One of actions, one of affects, and one of effects. Another of could have, should...
Shana RitterJul 16, 20212 minThis Summer AfterThe pond changes with the time of day, the caste of sky and of course the seasons. Even then it’s as if it had its own source of light...
Shana RitterMay 4, 20212 minAnd now it is SpringThe green has gone from tender to brilliant, so many shades of it I could not begin to name them. But the trees, the may apples, the...
Shana RitterJan 23, 20213 minThe exhaleIt feels as if the new year has just begun. The last three days sun has graced the days, and clear skies the nights. Cold and bright...
Shana RitterJul 31, 20202 minRoads Once TakenI am drawn to curving roads that appear to have no clear beginning or end but rest in the landscape they travel through. Years ago we...
Shana RitterJul 22, 20201 minMid Summer StillIt is mid-summer and already the ground is scattered with leaves. Each time I walk the path around the pond I count more of them. At...
Shana RitterJun 30, 20202 minSwimming in the ConfluenceIt's been over a month since I last posted. Like everyone I know I am factoring time in a different way. It's like the formula for...
Shana RitterMay 19, 20204 minThe Innocence of FebruaryJust a season ago we stood around with friends at the maple syrup camp boiling sap tapped from the trees surrounding us. It was chilly,...
Shana RitterApr 28, 20202 minA spring like no otherWe are in the midst of a long beautiful spring in southern Indiana. The trees are mostly past their flowerings, pear and peach, dogwood...
Shana RitterApr 8, 20202 minWhy is this day different?There will be no gathering at the Seder table this year though the daffodils are past their bloom and the peonies are rising out of the...
Shana RitterApr 6, 20201 minBook Review So pleased to have this review by writer and artist Sue Swartz. Thanks as well to editor Jennie Cohen. Stay well!
Shana RitterMar 31, 20202 minBecoming an AstronautI woke up this morning and realized I am an astronaut. I was sent to this new world with a young four legged creature and a male human...
Shana RitterFeb 21, 20202 minA new poem I used to trust in the rule of law Staying on your side of the two lane road when a car is coming at you assuring you both the room to...
Shana RitterDec 17, 20192 minAs winter begins…I have to confess that I love the long, lingering dusks of early winter. The way the lengthening darkness makes the short spurts of...
Shana RitterOct 29, 20192 minDifferent Roads “We all make our ways the best we can through the world. Each of us is given a different road to travel." Chava, In the Time of...
Shana RitterOct 13, 20191 minIn the time of changing seasonsFirst fall morning frost and the water rises off the pond changing into air. Even though the trees are still mostly green there is a glow...
Shana RitterOct 8, 20192 minChava's Remembrance - a passage from In the Time of Leaving- I was twelve the first time I fasted for Yom Kippur. It was the thirst I most remember. The way...
Shana RitterSep 4, 20172 minpoetry on demandSeptember brings a new beginning, the start of a new year, my own birthday near to the high holidays, days when the gates swing open, and...