Shana Ritter
My 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...
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Shana Ritter
Jul 16, 20212 min
This Summer After
The 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...
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Shana Ritter
May 4, 20212 min
And now it is Spring
The 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...
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Shana Ritter
Jan 23, 20213 min
The exhale
It 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...
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Shana Ritter
Jul 31, 20202 min
Roads Once Taken
I 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...
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Shana Ritter
Jul 22, 20201 min
Mid Summer Still
It 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...
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Shana Ritter
Jun 30, 20202 min
Swimming in the Confluence
It'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...
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Shana Ritter
May 19, 20204 min
The Innocence of February
Just a season ago we stood around with friends at the maple syrup camp boiling sap tapped from the trees surrounding us. It was chilly,...
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Shana Ritter
Apr 28, 20202 min
A spring like no other
We are in the midst of a long beautiful spring in southern Indiana. The trees are mostly past their flowerings, pear and peach, dogwood...
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Shana Ritter
Apr 8, 20202 min
Why 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...
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Shana Ritter
Apr 6, 20201 min
Book Review
So pleased to have this review by writer and artist Sue Swartz. Thanks as well to editor Jennie Cohen. Stay well!
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Shana Ritter
Mar 31, 20202 min
Becoming an Astronaut
I 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...
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Shana Ritter
Feb 21, 20202 min
A 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...
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Shana Ritter
Dec 17, 20192 min
As 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...
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Shana Ritter
Oct 29, 20192 min
Different 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...
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Shana Ritter
Oct 13, 20191 min
In the time of changing seasons
First 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...
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Shana Ritter
Oct 8, 20192 min
Chava'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...
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Shana Ritter
Sep 4, 20172 min
poetry on demand
September 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...
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