Shana Ritter
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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Shana Ritter
- Aug 8, 2017
- 2 min
Loss and Light
Tomorrow is my oldest brother’s birthday. It will be the first he is not here to celebrate with us. He died in May, sinking under the...
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Shana Ritter
- Jul 31, 2017
- 1 min
Bounty
The waft of ripe peaches fills me as soon as I step onto the screened in porch. Yesterday’s haul is piled on the old formica table...
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Shana Ritter
- Jul 24, 2017
- 1 min
It’s all about home
The winter and spring were awash with travel, small trips and large adventures. This summer is about home. About taking the experiences,...
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Shana Ritter
- Apr 4, 2017
- 1 min
Time Change
I’ve been back home for just about as long as I was gone but time’s measure is distinct even though the length of it is close to the...
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Shana Ritter
- Mar 17, 2017
- 2 min
The view from home
We have been home for three days, the time feels both longer and shorter. One thing for sure, it doesn’t feel like I was never gone. It’s...
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Shana Ritter
- Mar 13, 2017
- 1 min
Last Days
Waking to a beautiful clear day,the coming autumn on the wind from the sea, here in Montevideo, Uruguay. It is our last night, we’ll go...
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Shana Ritter
- Mar 8, 2017
- 1 min
At the end of the world
Ushuaia Argentina Tierra de Fuego “final del mundo” This is what the signs and souvenirs say; the end of the world, but what if it is the...
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Shana Ritter
- Feb 28, 2017
- 1 min
When you are away…
I just learned my good friend died. I am saddened and sorry. The distance of thousands of miles leaves no route to offer any comfort to...
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Shana Ritter
- Feb 28, 2017
- 2 min
Traveling; Los Lagos, Chile
One of the small pleasures of travel is the rainy day that makes you stop. We are holed up in a nice hotel in Puerto Montt for the day....
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Shana Ritter
- Feb 23, 2017
- 1 min
Over the Andes
Valparaiso is steep hills and huge port. It feels like a clouded mirror image of San Francisco; grittier and more lively, smaller,...
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Shana Ritter
- Feb 20, 2017
- 1 min
Mendoza; food, wine and ….
This morning visited a family owned winery with the youngest brother as our very congenial guide. Their vineyards are bordered with olive...
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Shana Ritter
- Feb 17, 2017
- 1 min
The night before
Getting ready to leave. Tonight I am moving through the to do list, tomorrow we’ll be driving to the airport, changing planes until by...
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Shana Ritter
- Oct 18, 2016
- 1 min
hiatus
As you may have noticed weeks have slipped by since I last wrote my blog. I decided, without at first realizing my decision, to take a...
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Shana Ritter
- Sep 13, 2016
- 1 min
Hinting towards fall
On Saturday the first falling leaves spiraled down on a light breeze. My grandsons ran across the back yard trying to catch the yellow...
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Shana Ritter
- Aug 23, 2016
- 2 min
Farewell Summer
This past week there were days of heat interspersed with rain. Then just the other morning, clear and lovely the cicadas in full chorus,...
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Shana Ritter
- Aug 9, 2016
- 2 min
Alzheimer’s
Friends kindly ask how my brother is; Alzheimer’s a mean disease I answer. It’s a thief. The conversation often stops there. No one...
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Shana Ritter
- Jul 6, 2016
- 1 min
Changing Sights
The twilight lasts for hours, the slow fading light from east to west, the stars hazy at first get clearer, sharper in the dark, the...
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Shana Ritter
- Jul 6, 2016
- 1 min
Changing Sights
The twilight lasts for hours, the slow fading light from east to west, the stars hazy at first get clearer, sharper in the dark, the...
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Shana Ritter
- Jun 30, 2016
- 1 min
Still Thinking about Orlando
Driving up the road to the Smithville farmers market, I wasn’t paying much attention to NPR morning edition until I heard that people in...
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