Writing

Shana Ritter

Sep 4, 20172 min read

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, 20172 min read

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, 20171 min read

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, 20171 min read

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, 20171 min read

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, 20172 min read

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, 20171 min read

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, 20171 min read

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, 20171 min read

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, 20172 min read

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, 20171 min read

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, 20171 min read

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, 20171 min read

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, 20161 min read

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, 20161 min read

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, 20162 min read

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, 20162 min read

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, 20161 min read

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, 20161 min read

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, 20161 min read

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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