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    Changing Sights
    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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    What I learned about being still
    Shana Ritter
    • Feb 25, 2016
    • 1 min

    What I learned about being still

    It is not lying around It is not maintaining one position It is not counting breaths although counting breaths helps to get to a certain...
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    Walking Labyrinths
    Shana Ritter
    • Jan 25, 2016
    • 2 min

    Walking Labyrinths

    This is my first post of 2016. After almost of a month of no entries I wasn’t sure if I would come back to blogging, or if I would leave...
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    It’s that time
    Shana Ritter
    • Sep 10, 2015
    • 2 min

    It’s that time

    I am at the point in working on my novel when I’ve generated enough words that I need to put one page after the other, chapter after...
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    looking up
    Shana Ritter
    • Aug 28, 2015
    • 2 min

    looking up

    On the way home from town yesterday in the surprising cool of a late August afternoon I noticed a tinge of yellow on the leaves. It seems...
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    And revery.
    Shana Ritter
    • Jul 23, 2015
    • 1 min

    And revery.

    Last week I spent a perfect summer day with a small group of writer friends gathered for a retreat on my back porch.There was just a bit...
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    A lack of gardening
    Shana Ritter
    • Jul 13, 2015
    • 1 min

    A lack of gardening

    I have let the gardens go wild this year. Back in late April on a day that promised summer  I  weeded the lower part of the garden,...
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    Summer
    Shana Ritter
    • Jul 6, 2015
    • 1 min

    Summer

    July 4 has come and gone and I hardly feel like its summer. Not having kids in school will do that. Coolest, wettest, June I can ever...
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    Why I was writing myself into corners…
    Shana Ritter
    • Jun 25, 2015
    • 2 min

    Why I was writing myself into corners…

    Last week I took a course at the writing festival in Iowa City called Novel in a Week taught by Kelly Dwyer.  I discovered why it was was...
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    Grandson
    Shana Ritter
    • Jun 4, 2015
    • 2 min

    Grandson

    It is my first grandson’s birthday today. From the first he has been a gift, along with my title of Nana. Being a grandparent I am able...
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    Possibilities….
    Shana Ritter
    • May 29, 2015
    • 1 min

    Possibilities….

    I watched an old Star Trek voyager last night; Captain Janeway and Tom got caught in a subspace time fracture. I’ll spare the details but...
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    Mother’s Day
    Shana Ritter
    • May 9, 2015
    • 2 min

    Mother’s Day

    This Mother’s Day I am thinking how grateful I am to my two daughters. From the time they were born they grounded me. They may have...
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    Weeding
    Shana Ritter
    • May 3, 2015
    • 3 min

    Weeding

    I am taking break in the early evening on this beautiful spring day from weeding in my garden to weed through the poems I wrote during...
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    A habit of words
    Shana Ritter
    • Apr 23, 2015
    • 2 min

    A habit of words

    I have written a poem a day for the last twenty-two days. I gave my word to do it and so I did. It is not about inspiration or finding...
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    Shana Ritter
    • Apr 9, 2015
    • 1 min

    Poetry and Community

    Poetry and Community.
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    Poetry and Community
    Shana Ritter
    • Apr 9, 2015
    • 2 min

    Poetry and Community

    It’s poetry month and I am writing a poem a day with a small group of friends. We are posting up to a private shared page where we get to...
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    Shana Ritter
    • Apr 3, 2015
    • 1 min

    Passover

    I will not be hosting Seder tonight or tomorrow, a rarity for me. We will be sharing it with friends at their homes. I’ve always loved...
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    Good Enough
    Shana Ritter
    • Mar 26, 2015
    • 2 min

    Good Enough

    I think it’s the notion of perfection – or near perfection anyway that often holds me back from doing the best I can. I discovered the...
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    Shana Ritter
    • Mar 20, 2015
    • 2 min

    Novel Writing

    It is an exercise in endurance, a willingness to make mistake after mistake. A few weeks ago I wrote that I felt like I was at a dead end...
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    Winter rising in to air…
    Shana Ritter
    • Mar 11, 2015
    • 1 min

    Winter rising in to air…

    Woke to a dense fog this morning. Winter disappearing. There is no snow left on the ground. The freeze on the pond has become mist, all...
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