Shana Ritter
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
Feb 25, 20161 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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Shana Ritter
Jan 25, 20162 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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Shana Ritter
Sep 10, 20152 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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Shana Ritter
Aug 28, 20152 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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Shana Ritter
Jul 23, 20151 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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Shana Ritter
Jul 13, 20151 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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Shana Ritter
Jul 6, 20151 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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Shana Ritter
Jun 25, 20152 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. Â I discovered why it was was...
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Shana Ritter
Jun 4, 20152 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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Shana Ritter
May 29, 20151 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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Shana Ritter
May 9, 20152 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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Shana Ritter
May 3, 20153 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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Shana Ritter
Apr 23, 20152 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, 20152 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, 20151 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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Shana Ritter
Mar 26, 20152 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, 20152 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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Shana Ritter
Mar 11, 20151 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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