Shana RitterJul 6, 20161 minChanging SightsThe twilight lasts for hours, the slow fading light from east to west, the stars hazy at first get clearer, sharper in the dark, the...
Shana RitterFeb 25, 20161 minWhat I learned about being stillIt is not lying around It is not maintaining one position It is not counting breaths although counting breaths helps to get to a certain...
Shana RitterJan 25, 20162 minWalking LabyrinthsThis 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...
Shana RitterSep 10, 20152 minIt’s that timeI 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...
Shana RitterAug 28, 20152 minlooking upOn 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...
Shana RitterJul 23, 20151 minAnd 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...
Shana RitterJul 13, 20151 minA lack of gardeningI 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,...
Shana RitterJul 6, 20151 minSummerJuly 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...
Shana RitterJun 25, 20152 minWhy 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...
Shana RitterJun 4, 20152 minGrandsonIt 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...
Shana RitterMay 29, 20151 minPossibilities….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...
Shana RitterMay 9, 20152 minMother’s DayThis 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...
Shana RitterMay 3, 20153 minWeedingI 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...
Shana RitterApr 23, 20152 minA habit of wordsI 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...
Shana RitterApr 9, 20152 minPoetry and CommunityIt’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...
Shana RitterApr 3, 20151 minPassoverI 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...
Shana RitterMar 26, 20152 minGood EnoughI 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...
Shana RitterMar 20, 20152 minNovel WritingIt 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...
Shana RitterMar 11, 20151 minWinter 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...