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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...

Shana Ritter
Sep 4, 20172 min read
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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...

Shana Ritter
Apr 4, 20171 min read
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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...

Shana Ritter
Sep 13, 20161 min read
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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...

Shana Ritter
Jun 30, 20162 min read
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A Strange Intimacy
I am lying on the table in the upstairs surgical suite after hours. My eye is taped open, my other eye covered. I am staring into a...

Shana Ritter
Feb 5, 20162 min read
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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...

Shana Ritter
Jan 25, 20162 min read
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The darkening
The pond hasn’t iced yet though the morning sparkles with cold it’s not enough for frost. We still haven’t shifted away the last of the...

Shana Ritter
Oct 29, 20151 min read
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Walls made of wordsÂ
In a couple of days I leave for the west coast. I’ll have time to visit with long time friends before going to a writing workshop with...

Shana Ritter
Oct 14, 20152 min read
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Time, Memory and Alzheimer’s
The day after the full blood super moon eclipse is a Monday. It is a cloudy somewhat dreary morning in early autumn. Everything looks dry...

Shana Ritter
Sep 28, 20151 min read
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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...

Shana Ritter
Sep 10, 20152 min read
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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...

Shana Ritter
Aug 28, 20152 min read
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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...

Shana Ritter
Jul 23, 20151 min read
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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,...

Shana Ritter
Jul 13, 20151 min read
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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...

Shana Ritter
Jul 6, 20151 min read
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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...

Shana Ritter
Jun 25, 20152 min read
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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...

Shana Ritter
Jun 4, 20152 min read
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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...

Shana Ritter
May 29, 20151 min read
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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...

Shana Ritter
May 9, 20152 min read
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A habit of words
A habit of words. #napowrimo #poetry #Writing

Shana Ritter
Apr 23, 20151 min read
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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...

Shana Ritter
Apr 23, 20152 min read
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