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Next Steps in the Writing Room
I have begun walking every morning again. Â Weather and schedule decide the route, but the commitment is to walk each day. Â And as often...

Shana Ritter
Feb 6, 20142 min read
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The Monarchs
The migration of the monarchs is something I learned about in college – not from a science class- but in a poetry workshop where a young...

Shana Ritter
Jan 30, 20141 min read
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SPACE
Last year at this time I left my position at the university where I had been for over a decade. I loved my work (equity issues in...

Shana Ritter
Jan 16, 20142 min read
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Another Way to Look at Snow Days
Another Way to Look at Snow Days. #Writing

Shana Ritter
Jan 10, 20141 min read
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Time Honored
Time Honored Yesterday I spent the day with a friend. Not a carved out hour for lunch, or a coffee between meetings, but a whole day....

Shana Ritter
Nov 21, 20131 min read
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the wonder of memory
the wonder of memory. #Writing

Shana Ritter
Nov 14, 20131 min read
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Yes, I am going to write something about Trayvon Martin.
If we change the heart of the story, can we change the ending? Writers explore the context of the world we inhabit. Some of us with poem...

Shana Ritter
Jul 17, 20132 min read
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Every time a woman picks up a pen, I feel stronger.
A long time ago, before the age of the internet, I belonged to a group of writers that met weekly for over ten years. We met in the...

Shana Ritter
Jul 10, 20132 min read
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The where of it….
I do pay attention; the changing color of the leaves, which happens all through the year from their tender openings in spring through the...

Shana Ritter
Jul 2, 20131 min read
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Equality or Equity
I’ve been listening to a number of interviews with writers lately and am reminded that writing serves as a reflection not only of my own...

Shana Ritter
Jun 26, 20132 min read
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