Shana Ritter
Loss and Light
Tomorrow is my oldest brother’s birthday. It will be the first he is not here to celebrate with us. He died in May, sinking under the...
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Shana Ritter
Jul 31, 20171 min read
Bounty
The waft of ripe peaches fills me as soon as I step onto the screened in porch. Yesterday’s haul is piled on the old formica table...
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Shana Ritter
Jul 24, 20171 min read
It’s all about home
The winter and spring were awash with travel, small trips and large adventures. This summer is about home. About taking the experiences,...
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Shana Ritter
Apr 4, 20171 min read
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...
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Shana Ritter
Mar 17, 20172 min read
The view from home
We have been home for three days, the time feels both longer and shorter. One thing for sure, it doesn’t feel like I was never gone. It’s...
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Shana Ritter
Mar 13, 20171 min read
Last Days
Waking to a beautiful clear day,the coming autumn on the wind from the sea, here in Montevideo, Uruguay. It is our last night, we’ll go...
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Shana Ritter
Mar 8, 20171 min read
At the end of the world
Ushuaia Argentina Tierra de Fuego “final del mundo” This is what the signs and souvenirs say; the end of the world, but what if it is the...
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Shana Ritter
Feb 28, 20171 min read
When you are away…
I just learned my good friend died. I am saddened and sorry. The distance of thousands of miles leaves no route to offer any comfort to...
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Shana Ritter
Feb 28, 20172 min read
Traveling; Los Lagos, Chile
One of the small pleasures of travel is the rainy day that makes you stop. We are holed up in a nice hotel in Puerto Montt for the day....
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Shana Ritter
Feb 23, 20171 min read
Over the Andes
Valparaiso is steep hills and huge port. It feels like a clouded mirror image of San Francisco; grittier and more lively, smaller,...
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Shana Ritter
Feb 20, 20171 min read
Mendoza; food, wine and ….
This morning visited a family owned winery with the youngest brother as our very congenial guide. Their vineyards are bordered with olive...
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Shana Ritter
Feb 17, 20171 min read
The night before
Getting ready to leave. Tonight I am moving through the to do list, tomorrow we’ll be driving to the airport, changing planes until by...
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Shana Ritter
Oct 18, 20161 min read
hiatus
As you may have noticed weeks have slipped by since I last wrote my blog. I decided, without at first realizing my decision, to take a...
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Shana Ritter
Sep 13, 20161 min read
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...
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Shana Ritter
Aug 23, 20162 min read
Farewell Summer
This past week there were days of heat interspersed with rain. Then just the other morning, clear and lovely the cicadas in full chorus,...
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Shana Ritter
Aug 9, 20162 min read
Alzheimer’s
Friends kindly ask how my brother is; Alzheimer’s a mean disease I answer. It’s a thief. The conversation often stops there. No one...
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Shana Ritter
Jul 6, 20161 min read
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
Jul 6, 20161 min read
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
Jun 30, 20161 min read
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...
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Shana Ritter
Jun 30, 20162 min read
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...
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