Shana Ritter
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During much of the past six weeks I have been away. A mixture of work, workshops, family visits and a trip to Ireland to hear Van...
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Shana Ritter
Oct 29, 20151 min read
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...
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Shana Ritter
Oct 14, 20152 min read
Walls made of words
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...
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Shana Ritter
Sep 28, 20151 min read
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...
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Shana Ritter
Sep 10, 20152 min read
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 read
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 read
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 read
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 read
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 read
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. I discovered why it was was...
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Shana Ritter
Jun 4, 20152 min read
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 read
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 read
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 read
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, 20151 min read
A habit of words
A habit of words. #napowrimo #poetry #Writing
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Shana Ritter
Apr 23, 20152 min read
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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