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Shana Ritter
Apr 9, 20152 min read
Poetry and Community
It’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...
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Shana Ritter
Apr 3, 20151 min read
Passover
I 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...
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Shana Ritter
Mar 26, 20152 min read
Good Enough
I 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...
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Shana Ritter
Mar 20, 20152 min read
Novel Writing
It 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...
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Shana Ritter
Mar 11, 20151 min read
Winter 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...
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Shana Ritter
Mar 5, 20152 min read
the daily work…
I have entered a new phase in my relationship with the book I am working on. After almost a week of being home alone, with multiple snows...
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Shana Ritter
Feb 25, 20151 min read
Wishing Time Away
Wishing Time Away. #place #poetry #time #Writing
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Shana Ritter
Feb 25, 20152 min read
Wishing Time Away
The light belies the cold. Even with six inches of snow on the ground, even with temperatures barely rising above 20 F there is no doubt...
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Shana Ritter
Feb 18, 20151 min read
Hoosier Landscape in Snow
Hoosier Landscape in Snow.
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Shana Ritter
Feb 18, 20152 min read
Hoosier Landscape in Snow
Winter has seen fit to descend finally and the last days have been bitter cold and snow covered, nothing like the northeast I know. But...
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Shana Ritter
Jan 28, 20151 min read
Forward
There are the true seasons and the hints of seasons. The day before yesterday I walked up the street in my brother’s Vancouver...
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Shana Ritter
Jan 14, 20152 min read
In the house of memory
My big brother has Alzheimers. I will go to visit him next week and be part of his Alzheimers Walk team. He is an honoree and has been...
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Shana Ritter
Jan 7, 20152 min read
Mapping
It is the coldest morning in a very long time. The dog is restless to go for a walk but I am not. I am fiddling with the fire in the new...
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Shana Ritter
Dec 30, 20141 min read
New Year
Time has slid into the New Year. It is December 30, the day before the turning and the sun has been a steady presence since just past...
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Shana Ritter
Dec 11, 20142 min read
Alone, at the table.
Today I am up before the sun. Sitting at the kitchen table with hot dark tea and the only sounds the last clock in the house with hands...
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