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Cinthia Ritchie

Author of "Malnourished: A Memoir of Sisterhood and Hunger" and "Dolls Behaving Badly"

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Black and white challenge

Everyone’s posting black and white photos on Facebook lately and so when someone challenged me (thanks, Gail!), I converted a few of this year’s pics into black and white. I was surprised at what I saw. Black and white feels so much more distinct and complex. Each layer matters, each angle. Moods emerge where color… Read More Black and white challenge

November 1, 2017October 31, 2017 cinthiaritchie6 Comments

Dead whale (or the beauty of bones)

I’ve always loved bones. Growing up on a farm I saw a lot of dead animals and I had a pile of bones I kept tucked against a mound of tree roots. I loved touching these, tracing the bones with my fingers, imaging the lives of the animals that once inhabited them. I imagined dinosaurs… Read More Dead whale (or the beauty of bones)

October 29, 2017October 29, 2017 cinthiaritchie8 Comments

1,500 words, two moose, an eagle and lots of autumn color

I’ve made it a goal to write 1,500 words a day on my new novel. It sounds so simple, doesn’t it? Back in my journalism days I often wrote more than that in a day so really, what’s the big deal? Except, I don’t have a notepad full of facts before me or hours of… Read More 1,500 words, two moose, an eagle and lots of autumn color

September 29, 2017October 1, 2017 cinthiaritchie6 Comments

Another rejection, and it’s all about the dog, the dog

Well, Foundry doesn’t want any of the five (or was it four?) poems I submitted. They did mention that they liked Sundays, after the cat dies but unfortunately couldn’t find a place for it. I think this means that they thought it sucked a little less than the rest of my work. Submitting is a painful… Read More Another rejection, and it’s all about the dog, the dog

September 15, 2017September 15, 2017 cinthiaritchie14 Comments

A rejection and a publication

Phew, it’s been a busy couple of weeks. We’re up to almost twenty hours of daylight here in Anchorage and sleep has become impossible. Even with blackout curtains over the bedroom windows, my mind still knows that it’s light outside and won’t turn off. I lie in bed each night, my body exhausted while my… Read More A rejection and a publication

June 16, 2017June 15, 2017 cinthiaritchie12 Comments

Bear paw prints, and long and lovely days

It’s summer in Alaska and the days are long and glorious. It’s light until around midnight now and even when it’s dark, it’s not truly dark. The twilight stretches out, dim and filmy, so that even at 3 a.m., you can see perfectly well, or at least well enough. Earlier this week, we took an… Read More Bear paw prints, and long and lovely days

June 5, 2017June 5, 2017 cinthiaritchie8 Comments

Wordless Wednesday: What I do when I’m not writing

August 3, 2016August 3, 2016 cinthiaritchie8 Comments

Day three: Alaska beach walk

  I know, I know: You’re all sitting at the edge of your seats wondering how my Write Every Day For a Month pledge is coming along. I’m happy to say that it started with stunning optimism. Bright and early on the morning of Sept. 1, I jumped out of bed, ate a hearty breakfast, sat down… Read More Day three: Alaska beach walk

September 4, 2014September 4, 2014 cinthiaritchie6 Comments

Twilight beach walk

One of my favorite things to do during the long Alaska twilight nights is walk on the beach along Cook Inlet. There’s something about the twilight that invigorates me, causes my blood to thump and my heart to beat faster, and sometimes if I’m very still and keep my ears open, I swear I can hear the… Read More Twilight beach walk

July 14, 2013July 14, 2013 cinthiaritchieLeave a comment

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Recent and upcoming publications

Running into Danger on an Alaskan Trail  in New York Times Magazine.

Sled dog love in Alaska Magazine

Crazy, I knew in Silver Birch Press

Anchorage–A Gift of Diversity, Alaska Dispatch News

“Ten Truths (and ten lies)” upcoming in Deaf Poets Society.

“Second to the last time,” “Beluga Point, Alaska” and “The Weatherwoman had a Boob Job” upcoming in Breath and Shadow.

“How She Lived” upcoming in Grayson Books Forgotten Women anthology

“Conversations before communion,” “Wild breaths / and this” in GNU journal.

Upon hearing that a writing friend had died in Anchorage Press

Paperdolls in Clementine Unbound

Savages in Panoplyzine

Stuttering in Barking Sycamores

Portland in Barking Sycamores

Dead Things in Postcard Poetry and Prose

Fucking a Fisherman in Seward, Alaska in Damfino Press

Milk in 100 Words

Running Trails, Alaska in The Skinny Poetry Journal

Portland II in 101 Words

“Mary With PMS” in Into the Void

“Mary Poppins: The Third Show” and “I’m not you’re baby” in Theories of HER anthology

Join me on my Alaska running adventures at: Cinthia Runs Alaska

Hatcher Pass Marathon race report

Hatcher Pass Marathon race report

It’s been a while. Okay, it’s been like over half a year. Maybe longer. I’m afraid to check. I need to get my ass in gear, I really do. I have three race reports to post, one from way back in April (you remember April, right?). I’ll start in the middle with the Hatcher Pass […]

Sled dog races

Sled dog races

This past weekend we pulled on our boots and warm coats and ventured out to the Campbell Tract trails to watch the Fur Rondy World Championship Sled Dog Races. We walked back into the woods and stood at the side of the trail, no one else around. Everything so quiet; we could hear snow fall […]

Still running, after all this time

Still running, after all this time

Holy, holy, I haven’t posted here in forever. How did that happen? How did time get so far away from me? The good news is that I’m still running. I never stopped running; I simply stopped writing about running and I’m not sure why. Maybe I didn’t have anything to say. Maybe I had too […]

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