SUMMER VACATION HAS OFFICIALLY BEGUN! Thursday, June 25, 2015 at 2:35pm was the official start of our family's summer vacation. A bunch of us, parents and kids, hung around in the school yard after the bell rang to talk summer vacation plans and say farewell until September. I had a giddiness in my tummy that's… Continue reading Summer Vacation Soliloquy
Author: Vanessa Shields
Writer. Mother. Lover.
Summer Writing Workshop – Pelee Island! Join Me!
With grand thanks to Patricia Fell and her team, I have once again been invited to be a part of the Pelee Island Music Series. Yay! This year, I get to do a workshop as well as a poetry reading. Double yay! The workshop is FREE! Although, it does cost to get over to the… Continue reading Summer Writing Workshop – Pelee Island! Join Me!
Cede Poetry – Inaugural Edition – And I’m in it!
Awhile back I submitted some poetry to a brand new on-line literary mag called Cede Poetry. Low and behold, one of my poems was accepted! (She jumps up and touches her heels together!) The first edition is out today!! These virtual pages are graced by the likes of great Canadian poets like Alice Major and… Continue reading Cede Poetry – Inaugural Edition – And I’m in it!
