“The days melted into each other like snowballs roasting in the sun…” Virginia Woolf, Diary, 1918 I received this amazing book about Virginia Woolf’s life and I’ve been embracing the magic of opening it to a quote that will magically be exactly the quote I needed in that moment. What I love about this quote… Continue reading BELTANE REFLECTION
Category: On Writing
Spring Equinox Reflection
I’m sitting at a high table in a Tim Horton’s. I’ve been meeting with writer friends at different locations. We talk, we vent, we emote, we write. My clothes smell like coffee. And community. Happy Spring! Happy New Moon! It is a lovely time of year, even though Mama Nature is still a bit wobbly… Continue reading Spring Equinox Reflection
SABBATICAL – Mid-Winter Reflection
MID-WINTER REFLECTION Imbolc or Mid-Winter as the seasonal calendar goes, was Thursday, February 2, 2023. As I have made a conscious choice to follow the lead of our infinitely wise leader Mother Nature, this first quarter marker is an opportunity for me to make time to reflect on what has happened during my sabbatical thus… Continue reading SABBATICAL – Mid-Winter Reflection
Sabbatical 2023
"If I could sit here for three months alone, saying the same things, doing the same things, day by day -- then perhaps a few pages would be solidly written in the end.... what one wants for writing is habit." Virginia Woolf (Thanks Charis!) *Settle in. It's a long post, dear friends! A new year… Continue reading Sabbatical 2023
VANESSA SHIELDS, writer 