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Tag: New Year

On Writing

2025 – Journal, Seasons & Surrender

January 5, 2025 Vanessa Shields2 Comments

Twenty-twenty-five is here! What a year number. It feel very...Back to the Future...but, like, the future is here...and it's not like I thought it would be. I don't 'feel' like a new year has begun. I don't feel like I want to start new things or 'resolve' old things...even though there is a part that… Continue reading 2025 – Journal, Seasons & Surrender

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An Order of Things

January 1, 2021 Vanessa Shields1 Comment

Physical attention – yoga, stretching, cardio.Write one poem a day. Share it on this blog. Breathe. Keep breathing.Surrender. Trust.Let go.Give love. Give so.much.love. January 1, 2021 This new year doesn't feel new. Doesn't feel different than yesterday or the day before. Doesn't feel like a cooper's hawk has taken flight and is pulling away in… Continue reading An Order of Things

Twenty-Eighteen, Baby
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Twenty-Eighteen, Baby

January 4, 2018 Vanessa Shields1 Comment

I feel different. How about you? Twenty-seventeen was a jarring blur most of the time. It was a year of grand opportunities resulting in grand failures that rocked me to my core. Life lessons burst[ed] (is that a word?) forth like flowers blooming in one of those time-lapse videos. If my life last year were… Continue reading Twenty-Eighteen, Baby

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!
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HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!

December 23, 2017January 10, 2018 Vanessa ShieldsLeave a comment

HAPPY HOLIDAYS! MERRY DAYS WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS! HAPPY END OF 2017! HAPPY BEGINNING OF 2018! Wishing you all a very wonder-full, love-filled, laughter-filled, joy-filled holiday season! May you take the time to bask in the lessons of 2017...reflect, recharge, reinvigorate for 2018! Sending love and laughter from our family to yours! HUGS FROM THE… Continue reading HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!

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