Today marks the half-way point of Spring - aka Beltane! It gives me calm to know that we're smack dab in the middle of re-wilding change...and that despite the chill that continues to assert itself, sustained summer warmth is coming. And, it's Friday! Yahoo! OH, and it's A FULL MOON tonight! Trees in Sky today… Continue reading POEM A DAY – May 1
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POEM A DAY – February 25
Below Zero, Again I’d like to announce that I am ready to farewell my bootsto stop untwisting and yanking up socks that come half off whensaid boots get stuck as I almost-fall trying to balance, heaviedby a picky-feathered winter parka – I’m done, thank you. I burned my forearm whilst taking dinner out of the… Continue reading POEM A DAY – February 25
Loss, Labour (Quitting Writing) & Luxuriation
LOSS On Friday, July 11, 2025, our beloved Oscar crossed the rainbow bridge. That morning when we awoke, he was in the hallway, puddles of urine and vomit around him. We cleaned him up, took him outside where he was able to go to the bathroom...but then he fell to the deck and couldn't move.… Continue reading Loss, Labour (Quitting Writing) & Luxuriation
VANESSA SHIELDS 