ShadowsPub
Bio
ShadowsPub is a Canadian writer who writes on a variety of subjects as she explores her way through the world. She enjoys creating books like journals, notebooks, coloring books etc where she can use her creative skills.
Stories (17/0)
PYPT From October 14th Recap - Next PYPT is Thursday
Attendance was up this week. Seems more people are learning that Pimp Your Post Thursday has returned. PYPT is a live curation show held in Discord. It’s an opportunity to put your, or someone you like, work out in front of others.
By ShadowsPub 2 years ago in Journal
PYPT Returns Thursday October 7th at Noon Eastern
Back in the fall of 2017 I started a voice chat on Discord that became known as Pimp Your Post Thursday or PYPT. It was and still is a show that encourages people to support each others posts. It grew in popularity at times running as long as four hours. I don’t expect to run that long.
By ShadowsPub 3 years ago in Geeks
Capt. Charles S. Rutherford and a WW1 Masterly Bluff
A character I had the privilege of meeting was Capt. Charles S. Rutherford VC, MC, MM. The alphabet soup after his name is; Victoria Cross, Military Cross and Military Medal. Known as Charlie, he was the only Canadian to have earned all three medals during WW1.
By ShadowsPub 4 years ago in Serve
Racism Is Learned Behaviour, So Is Respect For Diversity
The riots taking place in the States these past few days provokes me thinking about my history with race. I’ve lived most of my life in rural Canada, giving me distance from much racial awareness, but there has been some direct encounters.
By ShadowsPub 4 years ago in The Swamp
The Broken Display Case
The village’s four corners held a familiar feel. Maybe we’d travelled this way to visit the farm. Those childhood visits to the farm I thought were my parent’s friends. I learned my years later, they were family on dad’s side. My parents were never big on explaining family relationships.
By ShadowsPub 4 years ago in Journal
Hey Shadows, About Those Things You Call Bagpipes
Shadows, you know, I really love you. This truly is said with love. But what the F*** was that racket you subjected me to on Wednesday? Not just once, but multiple times. You really push my limits of tolerance. Bagpipes I heard you call them. Those pipes should be shoved into a bag and burned.
By ShadowsPub 4 years ago in Petlife
Ceremony For the Fallen in the Age of COVID-19
2020 hasn’t been kind to the world. For Canadians, the last few weeks has brought some additional twists to add to the impact of the pandemic. On April 19th most of the country woke to the news of a gunman on a twelve hour rampage in rural Nova Scotia. I wrote about that here. The rampage resulted in the deaths of 22 Canadians including an RCMP constable.
By ShadowsPub 4 years ago in Serve
Prompts Are Meant to Inspire Your Creativity to Create Great Work
Back in January when I started Prompt A Day I was just looking to provide some daily triggers for your writing. Do anything you like with it was the idea. For the most part the daily prompt variety was varied. They were meant to provide ideas.
By ShadowsPub 4 years ago in Motivation
Learning To Never Judge A Book or Person By Its Cover
For many years of my life I was involved in the local branch of national veterans organization. I joined at a time when there were still active WW1, WW2 and Korea War veterans. I learned a lot while meeting some interesting characters.
By ShadowsPub 4 years ago in Serve
