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A spell for the New Moon in Capricorn 2026

Jan 19 • Vanessa Rose Lima

I am not a New Years person

A few years ago I decided I wasn’t a New Years person and not because of a meaning making belief or observance of a different higher belief, but because…

Jan 7 • Vanessa Rose Lima

December 2025

Another season of time

A Spell for Winter Solstice

Dec 22, 2025 • Vanessa Rose Lima

I got bit by a horse

making it out of a dream state, unscathed.

Dec 19, 2025 • Vanessa Rose Lima

In memories and reminders

Seeing signs two years later

Dec 17, 2025 • Vanessa Rose Lima

A blank mind with a lot of thoughts

200 words or less

Dec 11, 2025 • Vanessa Rose Lima

A window of time

fictional moments in motherhood

Dec 10, 2025 • Vanessa Rose Lima

The purpose is to sleep

200 words or less

Dec 8, 2025 • Vanessa Rose Lima

The only constant

A spell for the Full Moon in Gemini

Dec 5, 2025 • Vanessa Rose Lima

I was so pissed at my placenta

A kind of birth story

Dec 4, 2025 • Vanessa Rose Lima

Fine tuned moments

200 words or less

Dec 2, 2025 • Vanessa Rose Lima

The first (?) Christmas

200 words or less

Dec 1, 2025 • Vanessa Rose Lima

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