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Putting the "Janus" in January

Putting the "Janus" in January

Who's Janus? Plus every single book the potions priestess read in 2022, News from the Library re: MADMAN IN THE WOODS, and the debut of THE SENTENCE booktail!

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Jan 13, 2023
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Welcome back to The Cauldron! (Hibbilty bibbilty!)

First post of 2023! I’ve been seeing a lot of comments on social media lately about a lack of “go get ‘em” new year’s energy. The tone is almost always apologetic, as if it’s somehow unusual not to feel invigorated in the dead of winter. Spring is the time for fecundity and renewal—that’s when your energ…

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