Shanan Aspen Winters
@aspenniawen.bsky.social
Shanan Aspen Winters (she/her) is a modern witch who weaves her spells through the written word. Her stories aren't just an escape; they're a challenge for all her readers to imagine a better, bolder world.
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November 30, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Friday #artjournal entry
I used to sketch is my free time when I was in my 20s. Life got crazy, and them *bam* I was suddenly in my 50s. After time we'll spent raising kids, it's time to remember who I am.
#artjournaling
I used to sketch is my free time when I was in my 20s. Life got crazy, and them *bam* I was suddenly in my 50s. After time we'll spent raising kids, it's time to remember who I am.
#artjournaling
November 28, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Friday #artjournal entry
I used to sketch is my free time when I was in my 20s. Life got crazy, and them *bam* I was suddenly in my 50s. After time we'll spent raising kids, it's time to remember who I am.
#artjournaling
I used to sketch is my free time when I was in my 20s. Life got crazy, and them *bam* I was suddenly in my 50s. After time we'll spent raising kids, it's time to remember who I am.
#artjournaling
Souls exist in pairs. In some lives, we find our other half because they're in our path. In others, we circle each other, never quite connecting. Some lonely lives are spent knowing, deep inside, that our other stayed behind. But after all our lives, we #return and become whole once again. #vss365
April 24, 2025 at 9:42 PM
"Where are we going?"
Her hand stretched back as she ran. I took it and followed. She tugged, coaxing me.
With each step, her hair grew redder, her ears longer. Awash in her citrus scent, #unbridled desire claimed me.
She stopped. "Lead the way."
Pulse quick, I left my world behind.
#vss365
Her hand stretched back as she ran. I took it and followed. She tugged, coaxing me.
With each step, her hair grew redder, her ears longer. Awash in her citrus scent, #unbridled desire claimed me.
She stopped. "Lead the way."
Pulse quick, I left my world behind.
#vss365
February 20, 2025 at 8:37 PM
"Where are we going?"
Her hand stretched back as she ran. I took it and followed. She tugged, coaxing me.
With each step, her hair grew redder, her ears longer. Awash in her citrus scent, #unbridled desire claimed me.
She stopped. "Lead the way."
Pulse quick, I left my world behind.
#vss365
Her hand stretched back as she ran. I took it and followed. She tugged, coaxing me.
With each step, her hair grew redder, her ears longer. Awash in her citrus scent, #unbridled desire claimed me.
She stopped. "Lead the way."
Pulse quick, I left my world behind.
#vss365
#urbansketching on location in Scottsdale, AZ. Wonderful lunch with @kesmit.bsky.social and some art on the patio at Los Sombreros. #watercolor #art
February 8, 2025 at 11:17 PM
#urbansketching on location in Scottsdale, AZ. Wonderful lunch with @kesmit.bsky.social and some art on the patio at Los Sombreros. #watercolor #art
February 7, 2025 at 11:12 PM
I try to at least give myself moments where I feel this way. #Writing, #Sketching, #Watercolors, #Music, #Reading, #Dance, and #Tea are all ways that I slow down and microdose joy in an otherwise too-busy world. How do you slow down?
February 7, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I try to at least give myself moments where I feel this way. #Writing, #Sketching, #Watercolors, #Music, #Reading, #Dance, and #Tea are all ways that I slow down and microdose joy in an otherwise too-busy world. How do you slow down?
Tonight's tea: Magical Library Butterbrew in a beautiful, delicate little Lefton hand painted cup. Highly recommend this tea. It's so good! drinkchapters.com/password
February 7, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Tonight's tea: Magical Library Butterbrew in a beautiful, delicate little Lefton hand painted cup. Highly recommend this tea. It's so good! drinkchapters.com/password
Yes! And it's definitely the tea! I just got these 4 new blends 😊
February 6, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Yes! And it's definitely the tea! I just got these 4 new blends 😊
Filled in a partially used page today in a spare half hour.
#sketchbook practice is how I microdose joy.
#urbansketching #dontthinkjustdraw
#sketchbook practice is how I microdose joy.
#urbansketching #dontthinkjustdraw
February 6, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Filled in a partially used page today in a spare half hour.
#sketchbook practice is how I microdose joy.
#urbansketching #dontthinkjustdraw
#sketchbook practice is how I microdose joy.
#urbansketching #dontthinkjustdraw
I have those same spoons. ❤️
February 5, 2025 at 4:46 AM
I have those same spoons. ❤️
#sketchbook practice for when I want to add people while #urbansketching. This was 45 minutes of "don't think, just sketch, pen only, no erasers." Anathema to everything I was taught and so incredibly freeing. #breaktherules #art #watercolor
February 5, 2025 at 1:26 AM
#sketchbook practice for when I want to add people while #urbansketching. This was 45 minutes of "don't think, just sketch, pen only, no erasers." Anathema to everything I was taught and so incredibly freeing. #breaktherules #art #watercolor
Any day spent #painting is a good day. Started with some perspective practice in the #sketchbook and then dove into a #watercolor #urban #art piece.
February 2, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Any day spent #painting is a good day. Started with some perspective practice in the #sketchbook and then dove into a #watercolor #urban #art piece.
After walking around the art festival, we stopped at a little apothecary and had tea. The inside of the shop was a perfect spot to paint. #watercolor #urban #art #sketchbook
February 1, 2025 at 11:41 PM
After walking around the art festival, we stopped at a little apothecary and had tea. The inside of the shop was a perfect spot to paint. #watercolor #urban #art #sketchbook
My lunchtime view. #urban #watercolor
February 1, 2025 at 9:11 PM
My lunchtime view. #urban #watercolor
Nym is here for it!
February 1, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Nym is here for it!
#sketchbook practice, urban art, loose #watercolor. It's a process, escaping "draw what you see" perfectionism. I definitely love "draw what you want" better these days!!
February 1, 2025 at 12:44 AM
#sketchbook practice, urban art, loose #watercolor. It's a process, escaping "draw what you see" perfectionism. I definitely love "draw what you want" better these days!!
Days slip by, one after another. I read. Write. Work. Create. Worry. Love. A profound sense of #sonder washes over me, knowing that billions of people are doing the same. We're all connected by way of living a mundane existence. And I wonder: how many degrees am I, truly, from Kevin Bacon?
#vss365
#vss365
January 31, 2025 at 4:36 PM
With a hearty *snick*, my ball arcs gracefully and disappears around the dogleg. As we round the bend, I see my perfect lie on the fairway. Except...
"It's surrounded by wild pigs!"
"Not pigs. #Collared peccary."
*Snuffle-snort* *stomp*
"Whatever. It's theirs now."
I take the drop.
#vss365
"It's surrounded by wild pigs!"
"Not pigs. #Collared peccary."
*Snuffle-snort* *stomp*
"Whatever. It's theirs now."
I take the drop.
#vss365
January 30, 2025 at 3:21 PM
It's a read and sketch in the #sketchbook and drink #tea and experiment with #watercolor techniques kind of night.
January 30, 2025 at 4:25 AM
It's a read and sketch in the #sketchbook and drink #tea and experiment with #watercolor techniques kind of night.
There's a reason us witches say, "be careful what you #conjure." I swear I wrote "lemon." Stupid cursive. Stupid demon. All I wanted was a vodka twist without leaving the house. Guess I'm putting on pants and going to the store, because now Azealabub wants a drink, too.
#vss365 #amwriting
#vss365 #amwriting
January 29, 2025 at 4:48 PM
There's a reason us witches say, "be careful what you #conjure." I swear I wrote "lemon." Stupid cursive. Stupid demon. All I wanted was a vodka twist without leaving the house. Guess I'm putting on pants and going to the store, because now Azealabub wants a drink, too.
#vss365 #amwriting
#vss365 #amwriting
My creative goal bingo card. I'm trying to come up with rewards for myself - I'm not buying new books this year (a promise I've made for the sake of my bank account and TBR pile). I'm seriously coming up short with what I get for each bingo... beyond screaming "BINGO" and terrifying the cat...
January 22, 2025 at 10:28 PM
My creative goal bingo card. I'm trying to come up with rewards for myself - I'm not buying new books this year (a promise I've made for the sake of my bank account and TBR pile). I'm seriously coming up short with what I get for each bingo... beyond screaming "BINGO" and terrifying the cat...