by Anne Peek | Jul 13, 2026 | affinity, amusement, artistic expression, beauty, creativity, gratitude, harmony, hope, imagination, laughter, life-giving, modern life, nature, overwhelm, play, poetry, possibilities, practice, rejuvenation, seasons, self-care, self-reflection, surprise, transformation, wonder, writing
Well, this summer has been quite a jumble Every day there’s more reason to grumble Lists of things that need doing Most of which I’m eschewing S’pose my failing attempts keep me humble. Shall I mention appointments with docs? Quite a few, but no terrible shocks As my...
by Anne Peek | Jun 14, 2026 | affinity, balance, beauty, connection, earth, expansion, gardens, growth, heart, home, imagination, joy, life-giving, modern life, nature, possibilities, rejuvenation, senses, spirit, surprise, transformation, Uncategorized, values, vision, wildness, wonder
It always feels a bit humbling when I what I think I know—know intellectually that is—turns out to be only a fraction of reality, reminding me that knowing something and experiencing it are two different things. Our yard is my most recent example. Three years ago,...
by Anne Peek | May 16, 2026 | affinity, aging, amusement, body wisdom, childhood, connection, expansion, foolish, freedom, harmony, heart, imagination, joy, life-giving, listening, play, possibilities, rejuvenation, Sacred Eccentricity, self-care, senses, spirit, surprise, trickster
Even though most of you know I am a playful person, I haven’t been feeling very playful these past months. But Thursday at my physical therapy appointment I unexpectedly amused myself (and my PT). Let me back up. When you were a kid did you like to swing your legs?...
by Anne Peek | Mar 18, 2026 | amusement, anger, artistic expression, balance, bully, clearing, communication, conflict, connection, creativity, dreams, earth, expansion, freedom, growth, heart, hope, imagination, joy, life-giving, light, modern life, nature, noise, play, possibilities, rejuvenation, resistance, spirit, the feminine, transformation, Uncategorized, values, vision, women, words, writing
In honor of International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month, I am posting a limerick I wrote in 2018 when Brett Kavanaugh was appointed to the Supreme Court. I revised and expanded it in 2020 when the Senate Judiciary Committee rammed Amy Coney Barrett onto the...
by Anne Peek | Feb 17, 2026 | agenda, anger, archetypes, artistic expression, balance, communication, conflict, connection, creativity, darkness, earth, expansion, freedom, gratitude, growth, heart, hope, imagination, intuition, life-giving, listening, messages, modern life, mystery, possibilities, practice, resistance, self-reflection, shoulds, singing, soul, the feminine, transformation, Uncategorized, values, vision, wildness, women
As you know, most of my art is abstract. When I have painted faces over the years, most of them are cheerful or playful or emanate a spiritual teacher vibe. But not all; there is another group that I loosely think of as angry warriors. Perhaps it’s the Epstein files....