by Anne Peek | Feb 10, 2021 | affinity, amusement, artistic expression, grumpy, heart, imagination, laughter, life-giving, modern life, nature, pandemic, play, possibilities, rejuvenation, self-care, self-reflection, Uncategorized, vulnerability, words
The pleasant shifts in the air I felt a couple weeks ago seem to have fled in recent days. Quite patient until now, today I’m tired of pandemic precautions. Longing for travel. Tired of winter. Maybe I am undone because the vaccine and the increasing sunlight...
by Anne Peek | Jan 12, 2021 | affinity, agenda, balance, body wisdom, breath, communication, conflict, connection, creativity, darkness, expansion, growth, heart, hope, intuition, life-giving, listening, messages, modern life, pandemic, possibilities, rejuvenation, self-care, self-reflection, shadow, spirit, tarot, the feminine, transformation, Uncategorized, vision
National events distracted me today from my usual blog subject matter. So I sought guidance from the tarot. Specifically, I wanted to hear from the Tarot of the Crone, because the Crone’s voice feels ancient, female, earthy– a no-nonsense truth-teller. And from...
by Anne Peek | Dec 14, 2020 | affinity, artistic expression, balance, beauty, connection, darkness, earth, harmony, life-giving, magic, nature, possibilities, seasons, self-care, self-reflection, silence, soul, spirit, transformation, Uncategorized, winter solstice, wonder
Winter Solstice is tugging at me this year, perhaps because so much of this long year has been about pause, and full of death and the unknown. I yearn for new life. Yet I know that new life takes time to develop, timing that is not in my control. (A warm spring does...
by Anne Peek | Nov 14, 2020 | affinity, ambiguity, artistic expression, balance, beauty, breath, clearing, conflict, darkness, expansion, heart, imagination, life-giving, light, listening, modern life, pandemic, planning, possibilities, rejuvenation, self-care, senses, shadow, soul, transformation, Uncategorized, vision
I’m feeling tired and oddly amorphous these days. Coherent thought, linear planning—even “soft” planning—is elusive. I’m trying to be patient as I dance with physical challenges and house clearing that feels endless. Yet most of the time I also feel...
by Anne Peek | Jul 18, 2020 | affinity, childhood, communication, connection, creativity, friendship, harmony, heart, imagination, joy, laughter, life-giving, magic, memoir, play, Sacred Eccentricity, self-reflection, soul, spirit, subpersonalities, Uncategorized, wildness, women
We are living neath the Great Big Dipper We are washed by the very same rain We are swimming in the stream together, some in power and some in pain We can worship this ground we walk on, cherishing the beings that we live beside Loving spirits will live forever,...
by Anne Peek | Apr 21, 2020 | affinity, balance, beauty, childhood, communication, conflict, connection, dreams, earth, heart, imagination, life-giving, light, messages, mind, modern life, nature, pandemic, poetry, possibilities, self-reflection, shadow, spirit, Uncategorized, vision
A Sign (a poem by Connie Wanek) At the March for Science on Earth Day, 2017 What did it say?” God asked. Well, first I should describe the day,” Mrs. God replied. “It reminded me of creation, an early tender morning, pure light, the air thin, and...