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 | Jan 18, 2026 | affinity, anger, artistic expression, balance, beauty, breath, bully, conflict, connection, creativity, dreams, expansion, freedom, gratitude, growth, harmony, heart, hope, imagination, life-giving, modern life, overwhelm, possibilities, practice, rejuvenation, resistance, self-care, self-reflection, soul, spirit, tenderness, transformation, values, vulnerability
We—most of us—are having to learn (or hone our ability) to hold it all. Not necessarily because we want to, but because we know we must. In order to be fully alive and for our lives to have meaning. And so we aren’t knocked flat or just go to sleep. I am...
by Anne Peek | Sep 30, 2016 | affinity, amusement, animals, artistic expression, beauty, bully, communication, conflict, connection, cranky, creativity, imagination, laughter, possibilities, resistance, shadow, subpersonalities
Several days ago, on a cool rainy afternoon up on the north shore of Lake Superior I sat at a cabin table, enjoying the music of the surf and doodling idly. At one point I looked at my drawing in surprise. When my drawing or painting looks like a person or animal, I...