by Anne Peek | Jan 21, 2023 | agenda, amusement, artistic expression, balance, childhood, communication, creativity, fool, freedom, imagination, inner critic, laughter, life-giving, mind, play, poetry, possibilities, resistance, seasons, self-care, shoulds, stories, Uncategorized, words, writing
There once was a woman of age Who struggled to honor a page With some nourishing words Ones that sang, flew like birds, But alas! She was never a sage. (And such hopes are so often a cage.) Plus it’s winter, it’s cold and it’s dark, And her mind must be locked...
by Anne Peek | May 10, 2021 | artistic expression, balance, beauty, body wisdom, connection, creativity, expansion, fool, growth, harmony, heart, hope, imagination, intuition, joy, life-giving, light, listening, modern life, nature, pandemic, play, possibilities, rejuvenation, self-reflection, solitude, spirit, surprise, tarot, Uncategorized, vision
Last May, when we were three months into the pandemic, I did a reading to see what advice the tarot had for us at that time. I reread that blog post today, and was surprised to find that it still feels relevant and true today. (You can read that post here.) Yet I was...
by Anne Peek | Jul 10, 2018 | aging, amusement, childhood, conflict, cranky, fool, foolish, laughter, modern life, movies, noise, overwhelm, senses, surprise, vulnerability
Had an embarrassing “old and clueless” moment at the movies awhile back. We loved Incredibles back in 2004 when we saw it with our teenaged kids, so we were eager to see Incredibles 2. The plan was supper and the movie. The first red flag was when I looked up the show...
by Anne Peek | Apr 27, 2017 | affinity, amusement, balance, childhood, communication, connection, counterculture, creativity, fool, foolish, imagination, joy, laughter, life-giving, play, possibilities, shoulds, trickster, words
Never stay up on the barren heights of cleverness, but come down into the green valleys of silliness. Ludwig Wittgenstein Acting silly is one of the...