by Anne Peek | Mar 30, 2025 | affinity, amusement, animals, babies, balance, breath, communication, connection, counterculture, expansion, freedom, friendship, gratitude, harmony, heart, hope, joy, laughter, life-giving, light, modern life, overwhelm, poetry, possibilities, rejuvenation, self-care, soul, stories, surprise, tenderness, transformation, values, women, wonder
At Albany Bulb with Elaine Side by side on a log by the bay. Sunlight. Unleashed dogs, prancing through surf, almost exploding out of their skins with perfect happiness. Dogs who don’t know about fired park rangers, or canceled health research, or tariff wars,...
by Anne Peek | Oct 5, 2024 | affinity, autumn, balance, beauty, communication, conflict, connection, earth, friendship, harmony, heart, hope, life-giving, listening, modern life, nature, overwhelm, possibilities, rejuvenation, self-care, spirit, tenderness, Uncategorized, values, vision, vulnerability, wonder
The New Moon and partial solar eclipse have come and gone, and I am busy between trips, but rather than skip this month’s blog, I wanted to share a couple things that have nurtured me this week. Amidst the turmoil (or worse, depending on where you are) of climate...
by Anne Peek | Feb 8, 2024 | affinity, animals, archetypes, artistic expression, childhood, connection, creativity, dreams, earth, foolish, freedom, friendship, heart, imagination, intuition, life-giving, listening, magic, modern life, mystery, nature, possibilities, Sacred Eccentricity, self-care, self-reflection, senses, stories, surprise, tarot, transformation, vision, wildness, wonder
This week begins the Chinese New Year of the Wood Dragon. Generally, I hold only a passing interest in this annual cycle of the Chinese zodiac—it isn’t my culture, after all—but I am thrilled this year. (I admit that I did note I was born under the sign of the Snake...
by Anne Peek | Jun 14, 2023 | affinity, amusement, artistic expression, balance, beauty, communication, connection, darkness, expansion, freedom, friendship, growth, harmony, heart, hope, imagination, joy, laughter, life-giving, listening, memoir, modern life, mystery, play, possibilities, rejuvenation, Sacred Eccentricity, self-care, self-reflection, spirit, stories, surprise, the feminine, transformation, trickster, Uncategorized, women
Why I Became a Mary Kay Beauty Consultant Just As I Began my Legal Career Because it was the 1980 State Fair and the pleasant woman in the grandstand offered a free facial. Because I was 27 and had never had a facial. Because I was 27, had never worn makeup, and...
by Anne Peek | Dec 4, 2021 | affinity, amusement, balance, beauty, childhood, communication, connection, creativity, dreams, earth, expansion, friendship, holidays, hope, imagination, laughter, life-giving, modern life, possibilities, rejuvenation, seasons, spirit, transformation, Uncategorized, values, vision, wonder
If you could create a national holiday, what would it be and why? That was one of the questions I posed to a group of dear friends who gathered on zoom during Thanksgiving weekend. The question seemed like a playful and creative break from the heaviness and intensity...
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,...
“There is a place where words are born of silence,
