by Anne Peek | Oct 23, 2022 | affinity, connection, creativity, expansion, Halloween, intuition, joy, life-giving, listening, memories and mementos, messages, mystery, possibilities, spirit, stories, surprise, tarot, trickster, wonder
I hung up the phone one October day in 1976 feeling both dubious and intrigued. Flattered to be asked, I had agreed to tell fortunes at my brother’s Halloween party since I loved Halloween almost as much as I loved him. But sometimes Tom’s idea of fun and my own...
by Anne Peek | Aug 5, 2022 | affinity, aging, artistic expression, beauty, body wisdom, connection, creativity, earth, expansion, harmony, heart, intuition, joy, life-giving, listening, magic, nature, play, possibilities, practice, rejuvenation, senses, spirit, Uncategorized, wonder
A year ago, after a couple trips to Lake Superior, I posted how I had begun there a regular practice of creating earth altars—how energizing it was to create them, why and how I created them (as an intuitive co-creation with the life around me and anchored by an...
by Anne Peek | Jul 28, 2022 | affinity, beauty, heart, joy, life-giving, magic, nature, possibilities, rejuvenation, senses, spirit, surprise, transformation, wildness, wonder
Two Lake Superior Haiku Perched on ancient stone Plashing feet in cold clear blue Six years old again Splayed on rocky shelf Long worn smooth by waves and wind I breathe earth and fire AEP 8/29/20 I just returned from 11 days up north at a cabin on Lake...
by Anne Peek | Apr 1, 2022 | affinity, artistic expression, body wisdom, clearing, conflict, connection, counterculture, cranky, creativity, dreams, earth, expansion, foolish, freedom, growth, heart, intuition, joy, life-giving, light, listening, modern life, nature, possibilities, rejuvenation, Sacred Eccentricity, self-reflection, shadow, shoulds, soul, spirit, transformation, values, women, wonder
I have never listened to anyone who criticized my taste in space travel, sideshows, or gorillas. When this occurs, I pack up my dinosaurs and leave the room. Ray Bradbury The...
by Anne Peek | Jan 31, 2022 | artistic expression, balance, beauty, conflict, connection, creativity, death, dreams, growth, hope, imagination, joy, life-giving, listening, modern life, nature, pandemic, possibilities, rejuvenation, seasons, self-care, self-reflection, silence, spirit, transformation, Uncategorized, values
The past month has not been easy. There have been deaths to grieve, and minor health issues to deal with. And the winter weather hasn’t helped. ...
by Anne Peek | Nov 1, 2021 | affinity, archetypes, autumn, beauty, childhood, connection, death, earth, expansion, Halloween, harmony, heart, intuition, joy, life-giving, magic, memoir, nature, possibilities, senses, soul, spirit, stories, surprise, transformation, Uncategorized, wildness, wonder
Tomorrow is November 2, the culmination of an auspicious period for honoring the dead. It is also my dad’s 101st birthday. So I’m going to tell you a story about my dad, a kind of ghost story because it took place at his death. On May 8, 2008 I got a call at 2 am...