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...
by Anne Peek | Aug 7, 2021 | affinity, artistic expression, beauty, body wisdom, communication, connection, creativity, earth, expansion, freedom, heart, imagination, intuition, joy, life-giving, listening, nature, possibilities, practice, senses, soul, spirit, surprise, wonder
When I walk in natural places I love, I offer my respect, love and thanks with a song, a tonal chant expressing my feelings, made up on the spot. I will continue this practice, but I am excited about another kind of offering I’ve been making the past few weeks—earth...
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 | Mar 11, 2021 | affinity, artistic expression, body wisdom, connection, creativity, earth, harmony, imagination, joy, life-giving, nature, possibilities, rejuvenation, senses, spirit, writing
“Sweet spot” popped up in my reading several times last week. Bothered by a feeling that the expression had become weak from overuse, I spent a few minutes pondering what “sweet spot” meant to me. Here is the result. Sweet Spot The place to scratch, to...