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 | Jan 2, 2022 | affinity, beauty, communication, connection, creativity, earth, expansion, freedom, holidays, hope, imagination, intuition, life-giving, messages, nature, pandemic, possibilities, rejuvenation, self-reflection, shadow, spirit, transformation, vision, wildness
Happy New Year? We returned on Thursday from meeting our kids in Oregon for Christmas. We spent a few days in Eugene and five days on the coast. While our reunion was sweet, parts of the trip were unusual: heavy rain, high winds and even hail a few times; colder than...
by Anne Peek | Jun 9, 2021 | agenda, amusement, balance, communication, imagination, laughter, life-giving, modern life, nature, pandemic, poetry, seasons, self-care, Uncategorized, writing
Because of travel, family visits and making the transition back from a year of pandemic, I plan to take a little summer break from writing my monthly blog and newsletters, probably until September. I discovered that except for a two-month summer break in 2017,...
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 | Feb 10, 2021 | affinity, amusement, artistic expression, grumpy, heart, imagination, laughter, life-giving, modern life, nature, pandemic, play, possibilities, rejuvenation, self-care, self-reflection, Uncategorized, vulnerability, words
The pleasant shifts in the air I felt a couple weeks ago seem to have fled in recent days. Quite patient until now, today I’m tired of pandemic precautions. Longing for travel. Tired of winter. Maybe I am undone because the vaccine and the increasing sunlight...
by Anne Peek | Jan 12, 2021 | affinity, agenda, balance, body wisdom, breath, communication, conflict, connection, creativity, darkness, expansion, growth, heart, hope, intuition, life-giving, listening, messages, modern life, pandemic, possibilities, rejuvenation, self-care, self-reflection, shadow, spirit, tarot, the feminine, transformation, Uncategorized, vision
National events distracted me today from my usual blog subject matter. So I sought guidance from the tarot. Specifically, I wanted to hear from the Tarot of the Crone, because the Crone’s voice feels ancient, female, earthy– a no-nonsense truth-teller. And from...