by Anne Peek | Sep 15, 2023 | affinity, beauty, breath, communication, connection, darkness, earth, expansion, harmony, heart, imagination, joy, life-giving, listening, magic, memoir, modern life, music, mystery, nature, noise, poetry, senses, silence, singing, solitude, soul, spirit, surprise, wildness, wonder
One January night, nearly 15 years ago, I heard the stars singing. Leaving the Kona airport on our way across Hawaii island to Hilo, my brother and I climbed far above coastal lights and noise and drove onto the old Saddle Road. Back then, this was probably one of...
by Anne Peek | Apr 20, 2023 | affinity, amusement, artistic expression, creativity, imagination, life-giving, modern life, play, poetry, possibilities, Uncategorized, words
This month I offer a collaged bouquet of flowers (since real ones are not here yet) and a little wordplay, on a cool rainy day at the new moon… Catchall Can we catch his attention? He’s quite a catch! Did you catch those last words he said? YOU...
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 | 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 | Oct 16, 2020 | aging, ambiguity, amusement, artistic expression, autumn, balance, clearing, crying, darkness, expansion, freedom, growth, home, life-giving, listening, nature, pandemic, play, poetry, possibilities, rejuvenation, seasons, self-care, self-reflection, senses, shadow, surprise, tears, Uncategorized
Autumn Haiku Sprawled on sunny ground Crunchy leaves and dusty grass Scent of fruit and death AEP 10/9/20 Fruit and death. The scent of autumn, and what comes to mind as I clear out the house we’ve lived in for nearly 30 years. Finding things long forgotten,...
by Anne Peek | Apr 21, 2020 | affinity, balance, beauty, childhood, communication, conflict, connection, dreams, earth, heart, imagination, life-giving, light, messages, mind, modern life, nature, pandemic, poetry, possibilities, self-reflection, shadow, spirit, Uncategorized, vision
A Sign (a poem by Connie Wanek) At the March for Science on Earth Day, 2017 What did it say?” God asked. Well, first I should describe the day,” Mrs. God replied. “It reminded me of creation, an early tender morning, pure light, the air thin, and...