by Anne Peek | Jul 13, 2026 | affinity, amusement, artistic expression, beauty, creativity, gratitude, harmony, hope, imagination, laughter, life-giving, modern life, nature, overwhelm, play, poetry, possibilities, practice, rejuvenation, seasons, self-care, self-reflection, surprise, transformation, wonder, writing
Well, this summer has been quite a jumble Every day there’s more reason to grumble Lists of things that need doing Most of which I’m eschewing S’pose my failing attempts keep me humble. Shall I mention appointments with docs? Quite a few, but no terrible shocks As my...
by Anne Peek | Jun 14, 2026 | affinity, balance, beauty, connection, earth, expansion, gardens, growth, heart, home, imagination, joy, life-giving, modern life, nature, possibilities, rejuvenation, senses, spirit, surprise, transformation, Uncategorized, values, vision, wildness, wonder
It always feels a bit humbling when I what I think I know—know intellectually that is—turns out to be only a fraction of reality, reminding me that knowing something and experiencing it are two different things. Our yard is my most recent example. Three years ago,...
by Anne Peek | May 16, 2026 | affinity, aging, amusement, body wisdom, childhood, connection, expansion, foolish, freedom, harmony, heart, imagination, joy, life-giving, listening, play, possibilities, rejuvenation, Sacred Eccentricity, self-care, senses, spirit, surprise, trickster
Even though most of you know I am a playful person, I haven’t been feeling very playful these past months. But Thursday at my physical therapy appointment I unexpectedly amused myself (and my PT). Let me back up. When you were a kid did you like to swing your legs?...
by Anne Peek | Mar 18, 2026 | amusement, anger, artistic expression, balance, bully, clearing, communication, conflict, connection, creativity, dreams, earth, expansion, freedom, growth, heart, hope, imagination, joy, life-giving, light, modern life, nature, noise, play, possibilities, rejuvenation, resistance, spirit, the feminine, transformation, Uncategorized, values, vision, women, words, writing
In honor of International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month, I am posting a limerick I wrote in 2018 when Brett Kavanaugh was appointed to the Supreme Court. I revised and expanded it in 2020 when the Senate Judiciary Committee rammed Amy Coney Barrett onto the...
by Anne Peek | Feb 17, 2026 | agenda, anger, archetypes, artistic expression, balance, communication, conflict, connection, creativity, darkness, earth, expansion, freedom, gratitude, growth, heart, hope, imagination, intuition, life-giving, listening, messages, modern life, mystery, possibilities, practice, resistance, self-reflection, shoulds, singing, soul, the feminine, transformation, Uncategorized, values, vision, wildness, women
As you know, most of my art is abstract. When I have painted faces over the years, most of them are cheerful or playful or emanate a spiritual teacher vibe. But not all; there is another group that I loosely think of as angry warriors. Perhaps it’s the Epstein files....
by Anne Peek | Jan 18, 2026 | affinity, anger, artistic expression, balance, beauty, breath, bully, conflict, connection, creativity, dreams, expansion, freedom, gratitude, growth, harmony, heart, hope, imagination, life-giving, modern life, overwhelm, possibilities, practice, rejuvenation, resistance, self-care, self-reflection, soul, spirit, tenderness, transformation, values, vulnerability
We—most of us—are having to learn (or hone our ability) to hold it all. Not necessarily because we want to, but because we know we must. In order to be fully alive and for our lives to have meaning. And so we aren’t knocked flat or just go to sleep. I am...
“There is a place where words are born of silence,
