Fruit and Death

by | 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,...

Regarding Baskets

by | Sep 17, 2020 | artistic expression, balance, beauty, childhood, clearing, connection, creativity, crying, earth, harmony, life-giving, nature, possibilities, spirit, tenderness, the feminine, women

“I was told there would be a handbasket.” This meme, popping up everywhere it seems, made me chuckle when I first read it weeks ago. Yet lately it hasn’t seemed so funny. Looking at photos and videos from California, Oregon and Washington have more literally brought...

Advice from the Cards

by | May 20, 2020 | balance, beauty, childhood, communication, connection, creativity, earth, heart, hope, imagination, intuition, joy, laughter, life-giving, listening, magic, messages, modern life, nature, noise, overwhelm, pandemic, play, possibilities, self-care, self-reflection, silence, soul, spirit, tarot, vision

Seldom is tarot a subject of this blog, but today, as we enter our third month of pandemic, I felt it was time to find out what advice the tarot has for us right now. So I composed questions, opened my intuitive doorway, and let my hand choose cards from within my...

A Question to Ponder on Earth Day in a Pandemic

by | 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...

An Art Path In a Pandemic

by | Mar 23, 2020 | artistic expression, body wisdom, breath, clearing, conflict, connection, creativity, crying, darkness, growth, heart, hope, imagination, intuition, life-giving, listening, modern life, overwhelm, pandemic, possibilities, rejuvenation, self-care, self-reflection, shoulds, soul, spirit, spring, tears, tenderness, transformation, vulnerability

Oh my, here we are.   This painting is several years old, but eerily it makes me think of the virus, its stealthy infiltration of our systems and our cities.     The last week has been a hard one for me because I have been awash in fear and grief. Not...

Ode to a Sweatshirt

by | Feb 21, 2020 | affinity, aging, childhood, clothing, connection, expansion, foolish, freedom, harmony, heart, life-giving, memoir, nature, play, possibilities, self-care, self-reflection, tenderness, Uncategorized, wildness

As I reached happily for my well worn hooded sweatshirt again this morning, I wondered suddenly why I feel such affection for it, and for all those I’ve ever had, why I am always on the lookout for new ones to replace those that wear out, and why I am so excited when...