by Anne Peek | Nov 18, 2017 | affinity, agenda, autumn, balance, body wisdom, connection, darkness, dreams, earth, holidays, light, music, nature, possibilities, resistance, seasons, self-care, shadow, shoulds, silence, winter solstice
Dusk descends early on this cold, gray cloudy November day. All day I needed the lamplight next to my chair to read, and now I spread the wool throw over me. Halloween/Samhain/All Soul’s Day ushered in the dark time, a reminder of death and ancestors, of mystery and...
by Anne Peek | May 27, 2017 | agenda, balance, beauty, body wisdom, breath, connection, earth, gardens, growth, life-giving, light, listening, nature, rejuvenation, seasons, self-care, senses, shoulds, spring, wonder
Don’t you love how when you’re really tired, that’s when you slam your hand in the car door, or trip and bruise your knees (or break a bone), or forget to make that important phone call, or burst into tears when your coffee cup dances off the table and smashes on the...
by Anne Peek | Dec 16, 2015 | balance, body wisdom, clearing, darkness, holidays, life-giving, light, listening, practice, seasons, self-care, silence, solitude, winter solstice, words
Our lives and hearts are so full right now, for so many reasons, personal, global and seasonal. I prepare for holiday celebrations, but my heart has few words. It craves solitude, silence and stillness. Between errands and phone calls I stare at the Christmas tree. As...
by Anne Peek | Oct 17, 2015 | amusement, autumn, balance, beauty, childhood, connection, darkness, decorations, earth, holidays, imagination, nature, possibilities, seasons, wildness, wonder
I like to decorate my home to reflect the seasons. A couple weeks ago I put away the exuberant summer accents—flowers, birds, symbols of growth and play—and brought out those that reflect fall in the Midwest. Last night I put up the Halloween decorations. Yesterday my...
by Anne Peek | May 20, 2015 | beauty, gardens, growth, life-giving, listening, nature, possibilities, seasons, singing, spirit, spring, transformation, Uncategorized, wildness, wonder
What a glorious transformation from barren grey to leafy green over the past several weeks! Once the spring rebirth truly arrives, my memories of winter fade—perhaps in the same way that soon after my babies were born I barely remembered the stress of labor (until...
by Anne Peek | Mar 18, 2015 | artistic expression, beauty, clearing, connection, growth, harmony, life-giving, listening, messages, nature, seasons, spirit, transformation, vision, writing
If you want to become full, let yourself be empty. Tao te Ching God is not found in the soul by adding anything but by a process of subtraction. ...