by Anne Peek | Dec 14, 2020 | affinity, artistic expression, balance, beauty, connection, darkness, earth, harmony, life-giving, magic, nature, possibilities, seasons, self-care, self-reflection, silence, soul, spirit, transformation, Uncategorized, winter solstice, wonder
Winter Solstice is tugging at me this year, perhaps because so much of this long year has been about pause, and full of death and the unknown. I yearn for new life. Yet I know that new life takes time to develop, timing that is not in my control. (A warm spring does...
by Anne Peek | 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...
by Anne Peek | Dec 26, 2019 | affinity, artistic expression, balance, beauty, breath, connection, creativity, darkness, harmony, imagination, intuition, life-giving, listening, nature, possibilities, self-care, silence, singing, solitude, soul, spirit, vision, winter solstice, wonder
Still resting in the pause of the sun, the eclipse of the new moon, listening to the stars sing in the dark… What is singing to you now? Where is stillness waiting for you? I’d love to hear. (click on the picture for a sharper view)...
by Anne Peek | Oct 29, 2019 | affinity, autumn, balance, beauty, body wisdom, breath, clearing, connection, creativity, darkness, earth, expansion, freedom, Halloween, imagination, life-giving, listening, magic, mind, nature, possibilities, practice, rejuvenation, seasons, senses, silence, singing, soul, spirit, the feminine, wonder, words
I’ve just returned home from several enchanted days on Lake Superior. My greedy mind — muted for awhile by movement, story, song, beauty, affection, and silence — now wants to read mail, catch up on national news, make necessary appointments, resume tasks set...
by Anne Peek | Aug 30, 2019 | affinity, amusement, beauty, childhood, connection, earth, hope, life-giving, nature, play, possibilities, senses, silence, spirit, surprise, vision, wildness, wonder, words
Wonder is the heaviest element on the periodic table. Even a tiny fleck of it stops time. Diane Ackerman After five days up on the North Shore I’m noticing that words for a blog are hard to find. Lumbering along rocky beaches, comforted and exhilarated by booming...
by Anne Peek | Jan 7, 2019 | affinity, artistic expression, balance, beauty, body wisdom, breath, communication, connection, creativity, harmony, heart, imagination, life-giving, listening, mind, modern life, nature, possibilities, rejuvenation, self-care, senses, silence, solitude, spirit, Uncategorized, vision, vulnerability, words, writing
I’m hanging in a wordless space, even as I write these words. Recently home from a family trip on the Oregon coast for the holidays, I’m savoring all I saw and heard there: my family, of course; and also blustery winds and rain; thundering waves; squawking...