by Anne Peek | Apr 1, 2022 | affinity, artistic expression, body wisdom, clearing, conflict, connection, counterculture, cranky, creativity, dreams, earth, expansion, foolish, freedom, growth, heart, intuition, joy, life-giving, light, listening, modern life, nature, possibilities, rejuvenation, Sacred Eccentricity, self-reflection, shadow, shoulds, soul, spirit, transformation, values, women, wonder
I have never listened to anyone who criticized my taste in space travel, sideshows, or gorillas. When this occurs, I pack up my dinosaurs and leave the room. Ray Bradbury The...
by Anne Peek | Mar 2, 2022 | ambiguity, artistic expression, balance, body wisdom, communication, conflict, connection, creativity, darkness, dreams, heart, imagination, intuition, life-giving, listening, possibilities, self-reflection, senses, shadow, soul, spirit, transformation, Uncategorized, vision, war, words, writing
There are several topics I intend to explore here in the coming months, but the war in Ukraine has dissolved my words right now. I’m so weary of eons of glorified dominance and control. Which leaves me sadly subdued. When I’m not weary, I’m angry. Or in some kind of...
by Anne Peek | Nov 1, 2021 | affinity, archetypes, autumn, beauty, childhood, connection, death, earth, expansion, Halloween, harmony, heart, intuition, joy, life-giving, magic, memoir, nature, possibilities, senses, soul, spirit, stories, surprise, transformation, Uncategorized, wildness, wonder
Tomorrow is November 2, the culmination of an auspicious period for honoring the dead. It is also my dad’s 101st birthday. So I’m going to tell you a story about my dad, a kind of ghost story because it took place at his death. On May 8, 2008 I got a call at 2 am...
by Anne Peek | Sep 5, 2021 | affinity, artistic expression, clearing, connection, creativity, earth, expansion, freedom, life-giving, nature, possibilities, rejuvenation, seasons, self-reflection, senses, soul, spirit, transformation, wildness
Aaah…the wind has returned. My shoulders relax, my mind stills. I hear the ssshuush in the treetops; watch the flickering light in the leaves, a myriad of greens tossing in the breeze. Follow an occasional leaf or stick or seed as it twirls free to the ground. Notice...
by Anne Peek | Aug 7, 2021 | affinity, artistic expression, beauty, body wisdom, communication, connection, creativity, earth, expansion, freedom, heart, imagination, intuition, joy, life-giving, listening, nature, possibilities, practice, senses, soul, spirit, surprise, wonder
When I walk in natural places I love, I offer my respect, love and thanks with a song, a tonal chant expressing my feelings, made up on the spot. I will continue this practice, but I am excited about another kind of offering I’ve been making the past few weeks—earth...
by Anne Peek | Jul 8, 2021 | beauty, childhood, communication, connection, dreams, heart, imagination, intuition, life-giving, listening, messages, music, nature, possibilities, self-reflection, singing, soul, spirit, transformation, Uncategorized, wildness, wonder
During my summer break from writing blogs and newsletters, allow me to offer a few blog posts to you that seem worth a second look perhaps. This one, from March 2017, is one of those. Click here or on the title below to read the blog. Soul...