by Anne Peek | 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...
by Anne Peek | Apr 14, 2018 | balance, beauty, body wisdom, breath, conflict, connection, cranky, darkness, earth, growth, grumpy, harmony, hope, joy, nature, poetry, possibilities, resistance, seasons, self-care, senses, shoulds, spring, writing
I want to post a blog touching on one of my usual themes—wonder, creativity, humor—but today those feel a little scarce. Well, I do feel wonder as I sit today in this blizzard, the worst I’ve seen in many years. And in mid-April yet. I know a few of you are living...
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 | May 5, 2016 | affinity, agenda, amusement, balance, beauty, conflict, connection, earth, nature, overwhelm, possibilities, senses, spring, words
How’s your month being going? If it’s been calm, peaceful and predictable, I think you are quite unusual. In the last two weeks, I have experienced two family birthdays, my husband’s retirement, a week’s visit with a friend out of town, a neighbor’s adult...
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...