by Anne Peek | Jan 12, 2021 | affinity, agenda, balance, body wisdom, breath, communication, conflict, connection, creativity, darkness, expansion, growth, heart, hope, intuition, life-giving, listening, messages, modern life, pandemic, possibilities, rejuvenation, self-care, self-reflection, shadow, spirit, tarot, the feminine, transformation, Uncategorized, vision
National events distracted me today from my usual blog subject matter. So I sought guidance from the tarot. Specifically, I wanted to hear from the Tarot of the Crone, because the Crone’s voice feels ancient, female, earthy– a no-nonsense truth-teller. And from...
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 | Nov 14, 2020 | affinity, ambiguity, artistic expression, balance, beauty, breath, clearing, conflict, darkness, expansion, heart, imagination, life-giving, light, listening, modern life, pandemic, planning, possibilities, rejuvenation, self-care, senses, shadow, soul, transformation, Uncategorized, vision
I’m feeling tired and oddly amorphous these days. Coherent thought, linear planning—even “soft” planning—is elusive. I’m trying to be patient as I dance with physical challenges and house clearing that feels endless. Yet most of the time I also feel...
by Anne Peek | Aug 17, 2020 | aging, ambiguity, childhood, conflict, connection, heart, memoir, modern life, overwhelm, self-reflection, shadow, stories, transformation, vulnerability, women
Fifty years ago this week my mom nearly died in a terrorist bombing in St. Paul. Just weeks before my senior year in high school. I want to tell the story, to mark the anniversary, to make sense of it after so many years. But I’m not sure I can make sense of it. Mom...
by Anne Peek | Jun 22, 2020 | animals, beauty, conflict, creativity, harmony, heart, hope, imagination, life-giving, listening, messages, mind, modern life, nature, overwhelm, rejuvenation, self-care, senses, surprise, transformation, Uncategorized, vulnerability, wonder
Joy is the gift of love. Grief is the price of love. Anger protects that which is loved. And when we think we have reached our limit, wonder is the act that returns us to love. Valarie Kaur, See No Stranger My...
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...