by Anne Peek | Jul 18, 2020 | affinity, childhood, communication, connection, creativity, friendship, harmony, heart, imagination, joy, laughter, life-giving, magic, memoir, play, Sacred Eccentricity, self-reflection, soul, spirit, subpersonalities, Uncategorized, wildness, women
We are living neath the Great Big Dipper We are washed by the very same rain We are swimming in the stream together, some in power and some in pain We can worship this ground we walk on, cherishing the beings that we live beside Loving spirits will live forever,...
by Anne Peek | Feb 21, 2020 | affinity, aging, childhood, clothing, connection, expansion, foolish, freedom, harmony, heart, life-giving, memoir, nature, play, possibilities, self-care, self-reflection, tenderness, Uncategorized, wildness
As I reached happily for my well worn hooded sweatshirt again this morning, I wondered suddenly why I feel such affection for it, and for all those I’ve ever had, why I am always on the lookout for new ones to replace those that wear out, and why I am so excited when...
by Anne Peek | Nov 25, 2019 | amusement, connection, gardens, life-giving, nature, poetry, possibilities, the feminine, Uncategorized, wildness, women, words, writing
In numerous cultures around the world bees were sacred, associated with the Divine Feminine. Archeologists have found images of bees, bee priestesses and bee goddesses dating back millennia. This came to mind in September, when at the women’s workshop I attended on...
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 | Mar 5, 2019 | affinity, ambiguity, balance, body wisdom, conflict, connection, earth, freedom, growth, harmony, heart, home, intuition, joy, life-giving, nature, planning, possibilities, rejuvenation, self-care, senses, soul, Uncategorized, wildness
I’ve been thinking about home. And the longing for home. For a long time I have wanted to move, probably out of Minnesota, but when I think about where to go, I get muddled. Because I think there might be several kinds of home, and mine pull me in different...
by Anne Peek | Mar 16, 2018 | artistic expression, beauty, communication, conflict, connection, creativity, darkness, earth, imagination, listening, messages, nature, poetry, possibilities, seasons, shadow, spirit, the feminine, transformation, wildness, wonder
Today I’ve been thinking about Kilauea, the volcano on the Big Island of Hawaii that’s been reshaping the island’s terrain continuously since 1983. I’m not sure why. Perhaps because I was there around this time last year… Perhaps because thinking about something...