by Anne Peek | Dec 18, 2025 | affinity, balance, beauty, breath, connection, darkness, death, dreams, earth, expansion, growth, harmony, heart, holidays, hope, imagination, life-giving, light, modern life, nature, noise, possibilities, rejuvenation, seasons, self-care, self-reflection, soul, vision, winter solstice, wonder
Here we are at a cosmic portal: the dark of the moon, at the darkest time of the year, about to embark on the longest night. And the darkness around us on the world scene is deep, as deep as most of us have seen in our lifetime. Yet, we also know...
by Anne Peek | Jan 14, 2024 | affinity, artistic expression, balance, body wisdom, breath, connection, creativity, darkness, dreams, earth, growth, heart, imagination, listening, messages, mystery, nature, possibilities, rejuvenation, resistance, self-reflection, silence, solitude, soul, spirit, Uncategorized, winter solstice
Eye Mask In this dark I rest, unready for the light which dawns day after day, eager to be shared. Black silk, shelter me. I need more of the night before I open eyes and heart to illumination. I must still grow in the dark like a root not ready, not ready at...
by Anne Peek | Dec 14, 2023 | affinity, balance, beauty, connection, darkness, freedom, harmony, heart, holidays, life-giving, light, modern life, mystery, self-care, shoulds, singing, soul, spirit, tenderness, Uncategorized, winter solstice, wonder
No need to hurry. No need to sparkle. No need to be anyone but oneself. Virginia Woolf Solstice Blessings to you! May your holidays hold warmth,...
by Anne Peek | Dec 19, 2022 | affinity, animals, artistic expression, beauty, body wisdom, breath, communication, connection, darkness, earth, heart, holidays, imagination, life-giving, light, messages, mystery, nature, possibilities, rejuvenation, seasons, senses, silence, spirit, Uncategorized, winter solstice, wonder
I’m posting a little early this month to honor the winter solstice, and to send love your way during this holiday time. The longest night of the year. Sitting still in the darkness what might I hear? Do the stars warble? Does the candle whisper a message?...
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 | 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)...