by Anne Peek | Jul 13, 2026 | affinity, amusement, artistic expression, beauty, creativity, gratitude, harmony, hope, imagination, laughter, life-giving, modern life, nature, overwhelm, play, poetry, possibilities, practice, rejuvenation, seasons, self-care, self-reflection, surprise, transformation, wonder, writing
Well, this summer has been quite a jumble Every day there’s more reason to grumble Lists of things that need doing Most of which I’m eschewing S’pose my failing attempts keep me humble. Shall I mention appointments with docs? Quite a few, but no terrible shocks As my...
by Anne Peek | Jun 14, 2026 | affinity, balance, beauty, connection, earth, expansion, gardens, growth, heart, home, imagination, joy, life-giving, modern life, nature, possibilities, rejuvenation, senses, spirit, surprise, transformation, Uncategorized, values, vision, wildness, wonder
It always feels a bit humbling when I what I think I know—know intellectually that is—turns out to be only a fraction of reality, reminding me that knowing something and experiencing it are two different things. Our yard is my most recent example. Three years ago,...
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 | Oct 19, 2025 | affinity, aging, artistic expression, childhood, connection, creativity, gratitude, growth, harmony, heart, joy, life-giving, listening, lists, memoir, memories and mementos, music, nature, play, self-reflection, singing, soul, spirit, surprise, Uncategorized, values, wonder
I’ve just finished putting together the Soundtrack of My Life. Not a survey of music that was popular during various eras I have lived through. Not simply songs I’ve loved. This is a list of songs that at different times resonated deeply with me, that persisted, or...
by Anne Peek | Jun 24, 2025 | affinity, amusement, artistic expression, balance, communication, connection, creativity, darkness, death, expansion, foolish, freedom, gratitude, harmony, heart, hope, imagination, joy, laughter, life-giving, light, modern life, nature, play, poetry, possibilities, practice, rejuvenation, resistance, self-care, spirit, Uncategorized, wonder, words
I believe that when we create, no matter what it is—a meal, a song, a garden, an altar space, a drawing, a knitted scarf, a haiku—we align with, and amplify, the creative life/love energy of our planet. Especially when our creation also feeds our wonder,...
by Anne Peek | Mar 30, 2025 | affinity, amusement, animals, babies, balance, breath, communication, connection, counterculture, expansion, freedom, friendship, gratitude, harmony, heart, hope, joy, laughter, life-giving, light, modern life, overwhelm, poetry, possibilities, rejuvenation, self-care, soul, stories, surprise, tenderness, transformation, values, women, wonder
At Albany Bulb with Elaine Side by side on a log by the bay. Sunlight. Unleashed dogs, prancing through surf, almost exploding out of their skins with perfect happiness. Dogs who don’t know about fired park rangers, or canceled health research, or tariff wars,...