by Anne Peek | Jan 21, 2023 | agenda, amusement, artistic expression, balance, childhood, communication, creativity, fool, freedom, imagination, inner critic, laughter, life-giving, mind, play, poetry, possibilities, resistance, seasons, self-care, shoulds, stories, Uncategorized, words, writing
There once was a woman of age Who struggled to honor a page With some nourishing words Ones that sang, flew like birds, But alas! She was never a sage. (And such hopes are so often a cage.) Plus it’s winter, it’s cold and it’s dark, And her mind must be locked...
by Anne Peek | Mar 2, 2022 | ambiguity, artistic expression, balance, body wisdom, communication, conflict, connection, creativity, darkness, dreams, heart, imagination, intuition, life-giving, listening, possibilities, self-reflection, senses, shadow, soul, spirit, transformation, Uncategorized, vision, war, words, writing
There are several topics I intend to explore here in the coming months, but the war in Ukraine has dissolved my words right now. I’m so weary of eons of glorified dominance and control. Which leaves me sadly subdued. When I’m not weary, I’m angry. Or in some kind of...
by Anne Peek | Feb 10, 2021 | affinity, amusement, artistic expression, grumpy, heart, imagination, laughter, life-giving, modern life, nature, pandemic, play, possibilities, rejuvenation, self-care, self-reflection, Uncategorized, vulnerability, words
The pleasant shifts in the air I felt a couple weeks ago seem to have fled in recent days. Quite patient until now, today I’m tired of pandemic precautions. Longing for travel. Tired of winter. Maybe I am undone because the vaccine and the increasing sunlight...
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 | Oct 29, 2019 | affinity, autumn, balance, beauty, body wisdom, breath, clearing, connection, creativity, darkness, earth, expansion, freedom, Halloween, imagination, life-giving, listening, magic, mind, nature, possibilities, practice, rejuvenation, seasons, senses, silence, singing, soul, spirit, the feminine, wonder, words
I’ve just returned home from several enchanted days on Lake Superior. My greedy mind — muted for awhile by movement, story, song, beauty, affection, and silence — now wants to read mail, catch up on national news, make necessary appointments, resume tasks set...
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...