I’m Ann Keeler Evans – Peacemaker, poet, priestess –
and you are welcome here!
Happy New Year!
2026
Welcome to the 15th year of my Daily Musings. I often refer to them as psalms: they each have 14 lines; they each discuss an issue or a Wonder; they each end in Peace and Hope. Unlike many psalms in religious books, these are a call to action. We are the ones who are to bring Hope. We are the ones to be Peacemakers. Thank you so much for reading them; I delight in writing them and can’t quite believe I’ve done this every day for all these years.
I am changing the musings’ presentation this year. People have expressed interest in watching the times of Sunrise and Sunset, Moonrise and Moonset. These help me to center in the Pennsylvania valley where I live. My web guru is exploring how we might set it up for you to see the sun and moon rising and setting times in your location.
If you’re already receiving my musings by email, you’ll note that their sending time has changed, to 1am, to accommodate the new platform we’re using. For those of you used to reading them when they arrived at 11pm, we’re sorry and hope you can adjust.
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Making Peace helps us see places and stratagems that are successful examples of Peacemaking. Thank you for sharing the Peace Journey with me.
- August 5, 2026
You start thinking about something and — all of a sudden — you’re doing it. It takes me a moment to jump in… in 13 years of writing, I’ve never taken a break, and eat some corn and tomatoes! Look at me modeling self-care! (I’m having TBI flashbacks) What might you release during the lazy, hazy, crazy days of Summer?
Ann
I’m posting here the times for the risings and settings of the Sun and Moon for where I live (Sunbury PA, USA). This is a good thing to know about our day. TimeandDate.com/astronomy is one resource for looking up your own times.
Sunrise: 6:07 am Moonset 1:36 am Sunset: 8:18 pm Moonrise 11:32 pm
What started out to be an adventure of two friends exploring Antarctica, turned into a spiritual sojourn that took us far beyond our wildest imaginations. I am a thealogian by training, a Peacemaker by vocation, and a Poet by expression. My friend, Faye, is a spiritual educator and a gospel/choral musician.
Faye and I and our companions on this trip were stunned by the power and majesty of this place and became committed to this still barely known continent and its pristine surrounding waters. Antarctica has no citizens; it needs ambassadors to speak to the importance of its pristine beauty and promote the Antarctic Treaty, signed by 58 countries in 1959, that is dedicated to Science and Peace.
As a thealogian, I went with questions — what is it like to visit a place with no indigenous people, no gods, no wee folk? Maybe it’s the spirit of the orca and the penguins and all the other lifeforms whose home it is, that has shaped what the continent has become.
Antarctica transformed my life; I experienced a Peace so profound that 54 poems flowed from me, and I invite to share that experience through them.
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Peace
As a Peacemaker and a Community Builder, I help people understand their gifts and strengths, while discovering the best ways for them to use them in to make Peace in the world. I have been working at being a Peacemaker throughout my ministry — and looking back, I realize that I have been working toward this for my whole life. It is a curious, confusing, and wonderfully rewarding way of life.
Peace matters. It matters enough that we are called to participate in building communities in which Peace can flourish. We are not Peaceful if we are not Peaceful in relationship, whether with Nature or Beings. Peace is so much more than a lovely concept. It is not simply an idea; it is a goal.
Throughout time, Peace has been understood far too often as either the opposite or the absence of war. That understanding severely underestimates the hope and potential of Peace. Peacemaking is an active verb that starts with a sense of wonderment about the Beauty and Abundance in which we live and leads us forward into community.
As a Peacemaker, I focus on finding the possibilities for connection and meaning, for creating rather than simply combatting. As such, I am a student of Nonviolence, which is the use of peaceful means, rather than force, to bring about political or social change. Nonviolence is a challenge to those of us raised in the Western World, but without it, without the creativity and collaboration, there can be no Peace.
We all need support in our process of building Peace and your Sacred Village(s) of Peace. As a Priestess and a Peacemaker, my calling is to be ‘in’ here for you to encounter and engage with for support and inspiration as you become a Peacemaker too.
Most Recent Peacemaker Pondering :
- How many times have you met someone only to find out that you were connected through mutual friends or distant relatives? Such a ‘small world’ encounter recently occurred with my cousin-in-law Jim and a co-worker, Annie. Annie sent me a notice about a patient. My attention was caught — Annie had recently taken her husband’s … Continue reading "Gathering in Peace — Part One"
More Peacemaker Ponderings
Peacemaker’s Tarot
I highly recommend buying all three of Ann’s Peacemaker’s Tarot books, as I have done. Not only are they an interesting read on her creative process in developing this unique approach to the Tarot, but they also give insights into what humanity needs in our evolution to more conscious living.
Laura Rose Gatley, Spiritual Mentor
Peacemaker’s Tarot
for the 21st century
“Not your grandmother’s tarot!” ™
Tarot helps us to be more present and aware in the moment. We don’t know what will happen in Life, so it’s crucial to know where we are in our own lives. However, old symbols and metaphors no longer have meaning in a world that is longing for new and meaningful reference points.
Peacemaker’s Tarot for the 21st Century (PT21C) is not a parlor game and does not predict your future as a passive event over which you have no control. PT21C is intended to explore how you can actively create your future based on the values of Peace and nonviolence.
Peacemaker’s Tarot for the 21st Century is a powerful invitation for you to consider your strengths and the allies you will want to develop as you work toward being a force for Peace in your life and your world. The Major Arcana cards are designed to center your talents as you become the person you mean to be.
Peacemaker’s Tarot for the 21st Century helps us think about the moment with Peace and nonviolence at the center of our considerations. Read this and get curious about what comes next. Then come enjoy a reading with Ann — the Tarot Priestess is In for you.
* After purchasing your PT21C Major Arcana cards,
download your free PDF of Vol. II-C, Your Personal Journey to Wisdom
