Tamara Willems
March 31, 2020
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#bewell, #coping, #howyoudoin, #metta, #toyouthisday
So then here we are, three weeks or soinand how are we coping withlifeas an indoor event?It is weird to say the least, scary for somequite remarkable for othershow well people and things adapt to awkward, unavoidable, unstoppable changeas someone…
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Tamara Willems
March 24, 2020
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#blessingsindisguise, #livinggratitude, #toyouthisday, writinglife
First thing this morning, when I wake upmy thoughts areof a kind woman, a Motherof my much younger daysthe mother of my then best friendof when she would have to be awayand I had stayed overshe would cook chicken, and…
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Tamara Willems
March 22, 2020
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#illberighthere, #illbeyourguide, #keepyourdistance, #toyouthisday, #whatarewegonnado
Welcome to Respectfully Keeping Your Distance 22.20my name is Tamara and I’ll be your guide,first things first, I suggest you begin your dayslowly andwith a smilecause chances are, you have not had to rise earlyand rush off to… anywhereif the…
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Tamara Willems
March 20, 2020
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#eatcake, #toyouthisday, #whattheworldneedsnow, #whyweneedart, #writereallife
(self isolation and the pandemic that was 2020) So you see this is precisely whywe need artwe need art and artists, authors and musicianswe need paintings and photographs, sculpture and potterywe need movies, musicals and mirthwe need songs and symphonieswe…
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Tamara Willems
March 15, 2020
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#justbekindforgoodnesssake, #livinggratitude, #morethanenough, #sameasalways, #soakupthesun
This morning we venture out to the grocery store earlyhoping to beat the crowds(takes on a whole new meaning these days)uneventfully get the groceries we are needingbreezing past the empty spaces left bare by panic and extreme avariceno extras for…
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Tamara Willems
March 13, 2020
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If I could justwhisper in your earI would tell you that it’sokand we’re all going to bealrightIf I could just ease your worried mindor rub your furrowedbrow(on second thought, noI wouldn’t like that either)If I could just turn down the…
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Tamara Willems
March 11, 2020
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#letmecarryalittleofthis, #meettheworldwithlove, #toyouthisday, #writereallife
Where do you suppose we would beif we were not constantly blasting the stories of the daynews cycle upon news cycle uponnewscycleAre we so better informedor merely so much better misinformeddo you think that you would be missingsomethingif you did…
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Tamara Willems
March 7, 2020
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#almostspringday, #livingmygratitude, #nigglennurture, #toyouthisday
Things that niggle,looks like the shutter is stuck openleaving things over-exposedtoo bright, devoid of much clear colourpityjust as the sun begins again to shinejust as the greens may at last bereturning to the stagemy camera is tiredand it would appearquite…
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Tamara Willems
March 5, 2020
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#cameraonthefritz, #inawritersgarden, #toyouthisday
Well, what to do when my camera has encountered some kind ofproblem and now seems unwillingto snap a few pictureshow can I possibly tell youabout the sunas it shines late in the afternoonon to things in my gardenhow can I…
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