Tamara Willems
April 19, 2020
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#cloudyday, #looktothelight, #notsobravenewworld, #solaceinthegarden, #whereareyou
Things continue on intouncertaintiesthe monotony of whichcauses fissuresof frustration to splay themselveson the kitchen floorspilling on to words liketrust, faith andknowingallowing crassconspirators more room tobuild ridiculous thingsin plain sightno sun today, just cloudand the worry that weshall not be better…
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Tamara Willems
April 17, 2020
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#inthiswritersgarden, #keepyourselfopen, #lookforthemagic, #surroundyourselfwithlove, #toyouthisday
This morning I’m thinkingI just really want more time with my husbandwhich may sound odd, as currently he is here all day, every day(and I’ve only just gone back to work)right now he is at the grocery storeas the driver…
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Tamara Willems
April 10, 2020
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#alwayslookingup, #gratefulliving, #openlikethesky, #outoftheblue, #thoughtsonaday
Quite out of the bluea funny little phrase, this morning I received a lovely messagefrom a frienda simple greeting of joythat begins my daywith a smileyesterday in fact I received two.. no, no come to think of itfour, four lovely…
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Tamara Willems
April 6, 2020
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#bravenewworld, #giftoftime, #gratefulliving, #springblooms, #thisday, #timeforachange
This morning in the midst of a wordless wandermy early-ish walk of gratitudein the gardenwhich of course is never quite wordless as I do have a tendency to talkto myself, out loudwell, not even so much to myself as tothe…
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Tamara Willems
April 3, 2020
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#inawritersgarden, #liveinsimplegratitude, #passionatecompassion, #soakupthesun
tentative ortransformationalhow is it even that this feels does one feel as if the brakeshave suddenly been appliedor perhapsyou have been unceremoniouslyshovedto another lane where you are left wonderingreally, what is it all about survival of the fittestor fittestof the…
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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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