Tamara Willems
October 12, 2022
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#autumnleaves, #beingkindness, #fallingforfall, #inthiswritersgarden, #measafadingflower, #octoberfeels, #toyouthisday
You might know how very fond I amof springthe very hopefulness ofthings to come,possibilities and almost daily surprisesbut lately I’ve been thinking how very lovelythe autumn can bechanging colours of course, appeal to the visual sensesand scents too, (much more…
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Tamara Willems
October 8, 2022
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#comfortinloss, #grief, #howitfeels, #howlovesavesus, #loss, #lossofapet, #love, #lovetofindyou, #toyouthisday, #whenwefeel, #writinglife
I have tried real hard, not to tell you againabout the sadness I feel for the pupthat we lost but so many times a day, the tears willcatch in my throat, even whenI try hard not to give in, let…
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Tamara Willems
September 23, 2022
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#autumnalequinox, #fallbegins, #inthiswritersgarden, #kenburns, #lynnnovick, #notime, #summerends, #theguesswho, #toyouthisday, #usandtheholocaust
Season’s change and so do I the end of summer arrives, and thensuddenlyit’s fallwhere usually this comes with a feeling of dread, for methis year I seem to have just idly wanderedon throughas though someone’s left the door open… the…
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Tamara Willems
August 24, 2022
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#deemedkindness, #difficultthings, #handinmypocket, #keepyoureyesopen, #lovetofindyou, #smallstoneheart, #toyouthisday
I found this little stone at work,in the shape of a heartI tend to notice these things, how theyappearin my pathyet hadn’t been there beforeit was wet when I first saw itso it appeared blackas I feel compelled to do,…
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Tamara Willems
August 19, 2022
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#birdsandthebees, #halfmoon, #inthiswritersgarden, #livingmygratitude, #lovetosurroundyou, #rabbits, #toyouthisday
Mostly I wanted to tell you about the monarchshow every time we step outinto the front gardentheyappear and how it always feels likethe most honourablevisitto us, asendangered as now they are and also about the rabbitthat came into view last…
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Tamara Willems
August 13, 2022
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#gobelove, #knowinglove, #letmecarryalittleofthis, #lovetheworld, #lovingkindness, #thislittlelightofmine, #tobeblessed, #toyouthisday
There is a kind of blessing to sittingquietlybelow a big full moon still hangingin the morning skyeven a little before the sun begins its rise with coffee andwarmslippers watching tiny chickadees at the feeder and thinking, these little fellows might…
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Tamara Willems
August 10, 2022
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#feelslikelove, #gratefulliving, #inthiswritersgarden, #ivelookedatclouds, #timeinabottle, #toyouthisday
Maybe I was hoping today,I wouldsitto write something, possibly evenof little importanceabout a day, like todaybut sometimes life justtakes over each small bit offree space probably I would have told you howthe sky was so blueand the air was a…
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Tamara Willems
July 31, 2022
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#beingkindness, #comfort, #inthiswritersgarden, #measaflower, #plantingseeds, #toyouthisday
“I want to tell you about the most hopeful thing in the world. It is a seed.”~ Janisse Ray Our giant puppy has been collecting seedsby way of trampling through all the gardensthe fur behind his ears andon his neck…
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Tamara Willems
June 25, 2022
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#holdmyfirestarter, #iamwoman, #inthiswritersgarden, #mybodystillmychoice, #nowtotherising, #resilience, #smellslikemisogyny, #toyouthisday, #whereisthelight
When one catand two of the dogs have me upway, way before the sunwhere most wearily, one is calledto begin a day, not yet dawningyou might then ask yourself, Whereis the light? when yesterday’s stench of decomposingmisogynistic infirmitywafting up from…
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Tamara Willems
June 18, 2022
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#beingkindness, #cultivatelove, #inthegarden, #inthiswritersgarden, #judgement, #justmethinking, #measaflower, #shame, #shameloss, #toyouthisday, #whatyousow
This morning in the garden,I am thinking about how weharbour shame in our bodieshow we then come to coat ourselves with this shameas amour,how we righteously and continuously thrust it forthas shieldand wield it,fiercely and vigilantlyas swordand how in our…
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