Have I ever told you, there are timessometimes, well most timeswhen I am afraid of the world outside, (I’m sure I have)that sometimes I won’t go outside the front gateeven to look at the flowerswithout delving too deepthere may be…
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I begin of course, by walking the gardens… today being a day off, you might already knowhow I am spending my timethe early morning, overcast and humidgives a damp heavy feeling to thingsthe toads are loudly calling out from the…
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It is a hard thing sometimes to standin the sunlight, as it warms your skinand think of all the sadness in the worldor the burdens some mustcarry my garden is such that the trees, shrubsand vast cool green vegetation give…
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A beautiful morning so I take my coffeeand book outside to enjoy the quietalmost instantly a large truck rumbles to a stopthumps and bangs, then a chainsaw and a noisy chipper begindestructionof some kinddisruption for me as I happen to…
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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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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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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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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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(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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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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