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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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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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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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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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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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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Thoughts on gratitude,when you begin to practice gratitudeevery daythen every day gratitudefindsyou here then a few things I amgrateful for this week I did something a bitbrave, but something just for methat now will stay withmeand it has me feeling…
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Do you ever wonder if there may be a better wayto say I love youin something less familiaror some way you’ve never heardthat suddenly catches you off guardmakes you stop in your tracks for a minuteto reallylisten do you ever…
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In the grocery store linehe says,hey.. I’m the one who reminded you to get your dark chocolate Oreos, so… that’s your valentines dayand I say to him… Ah romance! Today you’ve been toldis the day for lovein the case that…
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