Tamara Willems
April 13, 2024
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#inmyaprilgarden, #inthiswritersgarden, #joyharjo, #livingmygratitude, #measaflower, #perfectdays, #spring, #tobehere, #toyouthisday
When the sky comes inbrightest blueafter an abundance of windand rainand the sun brilliantly beginscoaxing out each tiny budandleaf And I have spent several hoursof the morningwith my lovewhere we have walkedthe gardensmakingplans In afternoon lightthe pups and I, we…
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Tamara Willems
April 3, 2024
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#begoodtoyou, #forsythia, #inmyaprilgarden, #inthiswritersgarden, #livingmygratitude, #measaflower, #noticelife, #spring, #springisspringing, #toyouthisday
Do you ever get so caught up in thingsthings to dothings to not forgetthings toworry aboutthat you suddenly notice, that youhad forgotten tolookup I mean of course you gazed out the window this morningas you dowhile settling inwith coffeebut perhaps…
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Tamara Willems
March 22, 2024
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#inthiswritersgarden, #introvertlife, #livingmygratitude, #march, #measaflower, #outlikealion, #spring, #toyouthisday
Spring stepped inunannouncedtrusting all footprints would belightly covered overfrom the falling snowand the cold windI suppose,became the lion partushering outthe last blastsofwinter although still feeling the lashings ofundertowyou did it, you knowwhile wanting to keep the whole world outsomehow you…
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Tamara Willems
March 2, 2024
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#hellebores, #inlikealamb, #inthiswritersgarden, #livingmygratitude, #mariaressa, #measaflower, #music, #sprouts, #toyouthisday, #writelife
March comesratherquietly in… againlike a lamb, as theysay feels a kind of hopeful thingdoesn’t itthe ‘march’ on to spring(nearly there) I am reading a very good and important bookby Maria Ressa, a courageous, strong andintelligent womana book heading straight for…
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Tamara Willems
February 19, 2024
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#beingkindness, #familyday, #february, #inthiswritersgarden, #livingmygratitude, #lovingkindness, #measaflower, #rosehips, #sunnyskies, #takeawalkonthewildside, #toyouthisday
Late February, how weird is thatwhat can often feel like the longest monthseems to be slipping awayand indeed,rather beautifully, I might add Family day, where I will soak myselfin the great luxuryofhome(and butter tarts)while dear husband takes his staffto make…
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Tamara Willems
February 7, 2024
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#booksmusicmovies, #inmyfebruarygarden, #inthiswritersgarden, #loveandloss, #measaflower, #music, #payattention, #tobykeith, #toyouthisday
Tuesday morning, I see that Toby Keith has diedfrom stomach cancerimmediately I forward the message to ourfamily group chatsad three things, very important to our familybooks, music, moviesbut I could also add to this,smart, intelligent witandhumourand something I am always…
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Tamara Willems
January 30, 2024
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#beingkindness, #inmyjanuarygarden, #inthiswritersgarden, #livingmygratitude, #measaflower, #restandrecovery, #slowandsteady, #takegoodcareofyou, #toyouthisday, #writelife
Today I am reading about flowersamong other thingswhich to meseemsthe perfect thing for late January for several years we have been inching our waytowardsun-lawningthe sort of unnatural, obsessive, artificialbeautification ofspaceslooking more toward justenjoyingthe marvelous wonder ofwild things and always I…
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Tamara Willems
October 27, 2023
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#beingkindness, #hope, #inthiswritersgarden, #livingmygratitude, #measaflower, #noticelife, #octoberlight, #toyouthisday, #waystosayiloveyou
Seems to me,that the light of October isa special kindof light makes everything rathergolden holds its own kind of magic noticing… last week I had two fingers fitted for splintsin hopes of keeping themmobileand this week, after trying to work…
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Tamara Willems
October 9, 2023
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#canadianthanksgiving, #connectingthings, #connection, #inthiswritersgarden, #livingmygratitude, #lovingkindness, #measaflower, #mettamonday, #toyouthisday, #writelife
“We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men; and among those fibers, as sympathetic threads, our actions run as causes, and they come back to us as effects.” ~ Herman Melville To love the…
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Tamara Willems
August 16, 2023
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#badmood, #inthiswritersgarden, #measaflower, #movewithlove, #thistle, #toyouthisday, #writelife
Today in recognitionof the mighty thistle I am currently carrying with me,on theinsidea ba-a-a-a-ad mooda prickly sort of crustthat I can feel, tightin my jawinternally, from about the ribcageuplike a potabout to boil over warning flares have been sentmostly to…
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