Tamara Willems
August 28, 2026
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#beingkindness, #inthiswritersgarden, #noticelife, #partiallunareclipse, #sturgeonmoon, #toyouthisday, #writelife
I was aware of the full moon last nighteven had a good gaze at itthrough bleary tired eyesupthroughthetreesjust before bedand it wasbeautifully brightsomething I try notto miss, a beautiful moon blurred shots of light through branchesremind me mostjust how very…
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Tamara Willems
August 21, 2026
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#beingkindness, #froglife, #noticelife, #seeingyourselfthrough, #toyouthisday, #writelife
This morning a small lively bunnyhops about in the gardenone of this year’s babiesa little bigger than last spottedenjoying, I thinkthe cooler quiet of themorning while I am reading, andas often happenssomething makes me look up andoutto see a northern…
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Tamara Willems
July 31, 2026
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#beingkindness, #inthiswritersgarden, #measaflower, #noticelife, #toyouthisday, #writelife
I wonder to myself, if it will be noticedwhen I head outjust past one in the afternoonthat my hair is still wetas I have just showered, or that Iam a little bit shakybecause I haven’t yet eatenhaving sat the morning,…
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Tamara Willems
July 3, 2026
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#beingkindness, #fridayfeels, #inthiswritersgarden, #noticelife, #summerdays, #toyouthisday, #writelife
Out for my walk this morningas Friday’s small bit ofroutinehas now been determinedoff to collect our farm share ofwonderfully fresh, and decidedly deliciousgood things to eatlooking up at the beautiful blueI marvel at just how often I will noticethe wispy…
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Tamara Willems
April 3, 2026
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#beingkindness, #inthiswritersgarden, #measaflower, #pinkmoon, #toyouthisday, #writelife
Monday morning early, at workwhile getting to the wateringI met a snake, it startled meI don’t mind snakes, as a speciesit just makes one jump, when something movesunexpectedly it occurs to me now, that thisis precisely what social anxiety feels…
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Tamara Willems
March 25, 2026
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#beingkindness, #inthiswritersgarden, #measaflower, #noticelife, #toyouthisday
Outside, the back garden looks bleakvery early spring, it’s true but most anywhere you lookthe dogs have trampledand one particular fellow, has chewedand dugand just generally annihilatedany resemblance ofbeautifying nature I’ve been away from my usual writing postI’m sure your…
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Tamara Willems
February 27, 2026
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#beingkindness, #beinglove, #bigdeal, #inthiswritersgarden, #letthesunshinein, #toyouthisday
I am stood silentin between another, what’s the big dealconversationunwilling just now to step inor engage inthe what andthe whyas so often the world these daysfeelstooexhausting where flippancy and blatant unkindnessgrand selfcentred-ness, intentional belittling disguised as jokingat someone else’s expenseare…
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Tamara Willems
January 1, 2026
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#beingkindness, #loveandloss, #memoriesandmerit, #noticelife, #toyouthisday, #writelife
well then,I have just finished a fantastic reada beautiful gathering of correspondencebetween six sisters, spanning the twentieth century months longI have happily wandered alongin slowsnippetswith these wonderful witty, eccentric, womenmost enjoying every step contrary to what one might thinkknowing how…
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Tamara Willems
September 20, 2025
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#beingkindness, #frogs, #inthiswritersgarden, #jackkornfield, #lewiscarroll, #measaflower, #metta, #poison, #toyouthisday, #writelife
“If you drink much from a bottle marked ‘poison’ it is certain to disagree with you sooner or later.”~ Lewis Carroll Days have felt likeAlicetumbling down into the darknessofthe rabbit holeunable to grab hold of muchor make senseof a worldgone tonon-sense…
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Tamara Willems
May 21, 2025
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#beingkindness, #garden, #inthiswritersgarden, #measaflower, #puppies, #rain, #toyouthisday, #writelife
This past weekend again, we do somethingbraveorfoolishor I suppose, wethrow caution to the windtake our chances onlovethat is to say,we adopt a new puppy on the way, many times we ask ourselvesis this a good ideawe two, the parents of…
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