Tamara Willems
February 21, 2026
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#colearthurriley, #livingmygratitude, #mirabelosler, #noticelife, #readgoodbooks, #toyouthisday, #writelife
This past week I began to write outdismalkinds of thoughtsI’d been hit quite hard by vertigothe dizziest sort of feelinglike liquid clouds had filled my earsand I had stumbled upon rolling seaswondering if maybe I had forgotten my allergy pillbut…
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Tamara Willems
November 23, 2025
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#beinglove, #fathersandsons, #lifeisbeautiful, #livingmygratitude, #robertobenigni, #sundaykindoflove, #toyouthisday, #writelife
Last night, I leave my hockey teamto theirmiseryand instead ask my son, if he wants to watcha moviemy son, a devoted movie aficionadomakes the choiceand so, last night I finally watchRoberto Benigni’s Life is Beautifulit has been on my radar…
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Tamara Willems
September 28, 2025
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#falldays, #inthiswritersgarden, #livingmygratitude, #measaflower, #noticelife, #peacefilled, #rhythmandblues, #september, #sundaykindoflove, #toyouthisday, #writelife
Last week, MondayI come in from work to tell himI have hit mylow earlier, I have quite silently whispered to myselfI cannot go oneverything feels, as if Iammuch too fragile for this old world on the inside, I push througha…
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Tamara Willems
August 27, 2025
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#anxietyhappens, #belove, #inmyaugustgarden, #inthiswritersgarden, #livingmygratitude, #toyouthisday, #writelife
If I was to begin withnothing much to tell you… it’s the season of my husband working lots(there’s a few)and the nature of the business he’s inwe’ve never had weekends likepeopledoso, we’re not off adventuring orweekendingone night a week we…
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Tamara Willems
August 22, 2025
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#augustinthegarden, #clouds, #frogs, #gratefulliving, #hummingbirds, #inthiswritersgarden, #livingmygratitude, #mylai, #pompeii, #toads, #toyouthisday, #writelife
Friday morningmid-August, blue skies andsunshineof course, you will know wheretofindme the loveliest temperatures todaynot too hot, justabsolutely beautiful outside first thing, I am metby the all familiar humthat will render one quite stillthe vibration of wingsrapidlybeatingjust beside mea gorgeous little…
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Tamara Willems
August 6, 2025
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#frogs, #handtoheart, #inthiswritersgarden, #livingmygratitude, #noticelife, #pondlife, #toyouthisday, #writelife
Another gorgeous, gorgeous day,I mean, that aloneis to becelebrated, but this morning, something wonderful a walk to my most peaceful spotthe pondwhere for a time I will gaze on familiar spacesas I doevery day there are words, etched on my…
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Tamara Willems
August 4, 2025
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#augustfeels, #feathers, #gardens, #hummingbirdmoth, #inthiswritersgarden, #livingmygratitude, #lovingkindness, #mayyoube, #ponds, #toyouthisday, #writelife
This morning, once againabsolute perfection in a summer’s daywell, probably not completely perfect, after allisn’t that some kind ofsillywordwhat I really mean to say is, temperature wisesights and sounds wisewarm filtered sun, light gorgeous breezeaccompanying trill of the grasshoppersmy very…
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Tamara Willems
July 1, 2025
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#canada, #canadaday, #inthiswritersgarden, #livingmygratitude, #lovingawareness, #measaflower, #toyouthisday, #truenorthstrongandfree, #writelife
first things first, in the immortal words ofthe great Canadian singer-songwriter Stompin’ Tom Connors♪It’s Canada Day up Canada way on the first day of July ♪(c’mon, you knew it was coming) Today absolutely gorgeousblue skies, sunshine, light breezein the garden,…
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Tamara Willems
June 4, 2025
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#calvinandhobbes, #inthiswritersgarden, #livingmygratitude, #measaflower, #nothingdays, #noticelife, #toyouthisday
This morning my husbandis the first one out,actually I had already been out at four with the pupbut as this is a day offwe both, puppy and I happily snuggled back inhusband is greeted this morning, just outside the back…
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Tamara Willems
April 16, 2025
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#beinggentlekindness, #inthiswritersgarden, #livingmygratitude, #noticelife, #spring, #toyouthisday, #writelife
Sitting quietly in my chair by the window,outside the sky turns itselffrom a dull, blustery, overcastgreyto a beautiful bluewhite billowy clouds sailingand sunshine beaming throughI had a phone appointment scheduled this morningand soI sat, baited of breathready, and silently rehearsinguntil…
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