Tamara Willems
May 7, 2025
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#awalkandawander, #ferns, #gratefulliving, #inthiswritersgarden, #iwritethewords, #measaflower, #springblooms, #toadstoadsandmoretoads, #toyouthisday, #writelife
Would you think that Iam a prolific gardener, even thoughI have told yourepeatedly, that Iam not really a prolificanything words in my head,is how I beginas I will tell you, I am writing every dayand most oftenon theinside this morning…
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Tamara Willems
April 26, 2025
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#attheheart, #inthiswritersgarden, #likelove, #readgoodbooks, #toads, #toyouthisday, #wisteria, #writelife
When I read good writersor should I say, in my humble opinionas who’s to decide,because I tend to read a lot ofnon-fiction –writers who feel as if weare in a kindconversationthey tend to make me feellike Ishould like to writenot…
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Tamara Willems
April 18, 2025
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#aprilshowers, #bloodroot, #inthiswritersgarden, #springshowers, #toyouthisday, #writelife
And so today,I notice the bloodroot has begun tobloomand I forget to get my snapof this place and thistime and then the rain beginsfollowed soon afterby flashes andbooms when it finishes, or so it appearsthe sun breaks throughonce againeven a…
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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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Tamara Willems
April 4, 2025
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#gardens, #inthiswritersgarden, #measaflower, #moss, #spring, #springsprings, #toyouthisday, #writelife
As the sky begins to brightenon a beautiful morning,through the window, I am once again watchinga robinour resident harbinger of spring like thingstoday’s beauty is gatheringa great beak-full of grasses and twigsit scritches through gardensin searchyesterday, a squirrel in the…
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Tamara Willems
March 8, 2025
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#inthiswritersgarden, #measaflower, #toyouthisday, #womensday, #writelife
Today at the gas stationwhile my husbandfillsa car drives in,and as it passes, I thinkto myselfthat looks almost like my Aunt Maureenfrom there, thoughts wanderandweavehow really lovely she washow, I always thought of herascomfortespecially, when wrapped in her armsand… I…
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Tamara Willems
February 21, 2025
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#4nations, #fortheloveofthegame, #hockeynight, #howwedo, #inthiswritersgarden, #morningdoves, #ohcanada, #peacetalks, #writelife
Yesterday in the gardenten to twelve pairsof dovesnestled in the cedar, in the spruceunder the feedersand isn’t thisa pleasant sightseems we may be hosting some kindpeacesymposiumhere this morning, crowdsstill gatherin sunshine, under skiesmostblue vastly appreciating the importanceof any and allsigns…
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Tamara Willems
February 17, 2025
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#4nations, #beingkindness, #ettyhillesum, #hockey, #noticelife, #puzzles, #snowdays, #theworld, #toyouthisday, #winter, #writelife
Yesterday begins,quite snowy, and a littleblowyreports of winter storm warningsfeel,as most language these daysslightly overblownlooks to me, just like winteradmittedly, much more winterthan we have had for several yearsalthough from here, as I read aboutlosses of habitats, and lowering water…
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Tamara Willems
December 8, 2024
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#connection, #inthiswritersgarden, #noticelife, #thinkinglife, #toyouthisday, #trustlove, #winter, #writelife
Last night, I stepped outsidetook a great delicious gulpof cold crisp airfilled my lungs tofullheld it there, in a deep, deepcontented smilethen slowly released itback out in to the night skyI peeked out from under the roofto check for starswaited…
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Tamara Willems
December 4, 2024
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#decemberdays, #imforthebirds, #inthiswritersgarden, #measaflower, #toyouthisday, #writelife
Seems of late,I haven’t really hadso much to say this morning I make time tocatch up on some reading from writersItrust s’pose this is the thing, these daystrustinyour sources December,wintery weather is upon usas I’ve probably said beforeI don’t much…
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