{"id":2765,"date":"2019-03-06T13:35:27","date_gmt":"2019-03-06T18:35:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tamara.tedzplace.ca\/?p=2765"},"modified":"2019-03-06T13:35:27","modified_gmt":"2019-03-06T18:35:27","slug":"and-so-i-have-soft-walls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tamara.tedzplace.ca\/?p=2765","title":{"rendered":"and so i have soft walls…"},"content":{"rendered":"

I should be shoveling snow,\u00a0 but this morning so far
\nI am being
\nluxuriously
\nlazy<\/p>\n

reading through a beloved classic
\nwhich I knew of,\u00a0 but had not read
\nhaving gifted myself, a belated Christmas
\nthe description of a lovely old bookshop
\nin which
\nI
\nwould like to live
\nor at the very least
\naimlessly
\nwander,<\/p>\n

\u2018it\u2019s dim inside, you can smell the shop before you see it,\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>must and dust and age, and walls of wood and floors of wood.
\n<\/em>\u2026\u00a0 The shelves go on forever.\u00a0 They go up to the ceiling and they\u2019re very old and kind of grey, like old oak that has absorbed so much dust over the years they no longer are their true color.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

eyes lifting from my book
\nto
\nabsorb things of beauty
\nthe breath of light in rooms just
\nwaking
\nlooking, breathing
\nthinking
\nno claims of decorating prowess, yet repeatedly
\nso very pleased by my choices
\nI am in love with the softest of hues
\nin colours
\nin nature
\nin people too,\u00a0 I suppose
\nand what a blessing to so often and
\nso easily set one\u2019s eyes upon
\nthings
\nthat quietly
\ndelight<\/p>\n

softness to me. I think is
\nkindness
\nand so I have soft
\nwalls<\/p>\n

for kindness<\/p>\n

also I am thinking of
\nthe blessing of being so very tired
\nat the end of a day
\nhaving a bed to fall into
\nblankets to warm and later in the night
\narms to sleepily
\nwrap around
\nme
\nthe very celebration of gratitude for
\nthe luxury
\nof
\nmy bed
\ntruly not to be taken for granted
\na simple comfort
\ndenied to some
\nby circumstance or situation<\/p>\n

this morning, while the sunshine beams in
\nI am thinking of things to be done
\nregardless of how allergies might protest
\nthere are floors to be swept
\ntumbleweeds of hair
\nto be gathered
\nwhen suddenly, the dog curled up in the chair opposite mine
\nlets out a long low melodious howl
\nwhile still asleep
\nrubbing his lovely large head for comfort
\nI ask him what sort of dream he has been having<\/p>\n

admittedly I am not a good housekeeper
\nI am marvelous at looking at what needs
\ndoing
\nand then willingly sinking back into my book
\nor rather
\nwantonly wandering around in
\nwords
\nI am thinking this morning of a brilliant title for my writing (ha!)
\nfurther ramblings of a flower who’s been pressed in a book<\/em>
\nand bright is a day,\u00a0 when I can make myself laugh
\nit is I suppose just how we choose to spend our time
\nthat is rather
\ntelling<\/p>\n

I choose to spend my time
\nin the throes
\nof love
\nand gratitude<\/p>\n

and this morning, I am thinking
\nhow very easy it is to fall in love with you
\neven from this
\nangle \u2665<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I should be shoveling snow,\u00a0 but this morning so far I am being luxuriously lazy reading through a beloved classic which I knew of,\u00a0 but had not read having gifted myself, a belated Christmas the description of a lovely old…
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