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Reprint: The journey so far

July 16, 2017 by tamaraforrestsmith

I wrote this note in 2009, exactly 9 years ago, (came across it accidentally). Today seems an appropriate day to reprint (unedited). “I can’t sleep so writing instead… …They say

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Getting rid of trophies

July 14, 2017 by tamaraforrestsmith

It was one uneventful Saturday morning, over a cup of coffee, while casually flipping through the FT pages I came across to the statement more powerful (ok powerful to me) than the

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The Cost of an Illusive Life

June 25, 2017 by tamaraforrestsmith

They came, burnt the house and told everyone in the house to forget the life as they knew it. The time for the new ideas and the new life had

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Minding my own business

June 16, 2017 by tamaraforrestsmith

On a recent trip to Tbilisi, Georgia, over a cup of Turkish coffee, a friend of mine asked what I did for a living? that is how I make my living.

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Me And My Tbilisi

May 28, 2017 by tamaraforrestsmith

In the 90s I lived in Tbilisi and could not wait to get away from it all. But I, of course, loved my home city and enjoyed many things the capital

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The Perfect Day

March 8, 2017 by tamaraforrestsmith

It happens sometimes. The sun is shining, the hair looks messy but I like it, Alan gives me a hug as we leave our beautifully decorated apartment to grab a

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Build to Fit! A Remake of an Ezo

November 20, 2016 by Tamara Forrest-Smith

What legacies do city communities leave and how do we build better ones? My great grandmother passed on her house, in a typical communal courtyard called Ezo, to my grandfather,

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Entre… what?

November 13, 2016 by tamaraforrestsmith

Somehow through my University I got invited to attend a special weekend event in the University of Edinburgh campus which would be followed up by a glorious black tie dinner.

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16th century Instagram – The story of a unicorn

October 8, 2016 by Tamara Forrest-Smith

Somewhere at the border of boredom and curiosity I found myself going through the tapestry exhibition in Stirling Castle in Scotland with Alan during our wedding anniversary, I’d already done a

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The Brick Perfection!

September 25, 2016 by Tamara Forrest-Smith

Old world charm – from unloved to loved?

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