Tara Hawley

We're just about halfway through the stories from this album.  It's time to read along and revisit this song.

Poetically yours,

~Tara

The Art of a Song: "Here We Are"

I’ve long been a poet. I might’ve been born that…

Thanks for joining me for this series! We still have quite a few more songs and the-stories-behind-them to look forward to exploring together. Today is the story and meaning behind song number five, and just in time for Valentine's Day...

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Next up are some thoughts about song number four on my album Stay Awhile.  Thanks for coming along on this story-telling journey with me!  Don't forget to listen to the song after you read this blog. :)

Keep singing…

Here we go with blog number three in "The Art of a Song" series. All the best, Tara

The Art of a Song: "My Something Different"

I’m sure we’ve all gotten to a place where we’ve been in a rut…

I hope you are enjoying this new blog series and listening along with me! Next up, "Falling Apart."   ~Tara

The Art of a Song: "Falling Apart"

Are you a people pleaser? Man, can I fall into this category—I have to…

In case you missed the intro blog, this a series celebrating the five-year anniversary of releasing my original song album, Stay Awhile.  For those who attended the Pre-Release Listening Party, you heard me tell these concise, personal stories about…

Tomorrow marks the five-year anniversary of the release of my original-song album Stay Awhile. Wow, how the time flies, but one of the things that is so special about music is its timelessness. It sticks with us and stays…

I am told I am so many things that I begin to believe them, gathering up these “definitions” of who I am, and then I struggle to keep up with everything or everyone around me, finding myself defining my…

I took this photo in January, and I've been meaning to post it, thinking I’d be on to a new quote by March. But life hasn't been the fantastic, fresh start to the new decade I was hoping for…

As we rapidly approach Christmas morning—whether we are ready or not, it's often harder and harder to keep a sense of peace with us in all of the flurry that is the modern-day Christmas season. Even with trying to "simplify"…