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Memories of Summer

June 22, 2013 By Talya Tate Boerner Leave a Comment

Bicycle riding. Cloud gazing. Tree climbing.

Off to summer camp in a hot, bumpy bus. Seeing old friends, making new ones. Do you want the top bunk? 

Counting down to family lake trips, heaven on earth, our happiest place. Sad, sad, sad for the week to end.

Mornings lost in the cool, quiet library, my nose buried inside The Bungalow Mystery.

Chopping cotton with my sister, slow and steady, sun streaming across the field. See the blister on my hand?

Sleepovers with cousins, scary movies, giggling til dawn.

Church revival, the pew hard, would the sermon never end?

Trapping lightning bugs in mayonnaise jars. Pork ribs smoking on the grill. Can we eat yet?

Hunting down the perfect stick for late night marshmallow roasts. Shooting Roman candles from the dock. Oh beautiful, for spacious skies…

Days were long. Nights were sultry. By the first fall football game, summer had evaporated in a blur of laughter, a sweet memory recorded in my diary, recorded in my mind.

What memories will you make this summer?

talya

Follow Grace Grits and Gardening for heartfelt stories of food, farm, family and life. Talya blogs for the East-Dallas Lakewood Advocate and is a monthly contributor to Inspiration Cafe. A farm girl from Northeast Arkansas, she splits time between Dallas and Arkansas.

Filed Under: Life Tagged With: Arkansas Women Bloggers, childhood, Norfork Lake, Summer

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Talya Tate Boerner


Hi! I'm Talya. Writer, Reader, Arkansas Master Naturalist / Master Gardener, Author of

THE ACCIDENTAL SALVATION OF GRACIE LEE (2016)

GENE, EVERYWHERE: a life-changing visit from my father-in-law (2020)

BERNICE RUNS AWAY (Now Available!)

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