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Where the living is easy.

July 19, 2014 By Talya Tate Boerner

Lake Day! The day we packed the car and headed to the lake felt Christmas Eve exciting. For one week, the Ozark Mountains replaced our Delta fields. The lake promised a change of pace beyond scenery.

Food tasted better—barbecue, hand churned ice cream, hot dogs roasted on the island with a sprinkle of sand blown by the warm wind.

Inside our cabin, the air smelled distinct and exotic, the smell of a special place locked up tight until summer. Through the jumble of trees, our glittery lake had waited for us a whole year. A year spent growing taller, learning fractions, playing kickball.

At long last, we were home at the lake where our days spread long and lazy and everything felt easy.

Lake Norfork, Arkansas

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Filed Under: Arkansas, Memories, Nature & Seasons Tagged With: Lake Norfork, Norfork Lake, Ozark Mountains

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  1. Colene says

    July 19, 2014 at 1:18 pm

    May this be your best Lake experience ever!

    • Talya Tate Boerner says

      July 20, 2014 at 6:42 am

      Thanks Colene! John came this year, so that’s a great thing!

      • Colene says

        July 20, 2014 at 8:00 am

        Tom wants to know if he is there on approval! Have a wonderful week.

        • Talya Tate Boerner says

          July 21, 2014 at 8:12 am

          haha no he comes about every three years:))

  2. Dorothy Johnson says

    July 21, 2014 at 2:25 pm

    Love your lake memories. You were lucky (still are) to get to go every year! Have fun!

    • Talya Tate Boerner says

      July 22, 2014 at 7:02 am

      I am so very lucky:)) Family traditions are important.


Hi! I'm Talya Tate Boerner. 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 (2022)

THE THIRD ACT OF THEO GRUENE (coming 2025)

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