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If she could have chosen any life…

July 27, 2015 By Talya Tate Boerner 11 Comments

If she could have chosen any life, her mornings would have begun on a small screened porch surrounded by trees and clover and breezes off the lake.

With strong, hot coffee,

a favored paperback

and thoughts to fill a page.

view from the screened porch

If she could have chosen any life, her afternoons would have begun with a worn gravel road,

summer sunshine,

the rhythmic creak of the dock.

the best sort of road

With trails for hiking,

a rope hammock stretched between two oak trees,

soft rain showers to clear the air.

The Cliffs, Lake Norfork, Ar

If she could have chosen any life, her nights would have been filled with lightning bugs and grilled corn eaten around a wooden picnic table.

With laughter and conversation

and sugary strawberry cake served on mismatched plates.

fresh corn for grilling

If she could have chosen any life, her nights would have begun with a silver slice of moon rising over the cove,

a feather pillow,

the whir of a fan,

sweet dreams to carry her until morning.

if she could have chosen any life

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Musical Pairing:
Aoife O’Donovan, Lay My Burden Down

Filed Under: Family, Life, Memories, Simple Pleasures, Writing Tagged With: memories of summer, Norfork Lake, simple things

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Comments

  1. Dorothy Johnson says

    July 27, 2015 at 8:11 am

    Sounds like a wonderful life! It’s nice to experience a week of it, I’m sure. Have fun.

    Reply
    • Talya Tate Boerner says

      July 27, 2015 at 11:19 am

      Yes, thanks Dorothy! I hope you are feeling better.

      Reply
  2. Colene says

    July 27, 2015 at 9:39 am

    Love it!

    Reply
    • Talya Tate Boerner says

      July 27, 2015 at 11:18 am

      Thanks Colene!

      Reply
  3. Barbara thompson says

    July 27, 2015 at 9:45 am

    Talya, I look forward to your short stories each morning as I drink my coffee.
    Thanks for sharing…

    Reply
    • Talya Tate Boerner says

      July 27, 2015 at 11:18 am

      Thanks for commenting Barbara! I appreciate it!

      Reply
  4. Barbara Tate says

    July 27, 2015 at 11:03 pm

    Beautifully said. We have chosen this life, and I have enjoyed every bit of it. Thanks !

    Reply
    • Talya Tate Boerner says

      July 28, 2015 at 7:29 am

      True!

      Reply
  5. Carole West @ Garden Up Green says

    July 28, 2015 at 6:12 am

    Sounds like paradise – Beautiful pictures!

    Reply
    • Talya Tate Boerner says

      July 28, 2015 at 7:30 am

      Thank you Carole. My paradise for the week:)

      Reply
  6. [email protected] and Back AgainFood says

    July 28, 2015 at 8:58 am

    Lovely!

    Reply

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