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Sunday Letter: 06.10.18

June 10, 2018 By Talya Tate Boerner

Sunday Letter 06.10.18

Dear Sunday Letter Friends,

This will be a short letter. Just so you know.Continue Reading

Sunday Letter: 06.03.18

June 3, 2018 By Talya Tate Boerner

sunday letter 06.03.18

Dear Sunday Letter friends,

In case you haven’t noticed, we are already into JUNE. Yikes. June marks the half way point of the year. Those things I wanted to accomplish this year? I need to get my rear in gear. Tomorrow, Lord willing (and the creek don’t rise), we’ll be brining our turkeys for Thanksgiving.

You know I’m right.

To borrow a quote from beloved Dr. Seuss, how did it get so late so soon? I feel like the Earth has been spinning double time.

And p.s. the creek does seem to be rising with all the rain we’ve been having in Arkansas.Continue Reading

Book Reviews: May 2018

June 1, 2018 By Talya Tate Boerner

Book Reviews May 2018

Book Reviews May 2018

This may be the most compelling group of books I’ve read in one month. I listened to The Woman in the Window and Educated via Hoopla (audio books through the library). I rushed out and purchased hardbacks of both The Great Alone and Varina because the authors of these new releases wrote two of my all-time favorite books—The Nightingale and Cold Mountain. Talking to the Trees was an unexpected gem by a local Arkansas author.

Sometimes stories align like constellations in the night sky.

May turned out to be one of those star-studded months.

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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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