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Book Reviews: April 2018

May 1, 2018 By Talya Tate Boerner

Book Reviews: April 2018:

Happy May Day! I’m not sure what happened to April, but here we are. I didn’t read as many books as I planned. Sometimes that happens. One thing about April—I set out to read more memoirs. I love memoir and for whatever reason, I haven’t read many lately. In addition to three memoirs, I read a best-selling work of fiction (Oprah stamped it with her seal) and a classic literary ecological work.

Question: Do you typically agree or disagree with Oprah’s book recommendations? Just curious. (I sure wouldn’t turn down an Oprah book club stamp on my book…)

Sunday Letter: 04.29.18

April 29, 2018 By Talya Tate Boerner

Dear Sunday Letter Readers,

Thanks for being patient with me in my sporadic Sunday letter writing. Over the past week, I moved my blog to a new host which resulted in a smidgen of down time. Sometimes we need to take a time out to fix things, right?

All is well now. Yay for that!Continue Reading

Going on a Farm Walk (with Gracie Lee)

April 26, 2018 By Talya Tate Boerner

One of my favorite things to do when I go home to northeast Arkansas is to spend time walking around the farm. Timing is the secret to a successful farm walk. The ideal spring farm walk must be wedged between monsoon-like floods, the beginning of mosquito season, winds roaring in from Midland, Texas, Oz-ish tornadoes, and blistering hot sun.

Last week, I managed one farm walk before the rain moved in, unpacked its bags, and stayed for a long weekend. One good walk is enough to re-set my body head to toe. One good walk clears my mind of clutter and allows important things to filter back in. One farm walk and all is well. Everything is as it’s meant to be.

Wanna walk with me? Come along and I’ll include a tour through the eyes of Gracie Lee. (Who’s Gracie Lee? Click HERE.)

Ready, set, and…