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Happy Memorial Day Weekend!

May 24, 2020 By Talya Tate Boerner 12 Comments

Happy Memorial Day weekend! If I could, I would give you a bouquet of red poppies…

This Memorial Day likely won’t look the same as Memorial Days of the past. (Well, it shouldn’t, in my opinion.) While the corona-craziness has changed the scope of our gatherings, (well, it should, in my opinion), the meaning behind Memorial Day hasn’t changed. And that’s what’s important.

On Memorial Day, we commemorate those who died in service to our country.

Poppy Symbol

Did you know the red poppy is the symbol of both Memorial Day and Veterans Day? I only learned of this poppy connection a few years ago while doing book research for Gene, Everywhere.

After WWI, red poppies were the first flowers to bloom across war-torn European battlefields. The seeds had lay dormant for some time, but after such disturbance to the land, they germinated again.Continue Reading

Sunday Letter: 12.15.19

December 15, 2019 By Talya Tate Boerner 16 Comments

Sunday Letter

Dear Sunday Letter friends,

We only have two more weeks in this decade. I say this only because everywhere I turn I see these sorts of announcements—last full moon of the decade! — last Christmas of the decade! — last fill-in-the-blank of the decade!

Ha.

We could play this game for the rest of the year.

Last Sunday Letter of the decade?

Maybe. Maybe not.

It’s always a game-time decision for me.

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Sunday Letter: 12.08.19

December 8, 2019 By Talya Tate Boerner 15 Comments

Sunday Letter

Dear Sunday Letter friends,

I woke up this morning and remembered that my Baylor Bears lost the Big 12 Championship game in overtime yesterday. But what a game! Yes, I’m disappointed, but I’m also extremely proud of the incredible effort and the overall season and the way Matt Rhule has coached the dickens out of a team that only won 1 game two years ago.

If I could invite anyone to dinner, tonight it would be Matt and Julie Rhule. The house is clean, so now would be a good time, ya know?

And Santa, if you are reading, bowl game tickets would fit perfectly into my stocking…

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Talya Tate Boerner


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

THE ACCIDENTAL SALVATION OF GRACIE LEE

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


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