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Dear August,

August 3, 2015 By Talya Tate Boerner

Dear August,

Dear August,

You were in my dream last night. We were hiking along the shore together at sunrise. Above the treeline, the sky flushed pink like champagne.

August, you’re here already? I asked. That was quick!

You answered only in the humid breeze.Continue Reading

Lucy and Annabelle go to Mt. Sequoyah

July 30, 2015 By Talya Tate Boerner

On a hot July morning, Lucy, Annabelle and I hiked around breathtaking Mt. Sequoyah, (located in Washington County, Arkansas for those of you living in other parts of the country/world). We took tennis balls for fetching and cold water for drinking, and although we did our exploring early, the air felt thick and blanket-heavy, more like Beaumont, Texas than Northwest Arkansas.

Lucy and Annabelle go to Mt. Sequoyah

Did I mention it was hot?Continue Reading

If she could have chosen any life…

July 27, 2015 By Talya Tate Boerner

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,Continue Reading

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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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