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Sunday Letter: 01.29.23

January 29, 2023 By Talya Tate Boerner

Dear Sunday Letter friends,

It has been a week, y’all.

We returned Monday from a weekend trip to Austin just in time for a whopper of a snowfall. The official measurement for Fayetteville was 8.95″. (By the way, I took the bright snowy picture above from my kitchen window at 1:30 a.m.! And we had hours of snowfall after that.)

For real, it was like the heavy snowfalls of my childhood, the wondrous type with fat drifting flakes that accumulated quickly and sent us sledding across fields and making entire snow families in the front yard.

Yes, as much fun as Austin held for us, I was glad we made it home in time for such a magical S N O W.

Sunday Letter: 01.15.23

January 15, 2023 By Talya Tate Boerner

Hiya, Sunday Letter friends!

This past week has been a mixed bag of weather here in northwest Arkansas. From 75 degrees to rain and hail to frozen precipitation—I suppose there’s always something for everyone. Unless, that is, you prefer your atmospheric conditions served up on a consistent basis.

Some of our shrubs look to have given up on this life. The first cold snap back in November really did a number on lots of plants. Our Schip laurels look to have been sprayed with bronzer. But come spring, they should revive and put on new growth. Plants suited for a particular growing zone typically survive even the craziest arctic events because their deep roots continue feeding and providing starch until warm weather returns.

Still I worry over them. The blooms on Schip laurels provide an incredible amount of much-needed early spring nectar for bees. And I love our bees.

Sunday Letter: 01.08.23

January 8, 2023 By Talya Tate Boerner

Dear Sunday Letter readers,

Aren’t we fortunate to be welcoming another new year!? I’m optimistic about 2023 and looking forwarding to what the months ahead will bring. And yay! The days are getting a tiny bit longer. It’s hard to tell right now, but it’s true.

🌞

I began planning for 2023 weeks ago. For me, writing down dreams and thinking about goals for the months ahead is like heading out on a road trip to someplace fabulous, frothy latte in the cupholder, seatbelt securely fastened.

Looking in the review mirror is also part of my planning process. Successes and failures, hits and misses, the good and bad—they all brought me to this point. I don’t dwell on yesterday or lament the things I never did. Instead I celebrate the yays and question whether those nays are worthy of this year’s goal list.

And I leave room in my itinerary to take little side trips.

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