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Book Reviews: November 2021

December 6, 2021 By Talya Tate Boerner

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Book Reviews

Hello reader friends! I’m a few days late posting my reviews of the books I read in November, but here they are. Better late than never, right?

The books I read in November took me on quite the adventures. From faraway galaxies to deep inside the manic mind. From the English seashore in the 1800s to Cape Cod of present day. Into the woods and through the pages of library books. I hope you find at least one to add to your to-read stack.Continue Reading

Sunday Letter: 12.05.21

December 5, 2021 By Talya Tate Boerner

Dear Sunday Letter friends,

Since last week’s letter, I’ve been to Little Rock and back for the annual Farm Bureau convention. It was a real honor for me to speak at the Women’s Leadership Luncheon. If anyone from Farm Bureau happens to be reading this—thank you again for the invite!

I met the most gorgeous Bald Cypress…

November 30, 2021 By Talya Tate Boerner

Well, Hello There!

I met the most gorgeous bald cypress while at Rockvale Writers’ Colony in Tennessee. The tree was impossible to ignore, so brilliantly clothed for autumn. And her place on the property—just outside the cabin where I stayed the weekend—invited my attention each time I walked to the main house for meals and writing sessions, each time I sat at my desk in the loft and stared out the window trying to dream up something to write.

Really, I believe the tree would draw anyone’s attention from anywhere nearby.

She was the only one of her kind I noticed during my drive through middle Tennessee.Continue Reading