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Sunday Letter: 04.11.2021

April 11, 2021 By Talya Tate Boerner

Sunday Letter

Dear Sunday Letter friends,

Every spring day brings a bit more magic. In our neighborhood, those who came decades before us had the foresight to plant redbuds and dogwoods in parkways beside the street. Now, anyone who happens by is surely blown away by the blooms. I certainly am. Even though I see them every day, every day they are new to me.

That’s what we gardeners try to do—leave the world better than we found it. Gardener or not, that should be everyone’s goal.

This picture of our street doesn’t do justice to the reality.

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Sunday Letter: 04.04.21

April 4, 2021 By Talya Tate Boerner

Sunday Letter

Happy Easter to my Sunday Letter friends!

With Easter comes glorious, much-needed rebirth. After the long year we’ve had, extra hallelujah to that.

Thursday morning arrived with more freezing temperatures. I worried about the tree buds and flower blossoms and tender new growth peeking up from the soil. BUT here in our yard, for the most part, we go with a survival of the fittest mode. Occasionally I have been known to cover plants if there is a rare, unseasonable snowstorm, but usually I let nature take its course.

Everything survived this latest freeze.

I’m so glad. Our clematis plants are wild with buds.

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Book Reviews: March 2021

April 1, 2021 By Talya Tate Boerner

March Book Reviews

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Hello my devoted reader friends! Another month means more books to read and review. My book reviews for March 2021 are a mixed bag in every sense. A couple of the best-sellers I couldn’t wait to get my hands on turned out to be disappointments. My absolute favorites were those you’ve probably never heard about. This is why I strongly believe it’s important (and rewarding) to seek out books written by unknown authors.

Books with the largest marketing budgets may not necessarily be the most compelling or best written. At least, that has been my experience.

Of course, to each his own. The ones that spoke straight to my heart may not be your cup of tea. Those that I barely finished may be your end all be all.

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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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