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Sunday Letter: 05.01.22

May 1, 2022 By Talya Tate Boerner

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May Day greetings! So much has happened since my last Sunday Letter, I’m not sure where to begin. I suppose I’ll just write whatever pops into my head.

First of all—I’m just gonna say it—how is it May already?? Yikes. Time is slipping away.

May is the month of flowers, right? You know, April showers bring May flowers? Based on the steady April showers we’ve been getting, I’m expecting an overabundance of blooms.

May is the month we celebrate mothers more than normal. It’s my son’s birthday month. And this May, in only a few days, he will graduate with his master’s degree.

We have lots to celebrate in our family!

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Sunday Letter: Easter 2022

April 17, 2022 By Talya Tate Boerner

Sunday Letter

Happy Easter, Sunday Letter readers!

Easter really sneaked up on me this year. I don’t know if I’ve not been paying attention to the calendar or what, but the truth is this too-big-for-its-britches year needs to slow itself down. I’m not kidding. I can barely keep my head above water.

Today is also my sister’s birthday. Yay for sisters and yay for birthdays! Some people don’t recognize how special both are.

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Sunday Letter: 03.20.22

March 20, 2022 By Talya Tate Boerner

Sunday Letter

Good morning, Sunday Letter friends and HAPPY FIRST DAY OF SPRING!

E x h a l e.

We survived Old Man Winter again. I gotta be honest—there were days I thought winter would never end. I’m exaggerating a bit, (but not really).

Nature teaches us so many lessons if only we would listen and see and learn.

All the daffodil and crocus bulbs buried in our flower beds, all the tree roots reaching deep into the soil, the robins and chickadees and Carolina wrens, the squirrels that are busy unburying walnuts hidden away during fall—they never doubted spring would come.Continue Reading


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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