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Dear September,

September 1, 2015 By Talya Tate Boerner 3 Comments

Dear September,

To say I am excited to see you would be an understatement. You, my friend, mark the beginning of change. Change of season, change of attitude, change in the colors outside my kitchen window.

A new box of crayons, that’s what I crave. An entire package of number two pencils. And paper clips for clipping things and a ruler for marking off the days until that first true cold snap.Continue Reading

Simple Pleasures #3

October 12, 2014 By Talya Tate Boerner 10 Comments

This was a week filled with friends, new and old, including my first overnight guest.

with Colene (left pic) and Donna (right pic)

I made a trip to Sharum Gardens with my sister-in-law. Pumpkins were buy one get one free. Pansies were $10/flat. Is there a happier flower? I don’t think so.

I finally made it to Rick’s Bakery on College. Omgoodness yum. Cookies = simple pleasure.

I spent the weekend in Eureka Springs—the quiet drive from Fayetteville was a simple pleasure. Stunning landscape. Hillsides covered with grasses and flowers, the names I don’t know. Old barns. Hay bales. Cows and horses. Country churches and family cemeteries. I’m still pinching myself that I actually get to live in Northwest Arkansas.

I also wandered into a great organic market in Eureka and bought a huge cup of freshly roasted coffee on a drizzly morning. A simple pleasure indeed.