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Sunday Letter: 10.23.22

October 23, 2022 By Talya Tate Boerner

Sunday Letter

Happy Sunday to my Sunday Letter readers~

We’ve had a gorgeous fall week here in northwest Arkansas. I hope you’ve had a chance to get outside and enjoy the cooler weather. Over on the other side of the state, the cotton harvest on our farm has ended. Once again I am thankful to be a farm girl from Mississippi County.

Sometimes I think you have to be from a place to fully appreciate it. I also believe leaving a place helps you see the full beauty of it when you return.

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Sunday Letter: 10.28.18

October 28, 2018 By Talya Tate Boerner

Dear Sunday Letter friends,

I’m baaaack. Sorry I missed writing my letter last week. It was a crazy week (part of which is detailed below). This week brings the Great Pumpkin and Halloween and Milk Duds that I’ve already begun sneaking from the trick-or-treat stash. You know what all this means?

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Santa Claus will come to town in fifty-eight days…

Yikes, y’all. Somewhere in the sock drawer of my mind it still seems like mid-summer to me.Continue Reading

Remembering a different fall.

September 29, 2016 By Talya Tate Boerner

remembering fallJust like that, the sticky scratchy summer blanket of heat has been lifted away for a while. And I’m remembering fall.

A different fall.

I am magically transported to a certain time when I lived with my friends on the surface of life, and each day began with a what-will-we-do-today freshness. Continue Reading

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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)

Recent Ramblings:

  • Sunday Letter: May 4, 2025
  • Sunday Letter: Rainy Day Edition
  • Spiderwort: my love-hate relationship
  • Sunday Letter: March 23, 2025
  • Sunday Letter: March 16, 2025

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