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Suffering from Nostalgia.

August 17, 2017 By Talya Tate Boerner 21 Comments

suffering from nostalgia
I’ve been suffering from nostalgia as of late.

And I don’t know why. Maybe it’s the end of summer—a summer I barely knew. Maybe it’s because back to school pics make me sentimental about my own kids and those crammed packed days that nearly choked the living daylights out of me, yet drifted by in the puff of a dream. Maybe the pain meds I’m taking make me all mushy, inside and out. Really and truly, I think it started with Glen Campbell. When I heard he died, I felt such loss. Glen Campbell was not only a great talent, but he represented another lifetime, a lifetime that seems as distant as common sense and kindness these days.

Daddy was a fan of Willie and Waylon and Linda Ronstadt.  But he also liked Glen Campbell. At least I think he did. Or, maybe he was simply relieved that for a short time during the Tate Summer Road Trip of 1975, my sister and I were stuck on a song not being crooned by Tony Orlando and Dawn. Regardless, he humored us by turning up the volume every time Rhinestone Cowboy came on the radio.

He was from Arkansas, you know. And every station from Memphis to McAllen played his song on repeat.

It was the summer we drove to Old Mexico. Not to be confused with New Mexico.

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They say it’s your birthday!

April 17, 2014 By Talya Tate Boerner 4 Comments

sisters

Forty-nine years ago my life changed when the stork brought me a little sister. A best friend and constant companion. A playmate and co-conspirator. Even though I was two years, nine months and seven days older, Momma dressed us alike and many people came to believe we were twins.

Some still do.

I try to recall my first sister memory, but I can’t find it. My memories are all of us together.

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Musical Pairing:

The Beatles, Birthday Song

Sisters

June 22, 2013 By Talya Tate Boerner 22 Comments

GBE 2: Blog On Week #109: Siblings


Momma uses a tiny bit of Dippity Do to arrange her dark hair into a curl in the center of her head.

Everyone comes with pink flowers and presents for the baby with pouty lips.

Nana gives me a new coloring book.

While Momma irons, I give her a bottle. We sit in Daddy’s big leather recliner in front of the television, but I watch her instead of Captain Kangaroo.

She is heavier than my doll.

She grabs my little finger and holds tight.

Momma says she will be my best friend, but I have doubts.

Her hair smells like powder.

I guess she is okay.

#Sisters
Talya and Staci, April, 1965

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“Big sisters are the crab grass in the lawn of life.” 
― Charles M. Schulz

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Talya Tate Boerner


Hi! I'm Talya. 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 (Now Available!)

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