Throwback Thursday - grace grits and gardening

Throwback Thanksgiving

November 25, 2019 By Talya Tate Boerner

One of my favorite things about Thanksgiving is watching the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade while the turkey bakes in the oven. Oh the aroma! I’ve watched the parade for as long as I can remember. And I’ve attended the parade twice—once as a high school senior with my friend Anita (two Arkansas farm girls in The Big Apple!), and again twenty-five years later when my daughter was part of a drill team group that performed in the parade.

Today, I’m sharing a few throwback Thanksgiving pics…Continue Reading

the chores of Summer

May 8, 2014 By Talya Tate Boerner

courtesy of morgueFile

You take yellow, I’ll take green, I say.

My sister and I race into the backyard.

Wet grass sticks between my toes,

but I know it hasn’t rained.

Not in months.

Tugging bath mats from the line,

wooden clothespins pop and fly

in all directions landing

like grasshoppers in the lawn.

I wrap myself in a fluffy cotton rug

and breathe in summer.

My sister wears a yellow toilet seat cover

on her head like a silly french beret.

We giggle and collapse,

rolling in the dew.

Girls!

Stop!

Momma shouts from the back porch.

I know we’re in trouble.

But not really.

In her arms she carries

a bowl of purple hull peas

picked fresh from the garden.

Our next chore awaits.

Grace Grits and Gardening

Farm. Food. Garden. Life.

“Play is the highest form of research.”
― Albert Einstein

They say it’s your birthday!

April 17, 2014 By Talya Tate Boerner

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.

Grace Grits and Gardening

Musical Pairing:

The Beatles, Birthday Song