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Unknown Soldier

November 20, 2013 By Talya Tate Boerner

wordless wednesday

Unknown Soldier, Berryville, Arkansas
Berryville, Arkansas

“Dad, how do soldiers killing each other solve the world’s problems?” 
― Bill Watterson, Calvin and Hobbes: Sunday Pages 1985-1995

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Architecture of the Ozarks

November 13, 2013 By Talya Tate Boerner

Eureka Springs, Arkansas
Spring Street (or thereabouts…)
wordless wednesday
Eureka Springs Arkansas
upper spring
Abandoned building, Eureka Springs, Ar
storefront shell
Grotto, Eureka Springs, Ar
grotto
Above Spring Street, Eureka Springs, Ar
along hiking path
near Spring Street, Eureka Springs, Ar
moss
Spring Street, Eureka Springs, Ar
face in stone wall

“…just close your eyes and breathe softly through your nose; you will hear the whispered message, for all landscapes ask the same question in the same whisper. ‘I am watching you — are you watching yourself in me?’― Lawrence Durrell, Spirit Of Place: Letters And Essays On Travel

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Fall is my favorite color…

November 5, 2013 By Talya Tate Boerner

Fall is my favorite color.
       Ozark is my favorite shade.

Fayetteville, Arkansas
Berryville, Arkansas

Eureka Springs, Arkansas

Trees are sanctuaries. Whoever knows how to speak to them, whoever knows how to listen to them, can learn the truth. They do not preach learning and precepts, they preach, undeterred by particulars, the ancient law of life. –― Hermann Hesse, Bäume. Betrachtungen ind Gedichte

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Musical Pairing:

Danny Wright, Autumn Dreams
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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: 11.23.25
  • Maggie and Miss Ladybug: My New Children’s Nature Book
  • Sunday Letter: November 9, 2025
  • Sunday Letter: Oct 26, 2025
  • Sunday Letter: Oct 5, 2025

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