Julie Lyles Carr

On the road again. Again. And this road trip took me through some interesting country. My usual route to Houston was interupted by a wildfire and and an experimental plane accident that thankfully left no one injured. But it really messed with the shortest route between two points. I saw some parts of Texas I had not seen before. Including…
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If you know what that abbreviation is up there, well, then, consider yourself cool. And if you don’t have any idea of what it is, no worries. I didn’t until a few years ago. Not that I’m saying I’m cool. Heavens. No. But I do know what that abbreviation is. South by Southwest. It’s an arts/music/film held here in ATX….
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I’m ironing Mike’s dress shirts tonight. Iron steaming. Starch fragrant. Crisp cuffs and collars. Some people clip coupons. Some people have garage sales. I launder dress shirts. Sometimes Mike irons them, sometimes I do. I set up the ironing board in our bedroom, click on the television and set to coaxing wrinkles out of fabric. Tonight, while smoothing seams, I…
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So here’s the thing. I was going to give myself a blog day off. Blog Day Off. Sounds like a potential Hallmark holiday, doesn’t it? “Enjoy You Blog Day Away!” “Happy Non-Posting!” “Have an HTML Holiday!” Remember, you saw it here first. I’ve been blogging for over four years and have posted daily for almost three. Almost three years of…
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Dance, dance, dance. Yep. More dance is what’s going on around here. I’m putting up this link if you’re interested in seeing 2 of 8’s group from a couple of weekends ago.  They took first at the Bravo Competition. I’m really going to write some more thought-provoking posts this week. On subjects other than dance. I really am. But right…
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