Julie Lyles Carr

So I thought we should have a little break from technology. Just for an afternoon. Clear the mind. Clear the sinuses. The boys headed upstairs, volumes of books to peruse. They had strict instructions to avoid the Wii. The t.v. The phone. The DVD player. I failed to mention the Flip camera. So a video was shot and edited and…
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My apologies to our local meteorologists. I doubted you. Not that I don’t have reason. Because the meteorologists have toyed with us before. Played up our hopes for wintery precip. Only to have our hopes dashed with sunny skies and high temps. Not that sunny skies and high temps would constitute an actual complaint on my part. But I do…
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                                                                            (Associated Press) I’ve been dealing with a bit of Olympic fever. I’ve even been watching some curling. Although I am hopelessly lost as…
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We’ve got multiple cameras and photographers in this house now. Which is great, because more of the photographic record is being captured. Which is bad, because I have enough trouble keeping up with the images on one memory card. Case in point. My beloved bestie JK emailed a couple of days ago. “Can I have copies of our night at…
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Instead, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God’s sight. I Peter 3:4 It’s running at full blast now. This event we call the Olympics. All manner of sports on ice and snow. Jumping, skiing, twirling, racing. Curling. And losing. And winning. There is…
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