Julie Lyles Carr

Got a little suggestion for ya… Next time you go for a little stroll around ye ol’ block, the next time you head out for your morning constitutional, take your camera. And really look, really look, around you. I tend to power-walk my way past some amazing beauty. Stroller, check. Dogs, check. Sippy cups, check. Garage door opener, check. Various…
Read More

I didn’t really plan to blog any recipes. For one, there are so many amazing cooking sites out there, replete with amazing recipes and gorgeous photography. And for another, most of my ‘recipes’ aren’t really recipes at all, just culinary taste bud experiments with vague instructions tucked onto the dusty shelves of my memory, alongside the mental post-it notes about…
Read More

The internet expands our world…and also makes it a little smaller. Profound, huh? That’s how I roll. I was contacted a few weeks ago by a brave soul who is a published author. She keeps a cursory eye on her good name via a Google application and noticed that her name had been used on an article published over at…
Read More

“I’m not afraid to eat anything!…except the things I hate…” 5 of 8 I was baking with 6 of 8 Saturday when 5 of 8 wandered through the kitchen. We asked him if he would like to be our taste-tester and he enthusiastically agreed, stating, “I’m not afraid to eat anything!…except the things I hate…” It was definitely one of…
Read More

…and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. 2 Cor. 3 :17 As the story goes, there is a tried and true method for training that largest of land mammals, the elephant, to never stray, to stay bound to the trainer and the camp in which it resides. When the elephant is very young, it is leashed…
Read More