Julie Lyles Carr

I sort of feel like a sell-out. Many years ago (in technology years), I purchased, under peer pressure from my hyper-organized sister-in-law, a Palm Pilot. I thought it would keep my calendar organized, would store my addresses for my contacts and would motivate me to clean my bathrooms on a schedule. My sister-in-law would sit coolly during our daughters’ dance…
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It was Leap Year ninety-six years ago, in 1912. Scott reached the South Pole, Titanic took its maiden voyage and sank, the Beverly Hills Hotel opened for business. World War I was beginning its early peculations and New Mexico became the 47th state in the U.S. 1912, a year with an extra day, our slow-trodden Gregorian calendar’s solution to keeping…
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Valentine’s Day is just around the corner and we’ve been pounding the conversation hearts pretty hard around here. No nutritional value, no fat and plenty of opportunity to work on those phonics skills. I love seeing all the hearts and paraphenalia this time of year and have already received one Valentine’s card, one that will definitely rank up there in…
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