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Nature calls
November 19, 2020April 25, 2022

Nature calls

By Marie Clapper

Some years ago Marie and I realized that but for the month of January, Chicago weather varied from quite tolerable to simply beautiful. The solution became obvious – don’t be there in January. So on the day after Christmas we left for the Green Valley Spa in St. George, Utah. This is from Marie’s journal

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GrandpaLyle’s Ark unveiled
November 15, 2020April 25, 2022

GrandpaLyle’s Ark unveiled

By GrandpaLyle

Originally posted May 13, 2014 The design is no longer just a pretty picture on a computer screen – these are actual photos of the real thing.  I was so excited. My future was to hold miles and smiles and breakdowns and mind-bending joys. -GrandpaLyle Related Images:

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Cookies … or Caca?
November 14, 2020April 25, 2022

Cookies … or Caca?

By GrandpaLyle

Are they cookies or caca? Ever wonder how web developers coined the term cookies? Nearly 40 years ago, as Marie and I were expecting our first child together, we were enjoying a family dinner with her and my children. In a rare moment of family unity, they shared curiosity about what this new baby would

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Retirement – A painful rite of passage
November 13, 2020April 19, 2026

Retirement – A painful rite of passage

By GrandpaLyle

It’s really true, GrandpaLyle’s Ark will launch from NW Arkansas again in July. Headed north for a couple days in the Chicago area, then on from there to somewhere. The next step in a bitter-sweet painful rite of passage. The Ark had been sidelined so I could take a stab at being young again. Let

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What does an aging hippie do?
November 13, 2020April 25, 2022

What does an aging hippie do?

By GrandpaLyle

As I fantasized about transforming the In-turd-er into GrandpaLyle’s Ark I dreamed of the life I missed when I was in my hurry-up years. You know: hurry-up and drive, hurry up and finish school, hurry-up and get a job, hurry-up and get married, hurry-up and buy a house, hurry-up and have kids, hurry-up and get

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