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Chartres Cathedral: now and then

January 9, 2025 By //  by Ashley

Les trois femmes: my mother, daughter and I traveled to Chartres, France and visited Chartres Cathedral. The night before we drove from Paris to Chartres, we watched the movie that was filmed in Chartres called Cash / Gold Brick about a French adventure of a very handsome man who works in a perfume factory owned …

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Book Club: Be Ready When the Luck Happens

January 6, 2025 By //  by Ashley

Our book club met in December to discuss Ina Garten’s new book. A group of elementary teachers gathered on a Thursday evening to a warm dinner of an Ina inspired meal. Teachers make for excellent book club discussion because of our love for routine, structure and reading. The consonance on Ina’s book was two thumbs …

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Matisse: Le Madras rouge

August 27, 2023 By //  by Ashley

It was my first time visiting Philadelphia and I was there for the ISTE (International Society for Technology). My mom and daughter had come to Philly to make it a little vacation. There was a little window of time that I had off during lunch and my mom said, “Let’s go to the Barnes Museum.” …

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Mockingbird Station: Mari Pohlman’s Summer Strong Visual Cue

July 4, 2021 By //  by Ashley

The other day, my daughter and I were having lunch in Dallas and we walked by this summer mural in Mockingbird Station. I’m reading a book Visual Design Solutions for this class I’m taking and had been reading that good visual design can be an, “experience that creates a positive emotional state…” and “produces an …

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Traveling art: Monet & Cassatt

April 1, 2020 By //  by Ashley

Good art can pull you in…only if you simply make the effort to extend your hand. My favorite week of being an elementary teacher is the week of open house because it’s when I get to have my second dream job as an art docent as the PTA Arts and Education chair. We started the week with …

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Be Mindful

October 14, 2019 By //  by Ashley

My assistant principal does her very best to inspire our little school. I’ve been an elementary teacher for a loooong time! It’s so nice to come to work and know that we will laugh and smile because of something she’s cooked up! She is always dressing up and celebrating special days like national angel food …

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In Good Taste: John Mark Gleadow

September 9, 2018 By //  by Ashley

Inside a charming little art gallery in Rosemary Beach, Florida you might find yourself standing in front of a Marc Chagall painting…wearing a bikini, flip flops and smelling of sunscreen. Curate30A art gallery is special because it gives the viewer a casual environment…with that beach hair don’t care atmosphere.  The walls in our Texas home host …

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Jell-O Girls

September 3, 2018 By //  by Ashley

A few weeks ago, I was watching my children endure life in the sweetest season…summer. They would swim, I would read. They would sleep in, I would read. They would stay up late, I would read. Then my favorite…they would read and so would I! Reading curled up in a beach towel and lost inside …

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Book Fairies do exist

August 12, 2018 By //  by Ashley

Our secret mission began on a cloudy summer morning. My daughter carried the package under her arm, hoping not to attract attention. I whispered, try to look normal. Zooey surveyed the coffee shop…a dark cozy table with summer flowers in a green vase. Looks good. Casually, she wandered to the table and laid the package …

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The Four Agreements

January 13, 2018 By //  by Ashley

Have you read The Four Agreements, by Don Miguel Ruiz? It should be on everyone’s bookshelf. It’s a perfect read to start off the new year. Reading The Four Agreements helps us to understand how to distinguish between a tale and the truth. Ruiz writes about letting go of the attachments and beliefs that are …

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Meditation: a way of life

August 10, 2017 By //  by Ashley

If I mention something about meditation and my daughter hears me, she’ll say, “Can I meditate with you?” We’ve been waking up on sleepy summer mornings and stepping out on the back porch to meditate together. It’s been a nice summer rhythm and so nice to share with her. I’ve been going through a 200 …

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Robert Wyland…an artist inspiring future conservationists

March 19, 2017 By //  by Ashley

Have you ever listened to a child critique art? They are the best…no filter, honest and very observant of things we might not see at their eye level. The conversations they have about art are priceless. One of my first grade students said while looking at a Wyland painting, “Look, I’m swimming with the turtle …

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