I feel that the Christmas season comes sooner and sooner every year, heck soon we'll be like the Who's down in Whoville counting down from December 26th! Now I totally don't mean to be a Grinch (HA! get it?) but seriously this has got to stop. Part of what makes the Christmas season so special [...]
AP Crossover: Virgin of Guadalupe
I've been planning on doing a few posts on the Virgin of Guadalupe with information geared for AP Art History info and a more religiously-based Catholic post. And by "planning" I mean I've been thinking about it for a few days but it's currently Wednesday at 8:42 pm I am just sitting down to type...soooo...."planning"....yeah. [...]
AP Crossover: Great Mosque of Córdoba & Alhambra
Although I currently teach AP World History (& loving it!) my heart is really set in AP Art History. However until I actually started teaching AP World I never realized just how much potential crossover there is between the two curriculums. Unfortunately, a lot of that global crossover will disappear with the AP World redesign, I [...]
Catholic Culture: 2018 December Schedule
PDF version of my December 2018 calendar to print December 2018 catholic calendar! Sunday, December 2nd - First Sunday of Advent (Holy Day of Obligation) Time to bust out those advent weathers & calendars! Purple is the color of advent and it is time to light that first candle to begin this pre-Christmas season of [...]
#56. Great Mosque. Córdoba, Spain
Art Historical Background After the Umayyad Dynasty was ousted from Syria by the conquering Abbasid Dynasty they made their way across North Africa to a new home in Andalusia, Spain. The Umayyad prince, Abd al-Rahman I, recreated aspects of his previous capital in his new home, Córdoba. In 786, after Abd al-Rahman conquered the Visigoths, he transformed [...]
To Be Thankful
11 things I am thankful for this Thanksgiving
Stop Skipping Thanksgiving
Ok so I am going to apologize in advance for this little counter cultural rant but hear me out: stop skipping Thanksgiving in anticipation of Christmas! I get it, Christmas brings out all the warm and fuzzies especially in a shitty political year (yes, I'm a Democrat lol), but Thanksgiving can also serve to ground [...]
2018 Italy Planning: November Edition
At this point I am down to things I REALLY need to do vs. things that can wait until like the week before. Here is my list of things that are giving me anxiety that they're not done yet: Book rental car from Rome FCO airport (Will's job) Book Copenhagen airport hotel (after writing this 2 [...]
