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03. Early Europe & Colonial Americas

AP Art History Hunting in Florence, Italy

JessicaMay 19, 2022May 17, 2022
AP Art History Hunting in Florence, Italy
Like Rome, Florence is another city dripping in art history - the city itself is like an outdoor museum! Many of the art in Florence (in articles in my links) are outside the 250 butContinue reading
Drives of a Lifetime: Top 10 Cities in Your Headlights
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Drives of a Lifetime: Top 10 Cities in Your Headlights

JessicaDecember 8, 2020November 29, 2020

Continuing on my COVID-related road trip travel tips I purchased a new book, National Geographic’sContinue reading

Abbazia di San Galgano
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Abbazia di San Galgano

JessicaSeptember 22, 2020September 13, 2020

This blog post is based off an entry in the book Sacred Places of aContinue reading

2018 Umbria & Tuscany Italy: Budget Reflection
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2018 Umbria & Tuscany Italy: Budget Reflection

JessicaJuly 23, 2020July 19, 2020

Italy has my heart & soul! I first fell in love with beautiful Italia duringContinue reading

AP Art History 250: Church Vocabulary
03. Early Europe & Colonial Americas

AP Art History 250: Church Vocabulary

JessicaApril 20, 2020July 4, 2021

I realized the other day that I didn’t have a straight list of all theContinue reading

The Davids of Florence from a “Dummy”
04. Later Europe & Americas

The Davids of Florence from a “Dummy”

JessicaJanuary 9, 2020January 2, 2020

So my parents went to Italy this summer (see their itinerary HERE) and my dad gotContinue reading

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In honor of @darlingkatie812 & @dompascuzzo honeym In honor of @darlingkatie812 & @dompascuzzo honeymoon to Italy 🇮🇹 I put together a list of the artworks in the #aparthistory250 located in #florenceitaly 🏛🖼 ⛪️ Happy Hunting! ••• @visit_florence #aparthistory #art #renaissance #florence #italytravel #jisforjourney #arthistory @uffizigalleries @santacroceopera
I’m *actually* going to Oxford this time!!! ✈️ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 📚 Short recap: February 2019 I won a scholarship from the @esu_us of Central Florida to travel to Oxford, England to study for three weeks. Well we all know what happened that March (#covid_19 😷) and my trip was canceled. I choose not to go the next summer (being 8 months pregnant and all 🤰) but this summer I’m definitely going!!! I’m studying modern warfare & the refugee crisis••• #oxforduniversity #summer #studyabroad #highschoolteacher #teachersummer #englishspeakingunion #scholarship #jisforjourney #finallygoingsomewhere #oxfordsummerschool #ontheblog
BOOK REVIEW 🤍 A few weeks ago I was given the u BOOK REVIEW 🤍 A few weeks ago I was given the unexpected opportunity to get a free audiobook for an *official* book review for Christianity Without Dogma @christianconsciousnessorg 🙌📖✝️

At first I wasn’t sure that it would be able to encompass issues felt by all Christian denominations. Specifically, as a Catholic, I wondered if this book would speak to me. But it certainly delivered on its premise! Read more of the review on @jisforjourney 👩🏻‍💻

Since reading this book I have stumbled upon other de/reconstructing(ish) Instagram accounts: @okcatholics @reconstructingcatholic @femcatholic @cublorg @the_uninfluenced_catholic 
••• #christianitywithoutdogma @therealbookgal #deconstructingfaith #reconstructingfaith #catholic #bookreview #ontheblog #christianity
Happy Mother’s Day to all the rainbow mamas out Happy Mother’s Day to all the rainbow mamas out there who have been waiting & praying for this day to come. 🌈 👶 #mothersday #rainbowbaby #happymothersday
Instead of just complaining about inflation (we al Instead of just complaining about inflation (we alllllll get it 🙄) why don’t we do something productive & share cost-saving tips? ••• I’ll go first: once a week I plan a meal that must be 100% cooked with things I already have on hand & another night is leftovers. 🥘👩🏻‍🍳 ••• Tonight was a pantry meal. #dinner #cookfromyourpantry #frugal #meal #budgetmeals #jisforjourney #cooking #shareideas
We didn’t take a family photo (yet…it’s 2pm) We didn’t take a family photo (yet…it’s 2pm) but H A P P Y 💐E A S T E R!!! Jisforjourney #furiosifamily #easterbasket
Holy Thursday!! Olive & Cheese appetizer then a La Holy Thursday!! Olive & Cheese appetizer then a Lamb Chop Salad from @nocrumbsleft with flatbread 🐑 🥗 🫒🍷🫓🕯 First time doing a Candlelight Tenebrae Service too! Thanks to @catholicallyear (Note to self: do not keep candles in the attic in Florida) 🌞🌞🌞🌞@catholicallyearmarket #tenebrae #holythursday #catholicsofinstagram #catholic #dinner #triduum
I like to put myself into my lessons. 😂 I tell I like to put myself into my lessons. 😂 I tell my kids that my birth ushered in the end of the Cold War
Palm Sunday! 🌴✝️ This is always a special m Palm Sunday! 🌴✝️ This is always a special mass for us because it was our first outing together, but it was NOT a date because we we’re dating…yet.😉 I see this as our relationship anniversary. ••• Will had been wanting to go to a Catholic mass & I hadn’t been in a long time sooo I totally forgot it was Palm Sunday when we showed up at @ccmknights ⛪️ I turned to him & said 😬”Oh this is a weird one for your first mass. Please don’t get scared off.” 😂 Guess he didn’t. ••• Baby William loved the palms & had a great time waving it around as the priest blessed us. 🌿💦🙏 @oviedocatholic #palmsunday #catholic #catholicsofinstagram #furiosifamily #holyweek #catholicconvert #cradlecatholic #familyphoto #jisforjourney
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Hello! My name is Jessica & I am the content creator of J is for Journey; I started this blog way back in the fall of 2013 when I left to teach English Italy. And here I am, many years later, still blogging about travel, art history and religion – my three great passions in life. Now, with the birth of our son, I have added a fourth passion: motherhood. I hope you enjoy the journey!

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