kitsch-y angel and the girl named fish

i'm not sure why people depict angels as beautiful women holding fruit baskets...i mean is she the welcoming committee at a 5star hotel? from what i know about angels, they have to say, "woah, don't be afraid" before they can get their message out. i was in our teacher's lounge this afternoon when gigi and i saw this:

the first time i was ever introduced to the word kitsch was when i took an amazing course about art and architecture in the modern church-i learned so much and i got to take it with one of my bff's at College of the Ozarks! we had to read a book that was so dense and difficult to muddle through, and we spent some late nights trying to find all of the words we didn't know in the dictionary because he had pop quizzes almost every class. i learned how to write a really good paper (101-extra credit woohoo!) and i also got an incredible book out of it-and some fun 'field trips.'

this book by judith dupre is wonderful! it was the other one that was ridiculously difficult!

this is a picture from the book of one the thorncrown chapel in eureka springs, ar. this is one of the field trips we got to go on!

like i said, great book, great class! i am so glad i took it even though it wasn't a necessity for me, because it was a blessing!

i meant to get this posted earlier, but my internet was down for a period of time. and during that time, i was getting really frustrated because i wanted to order pizza...i realized how dependent we've become on the internet (i actually had to find the phone book to look up a number manually! i couldn't get service for the 3g on the cell phone either!) ridiculous.

umm...true to form, i am female, therefore my thoughts wander, but eventually i return to the topic. after we saw the hospitality angel offering fruit baskets to new heavenly residents (pretty sure that's not biblical either), we noticed all of the other elements that made the shelf look somewhat like a garage sale:

you can't really tell, but the bird is sitting on a weird faucet..and a teddy bear holding a child doll?

afterward, i had to teach an after school writing program, and one of the girls is writing a book called the crazy fish. when i asked her what the story was about she said it's a story about a girl named fish. hmm...

i need to set my alarm so i can get to school in time for tomorrow's teacher easter egg hunt! and according to the memo we got, if i get there early enough, i might get to see my principal hopping around hiding the eggs...humming easter songs. that would be worth getting up early!  


feeling a little jealous of all of my friends back home in HONDURAS right now as they keep posting lovely pics of Roatan, Ceiba and Tela and all the excitement and relaxation of Semana Santa. ahhhhh....sigh.

so, wish me luck! i want to get an egg with a great gift certificate or something (usually i don't get good prizes).
julie

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