Nicole Ashley

Original 1925 jacket cover of The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby Here is a novel, glamorous, ironical, compassionate a marvellous fusion into unity of the curious incongruities of the life of the period which reveals a hero like no other one who could live at no other time and in no other place. But he will live as a character, we surmise, as long as the memory of any reader lasts. "There was something gorgeous about him, some heightened sensitivity to the promises of life. .. It was an extraordinary gift for hope, a romantic readiness such as I have never found in any other person and which it is not likely I shall ever find again?" It is the story of this Jay Gatsby who came so mysteriously to West Egg, of his sumptuous er-tertainments, and of his love for Daisy Buchanan a story that ranges from pure lyrical beauty to sheer brutal realism, and is infused with a sense of the strangeness of human circumstance in a heedless universe. It is a magical, living book, blended of irony, romance, and mysticism. CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS The GREAT GATSBY FITZGERALD

They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.

-FS Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, published 4/10/1925.

YAYYYY

There are puddles of pollen everywhere... this is bonkers!

Y'all my sister told me that if I go with wearing bright colors I'm going to look like a Preschool rug 😆 🤣 #fashion #sisters

When you let your kids work David Bowie into the next year's yearbook and all of a sudden you've got the best of nerds vibing in your classroom, and the poor kiddos who are about to get dragged down the rabbit hole by their friends! #bowie #yearbookadvisor #teacherlife

Nowruz mobarak everyone! Today was so busy and life has been crazy, but I got to celebrate the new year/ equinox with my family tonight and it was so wonderful ❤️

Persian New year has eavesdropping to determine your fortune for the year instead of resolutions!

Happy New Year my lovelies!

Me when my SADD is gone cause it's warm again!

I really like this concept! It's hard for me as an audhd individual who is so focused on 5 million steps ahead, but I'm going to try sticking to this!

It's one of my absolute faves! That and Dave lol! I guess imaginary politics where things aren't a dumpster fire is my comfort media?

Timothy Dalton for sure!

I'm just saying..

Going back to this, I'm pretty sure Martin Sheen is the celebrity that actually SHOULD be in the White House- at least he's got some measure of an idea of how to act like a president!

I am sitting here, crying, my heart breaking into pieces over an Oscar Speech given in broken English, with a message of hope to the people in a country I have never been to, but still feel homesick for. #oscars

Watching debates and negotiations in West Wing and wishing a TV show wasn't more ideal than real life.

I do!!!

When we're having a full day yearbook work session and you drag them out to the courtyard cause they need fresh air and to touch grass. #raisingneurodivergentteens

The worst part is that I'm bedridden. All the stress groom trying to save everything and everyone I love over the past few weeks has grounded me and I'm decidedly *not happy* about this.

Me: damages myself by accident this week, so decides to stay home Saturday to relax and heal.
Body: Here’s the crud you've been on the edge of for 3 weeks! Have fun not breathing out of your nose!

Just a heads up that the DOGE caucus has put up a tip line. It would be real terrible if what happened to the ICE tipline happened to this...

Knowledge is power…

Today my kiddos were making Romeo and Juliet dating profiles. The best username? SigmaRomeo 🤣 #edsky #Shakespeare

At a public school it usually means the mom has been PTO president for the past 4 years... same vibe!

I threatened to call home at 4:30pm on Friday if my kids acted up. A kiddo piped up and said "No Miss! You should wait until 6pm so they think they're safe, and THEN call!" 🤣😂😅 These children out here throwing each other under the bus! #teacher #edsky

I spent the weekend chaperoning a theater field trip and I'm pretty sure theater kids are going to save the world. Creativity, love, supporting kids from different troupes and schools, learning and helping each other... #thekidsarealright

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A Black spy saved George Washington’s life, helped win the Revolutionary War, and still had to buy his freedom.

If America really loved Black history, James Armistead Lafayette would have his own blockbuster spy movie by now. Instead, we get another reboot of Batman.

#BlackHISTORY