Autumn Grace by Autumn Padgett

Shades of Art Oct 12, 2026

Satirical Thoughts on the States: New England

My memories in New England are some of the sweetest of our whole trip because I met my best friend in person for the…

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Shades of Art Oct 8, 2026

Satirical Thoughts on the States: New Jersey/New York City

New York City was the most surreal place we visited, and now that we've come away from it, I can't really believe…

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Shades of Art Oct 6, 2026

Satirical Thoughts on the States: Virginia

If you will remember, in July (three months ago, I know!) I shared that I was traveling the United States. During a…

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Shades of Art Jul 17, 2026

A Review of Young Washington

Last week, my family and I had the privilege of watching a movie in a theatre. We don’t usually watch anything that way,…

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Shades of Art Jul 8, 2026

Thoughts on Photography

It's been quite awhile since I've written any posts for Shades of Art. Those of you on my email list have already…

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Shades of Art Feb 27, 2026

Gone With the Wind

Recently, I had the privilege of watching the 87-year-old movie Gone with the Wind. In some ways, it was a lot better…

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Shades of Art Feb 13, 2026

Give me back my Geordie: A Writing Snippet

Those of you on my email list have heard me discussing my newest writing project, one that I feel has a lot of…

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Shades of Art Feb 6, 2026

My Second Year Blogging!

This post is two weeks late, but if you can believe it (I can't!) I recently celebrated my two-year blogging…

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