Hello! Welcome to My Modern Day Green Gables!
Hi, I’m Ashley — a Midwest girl who found her roots in the South. My husband Reza and I relocated to just outside of Atlanta in 2017, and…
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A working woman's guide to crunchy, intentional living
Creating Green Gables
Anne's wonder. Jane's resilience. Elizabeth's hunger to know. Your whole, beautiful, imperfect life.
For the working mama who still wants to knead sourdough, brew kombucha, coax something green from the earth — and show up Monday morning sharp. You don't have to choose.
Anne of Green GablesWonder & Curiosity
Jane EyreResilience & Self-Knowledge
Elizabeth BennetWit & Lifelong Learning
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Hello! Welcome to My Modern Day Green Gables!
Hi, I’m Ashley — a Midwest girl who found her roots in the South. My husband…
The philosophy here
Still learning.
Still learning.
Always growing.
Sharing as I go.
I'm not a finished product. I'm a working HR coordinator who used to be deeply crunchy, stepped back when life demanded it, and has been quietly rebuilding — one sourdough loaf, one kombucha batch, one garden bed at a time.
Like Jane, I'll keep going when it's hard — because resilience isn't the absence of struggle, it's the refusal to stop growing through it. Like Elizabeth, I'll keep asking questions and rethinking what I thought I knew. Like Anne — I'll probably get it spectacularly wrong sometimes, and find the magic in that too.
In the Kitchen
Sourdough, kombucha, loose leaf teas & heritage recipes.
Natural Home
Non-toxic cleaning, gardening & slow living for real schedules.
Working Mama
HR insights, resumes & the beautiful chaos of doing it all.
Heritage & Home
Cultural roots, community stories & family traditions.
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In the Kitchen
Sourdough, kombucha, heritage recipes & weeknight dinners that don't compromise.
Sourdough · Kombucha · Heritage · Baking
The Garden & Home
Growing food and medicine in whatever space you have. Natural, seasonal, sustainable.
Gardening · Herbs · Natural Cleaning
Working Mama
Real HR advice, resume strategy & interview tips from someone who reads them every day.
Career · HR Tips · Resumes · Balance
Heritage & Home
Where we come from shapes how we live. Cultural recipes, community traditions & roots.
Heritage · Community · Family
The woman behind the gables
Hello, neighbor.
I'm a working HR coordinator, sourdough devotee, kombucha brewer, and proudly-still-learning crunchy mama. Creating Green Gables is where my love of classic literature, natural living, heritage cooking, and real career advice all live together — because like the heroines I admire, I refuse to be just one thing.