Sunday, March 10

Today is Sunday of Week 8, so you'll want to finish up the the Week 8 assignments today, along with any extra credit you want to do. Starting the new week on Sunday is also a great strategy; here is a link to Week 9 if you want to get started on that now.

Class Procedures and Reminders

Mix-and-Match. As you move into the second half of the semester, remember that you can mix-and-match the assignments based on what you find most useful and/or most fun. Think about that as you finish up Week 8 and get ready for the regular assignments to start up again in Week 9.

Project Stack. I'll update the stack periodically today so that you can check the stack to make sure I received your email. If you have a free pass for Week 8, don't forget to send me that email, but I won't be putting those in the stack; that email is just so that you and I both know you had the pass for Week 8.

The following items are for fun and exploration:

Blog Stream. I'm a fan of foxes, so I really liked this motivational graphic in Arely's blog! Advice to Writers: Be bold, brave, and strong.

Free Book Online. Today's free book is Ghatotkacha: The Chivalrous Demon (Ghatotkacha is the rakshasa son of Hidimbi and Bhima, the Pandava hero).

Free Audiobook. Today's free audiobook is Fairy Tales of the Allied Nations by Edmund Dulac.

Featured Storybook.Here is a beautiful Myth-Folklore project from last year: The Dragon under the Yew. This is the story of a terrifying dragon and the unexpected knight who goes forth to defeat that dragon, with the help of his fiancee and her mysterious father.

Myth Video. Anansi is one of my favorite folktale figures, and here's a Crash Course video about him: Tricksters: An Introduction.

India Video. Here's a video from Epified: Symbols of Divinity.

India Item. This is a proverb from Kashmir: The snake goes crookedly, yet it arrives straight within its hole.

Writing. Here's an amazing resource, based on the TV Tropes website: The Periodic Table of Storytelling.

And here's a cool growth mindset infographic: The Force of a Growth Mindset.

Growth Mindset Cats. I hope you will read some stimulating stories this week! The growth cat knows: In order to learn, I need stimulating input.

And here's another great video from Mike Rugnetta, from before Crash Course: Are LOLCats and Internet Memes Art?

Event on Campus. Come to the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art to see the the McGhee Icon Collection, with icons from Greece, Russia, Romania, and Turkey. The Museum is open on Sundays from 1PM-5PM (details).

Find out more about this and other events at the Campus Calendar online.

March 10:  Bulgakov. Today marks the anniversary of the death in 1940 of the great Russian writer, Mikhail Bulgakov. Bulgakov is best known for his novel The Master and Margarita (here's a synopsis); some of the characters include the Devil himself, a black cat named Behemoth, various and sundry witches, as well as Pontius Pilate and Jesus Christ. Below is a statue of the cat Behemoth in the city of Kiev (now the capital of Ukraine), where Bulgakov was born in 1891.

Check out the Twitter stream for information and fun stuff during the day, or click here for past announcements.