Friday, October 9

HAPPY FRIDAY! You have reached the end of Week 7! Here is a link to the class calendar where you can find the link for Week 7 and also Week 8, which is a review week (see below). It's the middle of the semester now... hard to believe, but it's true!

Class Procedures and Reminders

Project Stack. Yesterday, I replied to the projects turned in on Sunday, and I'll finish the rest of the Week 6 items in the stack today, plus as many of the projects for Week 7 and future weeks as I can. While you are waiting on comments back from me, you can check the stack to make sure I received your project.

Week 8. As mentioned above, Week 8 is a review week, so I would urge you to jump right in when you get to the end of Week 7 and do the Week 8 review posts, which replace the reading and story posts for that week. It's a great way to get yourself ahead of the due dates, and you might be able to use that boost as a way to stay well ahead of the due dates for the rest of the semester.

The following items are for fun and exploration:

Blog stream. Yes, it's some more beautiful microfiction from Eden, who is a Canva-graphics master! Check out her blog post for another microfiction too: Week 9 Microfictions.


Twitter stream. Some great writing advice via Twitter: give yourself time.


And art via Twitter: many of you in Indian Epics know about Shiva, his wife Parvati, and their children Ganesha and Kartikeya; here they are out in the wilderness, and you can see the boys playing in the tent. Details here.


And the world has lost a beautiful voice:


Storybook. Here's a Storybook all about Shiva: Nataraja: The Lord of the Cosmic Dance.


100-Word Stories. Shiva's vahana (vehicle) is the bull named Nandi, so here's a story about him: The Teeth of Shiva's Bull.


From Liniers in Spanish and in English about this impossible year (larger view)


Here's a video that explains one of the most important features of language in general and of storytelling in particular: 1st-2nd-3rd Person.


And here's another comic from Grant Snider on writing:


October 9: Sukkot. Today is the last day of the Jewish holiday of Sukkot. This festival is usually known as "Feast of the Booths" or "Feast of the Tabernacles" in English. During the festival, people build special huts in which to celebrate the holiday. You can read more about the Festival of Sukkot at Wikipedia, which is also the source for the image of a festival booth below:


Here is a Lego Sukkot video:



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