Monday, November 2

Today is Monday of Week 11; here's a link to Week 11 for those of you who are ready to get started on the new week, and if you want to do any of those Week 10 assignments, they are still available during the grace period this morning (although everybody received "ice storm credit" for those Week 11 assignments; more about that here).

For those of you who are still without power/wifi, there's nothing due for Week 11 until Wednesday (see below), so hopefully you will have power back by then... OGE made a lot of progress in Norman on Sunday, but there are still 3500 households without power. Argh!

Class Procedures and Reminders

Reading for Week 11. In both classes, Week 11 continues the reading options from Week 10: Krishna OR Jatakas in Indian Epics (details) and in Myth-Folklore, it's Native American traditions (details). And remember: there is an Election Day holiday on Tuesday, so the first reading assignment for Week 11 is not due until Wednesday. Everybody has already gotten credit for the Tuesday reading because of the holiday. (If you want to do both parts of the reading this week, then do Wednesday plus extra credit reading.)

Project Stack. Thanks so much to everyone who turned in projects this weekend; I am glad to have some stories to read this week! You can check the stack to make sure I received your project, and today I'll start working through them in the order turned in.

The following items are for fun and exploration:

Blog stream. Here's a microfiction inspired by real life from Caroline's blog: The Terminal Train.


Twitter stream. In honor of the Day of the Dead, something from the Smithsonian.


From IndiaDivine at Twitter, from Kodandarama Temple honoring Rama, Sita, and Lakshmana: 


And a fascinating article at Daily Beast: Was Jesus a Wizard?


And music from the weekend by Joel Veena:


Storybook. Here's a Storybook with a musical theme: Eleanor's Troubadors. (It's about Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine.)


100-Word Stories. And this is a story in honor of the Day of the Dead today: Death and the Old Man (the man is not as ready to die as he thinks he is!).


Some beautiful thoughts on Beginner's Mind from Aeon. (I am a believer in the power of beginner's mind!)


And just for fun, since I know plenty of you have been Zooming, so here's Every Type of Zoom Call Participant, Illustrated by Cats. For example: The One Who’s Clearly Just Watching TV.


And just so you know things could be worse, here are some thoughts from Crash Course about the end of the world: Apocalypse.


Plus an Apocalypse Now - Winnie the Pooh mash-up... a seriously genius mash-up!


November 2: All Souls Day. After the holiday of All Saints on November 1 comes the holiday of All Souls on November 2. In many Catholic countries, the two days — November 1 and November 2 — are celebrated together as the Day (or Days) of the Dead, Día de los Muertos in Spanish. Learn more in this video from Google (there are English subtitles you can turn on):



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