Class Procedures and Reminders
Story Lab: Microfictions. (repeat announcement) This week is a Story Lab week, and if you haven't tried a microfiction option, I hope you will consider those Lab options. Maybe you will write something you want to contribute to the class anthology; I've seen so many great microfiction stories go by in people's blogs, and I'm sure we could make a good book together! So you can use the Story Lab this week if you want to learn about microfictions or maybe try writing some of your own. Here's more about the class anthology: contribute your stories now if you want! (My goal is to put the book together during Weeks 14 and 15 so that it will be ready for the end of the semester.)
Project Stack. If you turned in a project before 6PM on Sunday, you should have comments back from me now, and I will keep working on the Sunday assignments today; I should be able to read and reply to all the Sunday items today. Meanwhile, as always you can check the stack to make sure I received your project.
The following items are for fun and exploration:
Blog stream. Caroline is reading a book by Devdutt Pattanaik for the Indian Epics class; Pattanaik is one of my favorite authors, and he does his own illustrations. Here's his drawing of Garuda, and you can read more at Caroline's blog: Garuda-asana.
Thanksgiving is right around the corner!
— Univ. of Oklahoma (@UofOklahoma) November 9, 2020
With the upcoming holidays, Chief COVID Officer Dr. Dale Bratzler has a message for students before returning home to celebrate with family and friends. #MaskForThem #TestForThem 😷 pic.twitter.com/1MxmCoL9NC
An ancient Indian myth showed up here in the ACK Twitter stream: The Genderfluid Deity.
A very cool event in Australia today... and it's an event that can be celebrated anywhere anytime: read!
Today we celebrate Australian Reading Hour!
— Australia Reads (@australiareads) November 11, 2020
We invite you to set one hour aside to read today, whenever it suits you.
Join us and unwind, be inspired and find joy in books!#AustraliaReads #ReadingHour #BooksAreEssential pic.twitter.com/FShQkm4Cui
And Grant Snider knows all about reading and being stuck in a book:
Storybook. For those of you reading about King Arthur in Myth-Folklore right now, here's an Arthurian Storybook: The Crown and the Sword.
And an Arthurian video from Crash Course: Galahad, Perceval, and the Holy Grail.
And something lovely from Molly Hahn at Buddha Doodles today:
November 12: Bahaullah. Today marks the birthday in the year 1817 of the great religious leader named Bahaullah ("Glory of God") who founded the Bahai faith. The life of Bahaullah is filled with many dramatic events, as you can read in this Wikipedia article; below is a photo of Bahaullah from 1868:
Check out the Twitter stream for information and fun stuff during the day, or click here for past announcements.
There is a Bahai community in Norman:
And a short video about Bahaullah:
Check out the Twitter stream for information and fun stuff during the day, or click here for past announcements.
