Wednesday, April 28

Today is Wednesday of Week 14. Here is a link to Week 14, plus a link to Week 15. More information about the schedule here: class calendar, along with information about finishing up the class. Let me know if you have any questions about any of that. :-)

Class Procedures and Reminders

Project Stack. If you turned in something before noon on Sunday, you should have comments back from me, and I'll keep working on the Sunday items today. Meanwhile, you can always check the stack to make sure I received your project.

Semester countdown. Yes, the semester really is coming quickly to its end, with less than 10 days now until the end of this class. I made a  countdown clock (it's a tech tip) that counts down to the end of the semester:

Class countdown:Countdown

The following items are for fun and exploration:

Blog stream. Some of you in Myth-Folklore are reading classic European fairy tales this week, and Rachael found this lovely Cinderella (Aschenputtel) fountain to include in her notes: Reading Notes: Brothers Grimm.




Words from wisdom from Awkward Yeti for your impulsive heart:


And something lovely from Dinoman:


And here are some items from back in Week 3 (I'm featuring an earlier week each day in the announcements as we finish up):

An image from Luda's Storybook research post on Indian goddesses and the Coronavirus. Find out more at Luda's blog post... and check out Hanuman carrying an oxygen tank in yesterday's announcements too.


Here's a Conversation video that goes with it:


This is a fun cartoon from Fowl Comics about the hard work that it takes to develop your art:


For more inspiration, here is a wonderful StoryCorps video about astronaut Ron McNair (yes, the McNair Scholars program is named in his honor):


Finally, some punctuation humor: The Demicolon.


April 28: Terry Pratchett. Today is the birthday of Terry Pratchett, one of my own favorite authors, best known for his Discworld fantasy series of novels. After being diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's, Pratchett died in 2015; you can find out more about his life and career at Wikipedia.


This image comes from an obituary: We Love You, Terry Pratchett.


Here is a BBC news tribute on his passing:



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