It was that time of year again. Spring had settled in and the weather had gotten warmer and invited the earth inhabitants to enjoy the light, warm breeze. Even with the birds chirping not everyone was enjoying this time of year. Because for the girls of Keller Central High School, it was the season of … More Storytelling week 10: It Never Hurts to Ask
To continue this week’s readings, I was reading the story of Prahlada from Stories of Indian God’s and Heroes by W. D. Monro (1911) when I started to get more and more captured by the story. Prahlada is consumed with living his life to tell others about the greatness of Vishnu despite his father being the Daitya King … More Week 10, Reading Diary Continued: Stories of Indian God’s and Heroes
This week I chose to read from Indian Gods and Heroes: Vishwamitra, Prahlada, Savitri, Damayanti by W. D. Monro (1911). The first story is about the god Viswamitra. I had not realized until I got about 30 pages in that I had read a students storytelling blog based on the story of how Viswamitra tried to send … More Week 10, Reading Diary: Stories of Indian Gods & Heroes
Back in 1976, there were two major bands in the rock ‘n’ roll world. The Immortals had a punk rock sound while the Movers and Shakers had more of a soft rock quality to their music. For a long time, the Immortals coveted the Movers and Shakers’ agent, Soma. He always booked the best venues and he … More Storytelling for Week 9: Rock ‘N’ Roll lives on.
I am now reading the second half of my self-assigned readings from the Tales of India by Edmund Charles Cox (1887). These stories are about the different kinds of gods and instances they have experienced. I read the story of the god Varuna and how in blessing the desperate king with a son, Varuna required the … More Week 9, Reading Diary continued
This week I am reading Tales of Ancient India by Edmund Charles (1887). I have mentioned this in previous blog posts as well, but I really enjoy reading these stories and noticing the correlations between them and stories out of the Bible. In this instance, it is the passage ‘How Kans threw Dewaki Into Prison.’ Kans … More Week 9, Reading Diary
In week 7, I focused my readings on the diety Krishna. I realized that I really enjoyed reading the background story as well as the perspective he had on the different battles and scenes that happened in the Mahabharata. With this interest in mind, I have decided for week 9 and 10, I will be … More Reading plan for weeks 9 and 10
Susanna P’s Blog I like how with Susanna’s blog she did less cartoon pictures and more pictures of sculptures and art work or different deities. The background artwork is really beautiful too with all the detailing. I like how there are so many extra tabs from the extra credit she did. It motivates me to … More Blog inspiration!
This semester, I have decided to work more and enroll in two online class so I would have more time. I have arranged my class schedule to have a four hour gap between classes on Tuesday’s and Thursday’s. This gives me a large amount of time to go to the library and crank out as … More Time: Managing the Lack of it.
It was a cool but sunny morning in Hastinapura and everyone had gathered to mourn the passing of their divine leader and god Krishna. The crowd was much smaller than it would have been years earlier prior to the battle between the Pandavas and Kurus. It was even smaller than it would have been a … More Week 7, Storytelling: A Funeral Fit for a King
Savannah Jung 