I loved this image sooo much because it is so true!! It is very easy to forget that being in your comfort zone – although very comfortable!- is not our purpose nor our mission. To make a difference, to grow, to live a great life we must branch out! I really like this reminder because… Continue reading Week 13 Review
Microfiction: Spinning My Cares Away
The world flashes by in blurs. Streaks of different greens as I look straight ahead, a different green as I look down, and endless blue going up. The nuances of the shades blur together before my eyes, and brown strings whip into the picture as my speed changes. I feel like I am in the… Continue reading Microfiction: Spinning My Cares Away
Story Laboratory: TED Talk Videos
For this project I watched two TED Talks, The Danger of a Single Story and Imaginary Friends and Real-World Consequences. I chose to write about The Danger of a Single Story by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie because I loved learning about how stories were so different to her, as I grew up with stories about people… Continue reading Story Laboratory: TED Talk Videos
Week 11 Extra Reading Notes: Creation Stories
I watched the feed of videos from Crash Course called Crash Course Myth: Creation Stories, found in the Myth and Folklore UN-Textbook here. This was really really interesting to me because I have always looked at creation from the religious beliefs and backgrounds that I have. As a Christian, I have based my beliefs about… Continue reading Week 11 Extra Reading Notes: Creation Stories
Week 11 Story
One day a monk was wondering through the Egyptian desert, desperate for food and drink. It had been days since he had eaten food – when would a reprieve come? The monk realized that the hallucinations had already begun when he saw the blurry outline of a woman kneeling over water in the distance. It… Continue reading Week 11 Story
Week 10 Story Lab: Microfiction Love Stories
I loved reading the microfiction love stories because they were a little different from what I’ve written (I have yet to write a love story). It would be fun to write a love story, but I feel like that would be much harder because there is so much emotion and imagery packed into one! For… Continue reading Week 10 Story Lab: Microfiction Love Stories
Week 8 Progress
Are you happy with your progress so far? What are you most proud of? Do you have a good weekly routine? Yes! I am most proud of how my fictional writing has improved and how my reading has become much more efficient and effective. I feel like my notes are much better as well! My… Continue reading Week 8 Progress
Week 8 Comments and Feedback
Feedback in. Overall, how would you rate the quality of the comments and feedback you are receiving from other students in the class? What kinds of comments are you finding to be the most useful? I think the comments are great and that all of the students are so nice! Honestly, I wish that I… Continue reading Week 8 Comments and Feedback
Week 8 Reading and Writing
Are you happy with your blog? With your project website? I am soo happy with them! I love the colors of the blog and I feel like that is much more personal to me. The project website is starting to come together and create a theme, and I’m really excited for the end project. Are… Continue reading Week 8 Reading and Writing
Staying True to Yourself – Princess Fiona Addition
Author’s Note: My story is based off of Saint Christine. I was inspired by how many of our children’s fairytales are based on really cruel stories (like how in the original Cinderella, her toes were cut off to fit in the shoes). Christine’s story immediately made me think of Fiona in Shrek. Christine was so… Continue reading Staying True to Yourself – Princess Fiona Addition