Sunday, November 29, 2015
Tech Tip: Embedded YouTube
I embedded a YouTube video of OU Nightly at the bottom of my introduction page.
Monday, November 16, 2015
Tech Tip: Weather Widget
Hello all. I have created two different weather widgets on my page. I did the standard weather widget on my sidebar that allows viewers to see the current condition in norman. I also added a radar loop widget at the top of my screen. It's a little big, but that's okay. Since there is a chance for tornadic activity this evening I thought it would be cool to add Doppler radar to my blog. Also, we are supposed to get some snow in the coming weeks it will be cool to see that on my blog when it happens.
Reading Diary A: Fables of La Fontaine
Fables of La Fontaine
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| From Blog: The Hare and the Tortoise |
I absolutely love this story! I remember reading it as a kid and thought it was the best. This story is the traditional the Hare and the Tortoise racing tale. This story also reminds me of the cartoon Franklin. The Tortoise is such a great character. She also throws shade at the Hare in the end. I will most likely choose this story to write about this week.
Friday, November 13, 2015
Extra Reading Diary: Welsh Fairy Tales (Emerson)
Welsh Fairy Tales (Emerson)
Crows
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| Wikimedia: Crows In England |
This story starts out as naming different numbers of crows and what they mean. I chose an image with two crows because in the story that gives good luck.
The story is about a young married man who had been on the sea for many years.
It's basically about him having bad dreams. In the end of the story he died.
Thursday, November 12, 2015
Storytelling Week 12: The Ugly Boiled Witches
The Ugly Boiled Witches
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| Witch of Endor by Adam Elsheimer |
Once upon a time, in a deep enchanted forest, a young maiden named
Liv lived all alone in a cottage. It was a beautiful home tucked away in a
flower meadow. A clear blue stream flowed freely behind her house. It was
such a magical place to live.
One day Liv was sewing a blanket for the coming winter. She had a
big pot of stew brewing in her fireplace.
Knock.. Knock.. Knock..
Liv got up. "Who would be visiting this late?" she
thought.
"LET ME IN! It's freezing!" she heard a woman shriek.
Crash... Swish... Boom!
All of a sudden Liv's front window broke open and a frail boiled
woman flew through.
"Ahhhh! What are you doing you cray fool?" Live
screamed.
"Sit down you brat! This is my house now!" the witched
said as her brow furrowed.
The witch grabbed the blanket Liv was working on and wrapped
it around her.
“You are now my coven’s servant. You should have known better than
to live in a sweat little cottage in the middle of the forest all by yourself,”
the witch said.
“Are you freaking kidding me?” Liv thought.
All of a sudden more and more witches started pouring into Liv’s
home. They all gathered around the fireplace. The first ugly boiled witch saw
the stew bubbling in the fireplace.
“Hey ladies, Miss Liv has made us a lovely stew for dinner. Lets
dig in!” the witch said.
All of a sudden the witches swarmed the fireplace and started
eating the stew. They didn’t even use spoons. They dipped their hands in the
boiling, bubbling pot like it was nothing. Once the stew was gone the witches
ordered Liv to make them a dessert.
“Go out and the water from the crystal clear stream when you make
us our sweat treats,” one witch ordered.
“What the heck am I going to do? I need to get these ugly witches
out of my house!” Liv thought as she walked outside.
Liv walked to the stream to collect a pail of water. As she dipped
the pail in the cool blue water, she saw a face appear.
“Liv! Hey girl how have you been? I saw the whole thing with the
witches. I have a plan for you to get the witches out of your house,” the face
in the water said.
“Who are you?” Liv asked.
“I’m Aqua! Do you not remember me? We used to talk all the time
when you were little. Anyway, we don’t have much time. We must get those
witches out of your house!” Aqua said in a hurry. “The reason my water is so
clear here is because it comes from a magical spring! These old hags have no
idea that it can banish them from a house! Take the pail of water and throw it
on those ugly boiled women! Once you do that they will flee your house back to
their cave. After they leave sprinkle your house with my water and it will
protect you from the witches for a month,” Aqua instructed her.
“Bloody Hell! Thank you so much!” Liv said in excitement!
Liv hurried back to the house with the pail of water.
“What took you so long you fool? We want our desserts!” the
witches screeched.
All of a sudden Liv threw the water on the witches and they
started screaming!
“What the hell have you done? Come sisters we must fly back to the
dark depths of the cave!” the main witch screamed as her skin started bursting
open.
The witches left Liv’s house in shambles but at least they were
gone. Liv splashed her whole house inside and out with the magical water. She
did this every month and the witches never bothered her again.
Author's Note:
This story came from a Celtic Tale The Horned Women. In the original story, there were multiple things that got the witches out of the maiden's house and kept them out. I stayed with the same plot because I really enjoyed the story.
Bibliography:
Celtic Fairy Tales
Joseph Jacobs
Illustrated by John D. Batten
1892
Tuesday, November 10, 2015
Reading Diary B: Celtic Fairy Tales
Celtic Fairy Tales
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| From Blog |
It starts out with a wife and husband. Work is hard to find so the husband leaves to find work. The man refused to give Ivan the money her earned, instead he got advice. This went on and on for three years. This was such a great story! I'm glad I stuck with it. The husband did exactly what his old master had told him and everything worked out. He got his money, a new job, and stayed with his wife.
Reading Diary A: Celtic Fairy Tales
Celtic Fairy Tales
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| From Blog |
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