Logan Biggs Blog Fall 2020

For my Topic I decided to do food. I think there is so much potential with food and there is so much I could talk about.  https://www.diigo.com/profile/laurakgibbs?query=%23100blog+ganesha The first story I will choose to do is "Kubera and Ganesha", I believe this will be a good story for me because it talks about how much Ganesha eats and how much food he loves. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/food-news/what-is-lord-ganeshas-favourite-food/articleshow/70900989.cms I believe that this article/story about Ganesha would help me because it informs me about his favorite sweets and talks about a holiday/festival I could talk about. https://livingfoodz.com/stories/celebrating-the-first-foodie-on-ganesh-chaturthi-1070 In this, it talks about Ganpati and his love for desserts but also includes festivals that I can talk about in my storybook. I think it will be a great informative story that I could use to talk about. All of these stories/articles are going to be very h...

Rama Rama is a possible topic that I think I might want to research more about for my project. I know what reincarnation is but I would like to learn more and possibly write a story about it and come up with my own ideas. I know it is very big in some countries and religions but learning more about it would be very interesting to me. One project idea I have is writing about Rama and the things he went through as a person, I'm not exactly sure how I would do it yet, but it is something that catches my eye since I am already reading Ramayana.  https://sites.google.com/site/lordramastorybook/home This past storybook really catches my eye and is something I would enjoy doing about "Rama, the greatest football player ever." Food Food is an idea I have for my project. I really enjoy food and I feel as if most people do as well especially food that I have never had or heard of in my life. Learning about new foods would be really interesting to me because I don't know anythin...

 Bibliography: R.K . Narayan, Ramayana, http://iereadingguides.blogspot.com/2015/05/week-1-of-2-narayans-ramayana-reading.html -All the people are so mad and upset about Rama going into exile. Lakshmana, Rama's brother, wants him to be calm. -One of Rama's brother, Bharata, is gone during Rama's exile at his grandfathers in Ayodhya. People go to Ayodhya to get the return of Bharata without letting him know the reason. Kaikeyi, Bharata's mom, wants to make him king but then rules as regent in Nandigram and refuses to go to Ayodhya again without Rama's return. -Rama meets a women named Kamavalli in the forest, but her real name is Shurpanaka, the sister of Ravana. She tells Rama she is in love with him and wants to marry him. Lakshmana captures her and cuts off her nose, ears, and breasts.  -Most of the gods have been made into servants in Ravana's court, which is in Lanka. Vayu, the god of wind is in charge of sweeping. Agni, god of fire, has to light the lamps. ...

"How to Give Bad Feedback Without Being a Jerk" by Adam Grant  https://heleo.com/adam-grant-give-bad-feedback-without-jerk/8968/ While reading this article, the main things that stood out were the 4 things to do about giving negative feedback without being rude. The first thing was explain why you're giving the feedback. If you don't want to seem like you're being rude, saying mean things, then basically it says to explain why you are doing that. For example, a good example of giving negative feedback but in a good way is,  “I’m giving you these comments because I have very high expectations and I know that you can reach them." The second thing was Taking yourself off a pedestal and basically, letting whoever knows that you are trying your best to be the best you can be. The last 2 things were, 'Ask if the person wants feedback', and 'Have a transparent dialogue, not a manipulative monologue.' I believe these 4 main things are perfect to under...

 One early morning, this squirrel was running around a group of real life humans, having the time of his life when all of a sudden something scary to the squirrel happened. These humans decided that it would be funny to antagonize the little creature. They decided to throw acorns around him, and everyone knows squirrels love acorns, but it came at the little guy so fast, he got super worried. The squirrel decides to run off, on his run, he runs into a cat. (I know squirrels and cats don;'t like eachother, but this story is a little different). The cat starts following the squirrel, and is scared for it's life, but then the cat gentle meows at the squirrel, and they start running away from the humans. The cat and the squirrel had the time of their lives, but the cat was confused where it was running from. So they both run back and creep by the humans without them seeing the 2. They see that they are just being kids and run away. The two fall in love and live happily ever after. ...

http://iereadingguides.blogspot.com/2015/05/week-1-of-2-narayans-ramayana-reading.html  The Ramayana written by R.K . Narayan is a shortened modern version of Indian Epics. The author starts off by introducing the city of Ayodhya where the king is Dasharatha in the kingdom of Koshala. The king has no children and for some reason, according to Narayan, is a problem. God, Vishnu, becomes Dasaratha's son, who's name is Rama.  - Vishvamitra gets to the kings, Dasharatha, court and takes Rama to fight demons. - Vishvamitra takes boys to a desert region which is ran by Thataka, used to be yaksha, a type of god. - Rama does battle and kills Thataka. - Thataka's sons seek revenge for her death from Rama, but they defeat them. - Aswamedha, allows a king to expand his kingdom... makes the gods worried - Sakara performed this and the god Indra stole it. - Traveling to Mithila, dust from Rama's feet falls and Ahalya appears.. she was imprisioned in the stone until released by Rama ...