I hope that over the course of today, I will be able to add the other two blog posts that I hope to write, and you can pick which one you would like to comment on (though if you are feeling adventurous, you can comment to all three). The other two will be a response to Dr. Burton's post on Syllabi and a commentary about my interview with an Ancient Near Eastern Studies Professor on the Phoenicians. I am excited to write them and share my experiences, and I hope you enjoy reading.
This past Friday, I did something atypical, and got a few
strange looks because of it. I attended
the weekly Storytime at the Museum of Peoples and Cultures, and learned about
the role of spiders in African and Caribbean folklore. The other patrons at the event were mothers
and grandmothers of toddlers, and of course the children themselves. After the stories, we made our own spiders by
tracing our hands without our thumbs and I helped a mother of 3 cut out her son’s
paper hands. It was a neat experience
for me, and something I would like to repeat.
