Daily Nourishment Read Time: 30 seconds
Pause/Prompt/Practice Time: 13 minutes
When you aren’t sure what to write about, try starting with something you’ve forgotten. Then see what happens next.
Pause.
Read “What lips my lips have kissed, and where, and why” by Edna St. Vincent Millay.
Prompt.
Read the poem two more times. Use your imagination to enter the scenes in both stanzas. Take notes for three minutes to describe what you see.
Practice.
Write for seven minutes about something you’ve forgotten.
Make It Advent:
Write for seven minutes about what you’ve forgotten about Advent 2024 and what you don’t want to forget about Advent 2025.
Want More?
Read “In Edna St. Vincent Millay’s Diaries, the Private Life of a Celebrity Poet”
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Resources, Workshops & Gatherings
—Advent Resources: Throughout Advent, I’ll include a new resource most days. For today, here’s suggestions for three wholesome films to watch during Advent
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