Daily Nourishment for November 24, 2024: When We’ve Survived Childhood
Daily Nourishment Read Time: 30 seconds
Pause/Prompt/Practice Time: 14 minutes
“Anybody who has survived his childhood has enough information about life to last him the rest of his days.” ― Flannery O'Connor
Pause.
Read “Those Winter Sundays” by Robert Hayden
Prompt.
Read “Those Winter Sundays” aloud twice.
Take notes for three minutes. Jot down the words and phrases that captured your attention and anything else that comes to mind.
Practice.
Write about a childhood memory for seven minutes.
What did you know back then?
What do you wish you knew?
What do you know now?
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