Monthly Archives: December 2019

Monday of Week 2 of the Advent Season “Companion is the one who eats the same bread.” -Dom Helder Camera Monday, December 9, 2019 This show stopping photo was not taken this year; weather.com predicts a rain-drenched day, temps touching … Continue reading →

Friday, December 6 David Whyte introduces this poem as leaving and losing,  divorce of a dear friend as she leaves her marriage.  How many losses of a deep love have readers of the Work Day list lived?  Not all are … Continue reading →

Wednesday,  December 4 “imagine grief as the outbreath of beauty” November 29 was the anniversary of Bill Pauly’s sudden death at 59, 2006, of a heart attack.  That year Bill played inside a lovely sabbatical after years of demanding pastoring … Continue reading →

Monday, December 2, 2019 “turned in the air together and landed backwards! that’s what got me — to face into the wind’s teeth.” On days offering anniversaries of courage and violence,   flint-hard poetry can recall bravery to match meanness.  On … Continue reading →