Monthly Archives: August 2011

When there’s a hole in the world

Posted on August 31, 2011 by dgermann

When the beloved dies, let us be ready to ask in love: What will you miss? What did you not do you wish you had? What specific thing can you do to carry out in a larger way what you … Continue reading →

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carries a sacred function:

Posted on August 31, 2011 by dgermann

Conversation carries a sacred function. It bears a generative force, for what we can speak can be; what we hear can be. Conversation is holy work because it is about hearing hope out into the open where it can go … Continue reading →

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She gave up

Posted on August 27, 2011 by dgermann

She gave up a career to care for her mother, declining but all she gave away was ambition to get the giving :- Doug.

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Inheriting responsibility

Posted on August 27, 2011 by dgermann

We are heirs We inherit all the gifts All the responsibility :- Doug.

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Why speak to the future?

Posted on August 27, 2011 by dgermann

Why speak to the future? :- Doug.

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Wills are about this:

Posted on August 20, 2011 by dgermann

Wills are about this: how much life can your last words give? :- Doug.

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20 Common Nursing Home Problems

Posted on August 17, 2011 by dgermann

The National Senior Citizens Law Center has just republished its eye-opening guide. A single free copy can be downloaded here: http://www.nsclc.org/publications/manuals/manual.2006-06-08.3692004924 For instance, did you know: –A relative does not have to sign as responsible for the elder’s nursing home … Continue reading →

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What good could 20 ordinary folks do…?

Posted on August 10, 2011 by dgermann

What good could 20 ordinary folks do together that one keep-it-for-my-own person won’t? :- Doug.

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Two gardens

Posted on August 6, 2011 by dgermann

Two gardens we are given to tend The one within our fence The one without, embracing it :- Doug.

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Can we do better?

Posted on August 6, 2011 by dgermann

Ask again Can we Do better? :- Doug.

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Way to start a grandparent’s tale:

Posted on August 6, 2011 by dgermann

Way to start a grandparent’s tale: In a land of surprise this is what happened tomorrow. :- Doug.

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The summer’s come on so suddenly

Posted on August 3, 2011 by dgermann

The summer’s come on so suddenly & now is nearly gone the seasons come round so quickly they leave my head spinning The older I get the faster spins the reel of remaining tape Yet if we look we may … Continue reading →

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What are your pictures of death?

Posted on August 3, 2011 by dgermann

In this country we are fixated on death, and as a bad thing. It might be whole-making. We so fear death that our only pictures are of debilitation, even when we hear stories of people dying peacefully, perhaps with families … Continue reading →

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Dragonflies

Posted on August 3, 2011 by dgermann

The sun and the wind & the dragonflies are one and sitting among all these you and I with them are one hawk wheeling above dew glittering cars with pavement singing are one tree frogs not heard but deafening remind … Continue reading →

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