Monthly Archives: May 2015
Conversation is art
Conversation is art not present in explaining it only in its doing :- Doug.
or it is absence
Presence is receptive Or it is absence :- Doug.
plan out the loving
As much as you would plan out the argument plan out the loving. :- Doug.
I am cumulus
I am cumulus a dot Often stratus a painted closing in ceiling Or cirrus some careless brush strokes Ever moving morphing hiding glowering present absent Like poetry, reader, you make me change me lose me :- Doug.
Where the tunnels intersect
Deeper is where the tunnels intersect. :- Doug.
our comfort
Disorientation may be our comfort. :- Doug.
keep the hospital committee away
The second most important thing you can do to keep the hospital committee away is do a Power of Attorney. :- Doug.
O how precious the daffodils
O how precious the daffodils If I’d only seen them once! A child’s enthrallment is pure— :- Doug.
higher level of caring
We are in a position to foster—to generate—a new and higher level of caring for elders in our community. :- Doug.
buy or given?
Care is something you buy. Caring is something given. :- Doug.
make whole?
What does it mean to make whole? :- Doug.
We don’t see them move
We don’t see them move But the clouds do Look up—they’ve morphed! :- Doug.
Nurses, CNAs, doctors, and social workers
Nurses, CNAs, doctors, and social workers find their higher callings to help being quashed by greed thinking. We can stand up for them by speaking truth to power, but even more directly by letting them see their own creative powers … Continue reading
Figuring how to live in a nursing home
Figuring how to live in a nursing home starts much earlier. Who are you? What does living mean to you? Are you the chef, the joker, the family historian, the fixer? What role do you love to play, no, have … Continue reading
people with a disease
We are not here to care for people with a disease, we are here to meet. Seeing the face of a disease and not the person is an issue for our society. :- Doug.
Who is a human being…?
Who is a human being when mind and memory are out of the picture? :- Doug.