Monthly Archives: June 2016

Our son mows our huge yard

Our son mows our huge yard. Maybe next year we don’t mow so much. Maybe he won’t want to do it any longer. What we are doing works for today. Tomorrow something else. :- Doug.

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Something more

Your mind does not continue to work as though you were 30: at 70 you have something more. :- Doug.

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Like a tree

Like a tree reach for light :- Doug.

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Choose several:

Five and one-half ways to pay for long-term care: ideally you choose several. :- Doug.

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Grandparents!

Story forth. :- Doug.

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Conversations

The breeze is communing with the leaves the leaves gathering the spring sun the birds calling out “It’s here! Come play!” :- Doug.

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What we have learned

What we have learned in a long life can inform what we do for our world and our grandchildren. :- Doug.

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You may not think you have much wisdom

You may not think you have much wisdom—but will you use what you’ve got for your grandchildren? :- Doug.

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With cell phones a new quandary–

With cell phones a new quandary— What is here, what is there? :- Doug.

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You create puzzle

You create puzzle For me to discover you Thinking—both delight! :- Doug.

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Wind’s conversation

Wind’s conversation We are :- Doug.

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Mere nurses?

How can mere nurses turn an extractive behemoth into a generative nurturer? Can we put blood into the icy veins? :- Doug.

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Cultivate life within the extractive

So is there a way to cultivate life within the extractive? On the mundo level we can make the point that the air, the water, the earth, love is not owned and should not be, that the driving purpose ought … Continue reading

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To live well

Here the purpose is To live well Together Where can we Say this See this Today? :- Doug.

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