As an elder changes the meaning of the grandparent-grandchild relation, and changes the intention of at least one party, the world has already shifted. It seems a small change. Maybe it is profound. The new meaning is we are about … Continue reading →

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Create new elders

Posted on August 25, 2018 by dgermann

Elders are responsible for the creation of new elders out of the raw materials of the young. If we increase our proportion…. We have been granted a special access to the young. :- Doug.

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Special names for grandchildren

Posted on August 25, 2018 by dgermann

Give the special names to the grandchildren. Challenge them to make the names live up to them. :- Doug.

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Aging more complex

Posted on August 25, 2018 by dgermann

Aging has become more complex: varieties in health, vigor, sexuality, stances. :- Doug.

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Elder years:

Posted on August 25, 2018 by dgermann

Elder years: only pleasant? also useful? :- Doug.

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Shape the grandchildren?

Posted on August 24, 2018 by dgermann

Shape the grandchildren? Shape the circumstances? Shape swirls moving among? :- Doug.

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Philosophy meets play

Posted on August 23, 2018 by dgermann

For the Grandchildren is not personal development but philosophy and activisim: For the Grandchildren is where Philosophy meets Play, and Activism meets the Ages. :- Doug.

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Questions which last

Posted on August 22, 2018 by dgermann

Leo Tolstoy writes in Confession “the thing you call your life will come to an end and with it all your questions.” Might there be questions which last? Questions which query the 300-year grandchildren-elders? Can we offer them these questions … Continue reading →

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This grandchild’s art

Posted on August 21, 2018 by dgermann

Make your art to highlight another grandchild’s generative power and art. :- Doug.

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This poem

Posted on August 21, 2018 by dgermann

This poem has come my way up to you now to carry on it and me handing it over to she who will carry us all further still :- Doug.

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Questions we cannot answer

Posted on August 20, 2018 by dgermann

If we find the questions we cannot answer, well then! We have found a valuable gift, one to leave to the generations. :- Doug.

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Three enduring things

Posted on August 20, 2018 by dgermann

The ancients said the three enduring things are Truth, Beauty, and Goodness. What are our forms of this? Perhaps truth is our ever ongoing growth, beauty is the ever-widening panoramas, and goodness is the ever-deepening intimacy and conversation with all. … Continue reading →

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Hears carries traces

Posted on August 20, 2018 by dgermann

So I want to strongly encourage messages to be recorded and sent in many ways. Whomever hears carries on these traces. :- Doug.

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