Monthly Archives: February 2020

discovering bread

Posted on February 16, 2020 by dgermann

Finding poems discovering bread :- Doug.

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Doing the things that’s the way to be caught when death comes calling nor accomplishing for that guarantees disappointment flour egg milk leaven heat and waiting eating together being by turns :- Doug.

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centuries off

Posted on February 16, 2020 by dgermann

The destinations centuries off nor do we know :- Doug.

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we imagine we steer

Posted on February 15, 2020 by dgermann

Given a paddle as we embark we imagine we steer and empower yet :- Doug.

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Remove need for results

Posted on February 15, 2020 by dgermann

Three hundred years carries the advantage to remove the need for results, freeing us to do the important, the big thing. :- Doug.

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Value of a story?

Posted on February 15, 2020 by dgermann

What is the value of a story to ensuing generations? Might we get intentional about using story not just to build a better world but to grow a better humanity? :- Doug.

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For sale: threadbare mourning shawl

Posted on February 15, 2020 by dgermann

For sale: baby shoes never worn. Threadbare mourning shawl. 101 stories told into 11 sets of grandchildren’s eyes. :- Doug.

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Define and stretch a quality

Posted on February 15, 2020 by dgermann

Why do I want my grandchildren to ask better questions? Because I want them to think and live qualitatively. I want them to define a quality of life and stretch to it, rather than simply let life come over them. … Continue reading →

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Recently older

Posted on February 14, 2020 by dgermann

Name 3 people you’ve recently noticed are older. :- Doug.

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Stories improve lives

Posted on February 14, 2020 by dgermann

Name 3 ways stories might improve the lives of our hearers. :- Doug.

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Qualities to explore?

Posted on February 14, 2020 by dgermann

Humanicity is the quality of being human. How might our stories affect the qualities the generations explore? :- Doug.

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Wonderables

Posted on February 14, 2020 by dgermann

Numbers are about quantities things to compare Poetry is about qualities ponderables wonderables :- Doug.

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Seeking depth and nuance

Posted on February 14, 2020 by dgermann

As the machines get brighter and take over expert tasks, particularly in statistics and probabilities, the human role in seeking depth and nuance will be encouraged. :- Doug.

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Study story so that

Posted on February 13, 2020 by dgermann

We study story so that we might engender an improved humanity in 300 years. :- Doug.

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a little more east

Posted on February 13, 2020 by dgermann

We can touch the arc so it comes closer or farther a little more east a little more west :- Doug.

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Immersed in story

Posted on February 13, 2020 by dgermann

We are immersed in story. We live for story. We create story by the way we live. Might we yet get intentional about our stories? :- Doug

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Farsight arc

Posted on February 13, 2020 by dgermann

With farsight, our stories might just touch generations, bending the arc of humanity. :- Doug.

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