Category Archives: Family

Grandchildren alive!

Posted on March 23, 2021 by dgermann

Grandchildren alive! :- Doug.

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Inheriting this?

Posted on March 18, 2021 by dgermann

If insanity can be inherited from your children, might you inherit sanity from your grandchildren? :- Doug.

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Dreaming grandchildren and

Posted on March 9, 2021 by dgermann

Dreaming Grandchildren and Ancestors :- Doug.

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What will you tell?

Posted on March 6, 2021 by dgermann

What will you tell grandchildren who come after about this time? :- Doug.

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all grandchildren

Posted on February 11, 2021 by dgermann

We’re all grandchildren. :- Doug.

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Do the patriotic thing

Posted on January 29, 2021 by dgermann

Do the patriotic thing—get vaccinated against covid—and fears. :- Doug.

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Unfasten great hopes

Posted on January 16, 2021 by dgermann

We fasten great hopes on the next generation and are often disappointed; perhaps we could unfasten, perhaps we could extend our ambit. :- Doug.

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Security to do lasting

Posted on January 15, 2021 by dgermann

Our society has provided us Social Security. We might, if we consider, find now encouragement to do things lasting. :- Doug.

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Fresh is the snow

Posted on January 9, 2021 by dgermann

I love, I love fresh is the snow—the wind quickens my step—& breath :- Doug.

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Must forgive oneself

Posted on January 9, 2021 by dgermann

One must forgive oneself. It is the first step in forgiving ones you love. :- Doug.

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Not close enough

Posted on January 9, 2021 by dgermann

An old joke about the mathematician and the engineer: each step only takes him half the distance to his lover. The mathematician will never get there; the engineer will get close enough. In covid time we can get to within … Continue reading →

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Throwaway year

Posted on January 2, 2021 by dgermann

Throwaway year this need not be we can learn —and better unlearn— from finally realizing our sisters and brothers as kin, as real, as us from facing death as near as breath from upheaval in our civic space —and better … Continue reading →

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speculation or bending

Posted on December 29, 2020 by dgermann

Call it A Speculation of Grandchildren, or, Bending the Arc of Humanicity. :- Doug.

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Speculation of grandchildren

Posted on December 28, 2020 by dgermann

A speculation of grandchildren :- Doug.

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facing something big

Posted on December 13, 2020 by dgermann

You’ve got to be facing something big to make change :- Doug.

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vulnerable ≠

Posted on December 13, 2020 by dgermann

vulnerable ≠ weak :- Doug.

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Breathe together at this remove

Posted on December 10, 2020 by dgermann

Grandchild of mine, elder of the year 2321, I write you seeking to know you. What is your name? Do you recognize any connection with those of us of this year 2021? I am most interested in finding out the … Continue reading →

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