Monthly Archives: September 2018
A reason for nursing homes
One reason we have nursing homes is that mere adults see old people as being of no further use. They no longer produce children nor money. Therefore they hold us back, keep us from these activities of adult years. We … Continue reading
Wounds healing you?
Elder, what are the wounds, those that have healed, those that are still healing…your life? What are the profoundest injuries that now are part of your essence? What depths do they help you bring to the world? :- Doug.
Posted in Eldering, Healing and Wholeness
Leave a comment
Tell me grandchild
Tell me grandchild, what have you learned? It may be, it may be. :- Doug.
Posted in Aging, Eldering, Family
Leave a comment
“Harvesting” elders
Might we design an alternative “economy” where elders who are already segregated are also “harvested” for “wealth” for the community? Attend the words: “household allotment;” “a festive time of gathering, ripeness and fullness;” and “happiness, well-being, whole, sound.” What is … Continue reading
Posted in Eldering
Leave a comment
Dotage decrepancy
Dotage, decrepancy, and dementia are not meant for most :- Doug.
Posted in Aging, Alzheimer's and other dementias
Leave a comment
Secret we keep
Sex is the secret adults keep from children What is the secret elders keep from adults Something invisible to those still unripe? :- Doug.
Posted in Eldering
Leave a comment
Sex brought death
Sex brought death; gardens brought old people. :- Doug.
Posted in Aging, Eldering
Leave a comment
Better at puzzles
Who’s better at puzzles: children, adults, elders? Elders are themselves a puzzle: their very existence asks What now? More tellingly, What next? :- Doug.
Posted in Eldering
Leave a comment
To whom contribute?
We have added 30 years; we have scattered our adult children: to whom will we contribute and what? :- Doug.
Posted in Eldering
Leave a comment
Too sick and weak
We were hunter-gatherers following the seasons and food. So we left behind those too sick and weak to keep up. We became farmers, had much food and shelter. So we took care for these. Now we are mobile, scattered. So…what? … Continue reading
Posted in Aging, Eldering
Leave a comment
To wish not to be a burden
To wish to not be a burden on your children is at root selfish. For will you be abandoned if you are too much burden? Yet your son’s soul goes out to you and your daughter needs to mother you. … Continue reading
Families scatter
Hunter-gatherers lose their elders when they can no longer keep up with the moving band. Agrarian communities gain elders by staying put. They have supplies of food and existing shelter, so longevity is allowed extension. Now our families scatter on … Continue reading
Posted in Eldering
Leave a comment
Who then?
If the body is healthy, the soul is expanding, and we have an extra 30 years, who then? :- Doug.
Posted in Eldering
Leave a comment
Eldering never bloomed
Eldering might never have bloomed—yet. With our rapidly expanding life spans, we are now given an opening and necessity to invent our role. :- Doug.
Posted in Eldering
Leave a comment
Wrap stories in stories
Let us learn ways to wrap stories in stories to sneak lessons deep inside lessons :- Doug.
Posted in Eldering, Poetry
Leave a comment
Caring defines humans
Caring for one another is what defines us as humans, what opens up our worlds. :- Doug.
Posted in Caring, Eldering, Professional Caregivers
Leave a comment
“Older adult” epithet
The term “older adult” is a misunderstanding if not an ill considered epithet. :- Doug.
Posted in Eldering
Leave a comment