Monthly Archives: April 2021

My work is opening space for humanity’s children and friends. Why? Because they are in community with me, they are my family and friends. :- Doug.

Good examples—derived from testing, testing—give great grandchildren a humus from which to grow well. :- Doug.

Humanity: a great tree of branching roots. :- Doug.

Do nothing great grandchild rearing: we can open space for humanity. :- Doug.

A new paradigm of ancestor work is needed. :- Doug.

You have heard it said, Take no thought for the morrow. I say Do take thought for the morrow’s children, that you bequeath them good grounding in which to eat, shelter, blossom, and sow ahead. :- Doug.

Give each generation a job to invent. :- Doug.

What are the natural successions, the profusions of leaves and roots, edge-transition zones, multiple canopies, the genius loci which occurs in crops and grandchildren? :- Doug.

Polyculture posits not controlling conditions, but having enough variety that no matter the conditions, many flourish, and the others do not suffer unduly. Think polyculture of grandchildren. :- Doug.

What responsibility do we have to our 11th generation? What responsibility do they have to us? That is to say, what responsibility do we have to our 11th generation preceding ancestors? What does each pledge to the others? :- Doug.