Author Archives: dgermann

We cannot imagine the 11th generation because we have not practiced making up real persons with skin, bones, loves, struggles, and strangenesses. And faces. To a lesser extent but still large, this lack of trying accounts for saying “There might … Continue reading →

If we are prevented by space-time from breaking bread together, perhaps we can busy ourselves baking bread together—and sneak a bite off the loaf. :- Doug.

Hospitality is the first offering to every stranger. What can that mean for us here and now? :- Doug.

How to live our lives so our great grandchildren matter. :- Doug.

Great grandchildren. How ought they live? How ought we help? :- Doug.

What can be the generational equivalent to potluck suppers? :- Doug.

Is this a course about them or about us? :- Doug.

One of the most important things we can give a young person is the skill to choose based upon imagination, curiosity, and any other lasting pull. The skill to distinguish a love for tanks or politics of the moment from … Continue reading →

How to murder grandchildren. (By putting them into the category of “People who mean nothing to me.”) :- Doug.

Curious? :- Doug.

What’s your ingenious way to engage your grandchildren in thinking of theirs? :- Doug.