Author Archives: dgermann
Wind with us
Wind is one thing we are likely yet to have with us. And waves. Probably light. These are bubbles to keep and stretch our conversings. :- Doug.
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It asked me to paddle
Even this flow of music nearly wrote itself —although it asked me to paddle here and there :- Doug.
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Strange way of spelling
What a strange way of spelling those Old English folk had—back in the 21st century! :- Doug.
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Do you hear the trickle?
Here is what I have to say in the witness of my fellow grandchildren: Do you hear the trickle? Like the wind you do not notice till you notice, once I heard it I heard it beneath and flowing through … Continue reading
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as your nose
A poem is a list of lines each necessary as your nose :- Doug.
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skin tendons blood
Minerals—bones and hard shells—are like people. Organics—skin, tendons, muscles, blood—are like conversations. Which lasts? Which reaches? Which sings? :- Doug.
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Real and last task?
What is the real and last task of our generation? :- Doug.
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Language of the grandchildren
Learn the language of the grandchildren. :- Doug.
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Feed your range
Cultivate your range: how far can you see, how far hear, feel, taste, smell? Water and feed it, exercise it, educate it. :- Doug.
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They are my family and
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.
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Examples testing
Good examples—derived from testing, testing—give great grandchildren a humus from which to grow well. :- Doug.
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Branching roots
Humanity: a great tree of branching roots. :- Doug.
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Do nothing rearing
Do nothing great grandchild rearing: we can open space for humanity. :- Doug.
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Ancestor paradigm
A new paradigm of ancestor work is needed. :- Doug.
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Do take thought for
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.
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