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Trajectories diverse
The trajectories of elders are diverse: some produce flowers, others hugs, others fireworks, some approach the heavens. :- Doug.
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Best dishes
Elders do not have the whole panorama: they do have and ought share their vistas. They do not prepare the whole feast: do make some of the best dishes. :- Doug.
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Beginning elder task
I am a beginning elder; we have a task. :- Doug.
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Somes of eldering
The somes of elders: Some hug the grandchildren Many hear them out Some are activists Writers poets playmates Some unable to walk talk think show us how to receive love Or in their tiny rooms care for the cosmos provide … Continue reading
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Extending human reach
Eldering is unfolding meaning, extending human reach. :- Doug.
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Motif of a life
Elders search out the theme, motif of a life, of life, of society. :- Doug.
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Something going on
Aging: there’s something going on here, valuable for the grandchildren. :- Doug.
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Thinking is trouble
Let’s speak kindly about people for whom thinking is troublesome. :- Doug.
Plumbing is our word
Less being and more about meaning making and finding—in a life examined and examined again, a society, a species too—examined for what is to be savored, what possibilities might be explored. Plumbing is our word, plumbing depths, sounding ever deeper, … Continue reading
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Batters youth
Old age batters and breaks only the powers of youth: it mounts its own new powers. :- Doug.
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We the families
We, the families, and the professionals who work outside the facilities, can start carrying life back through those doors. First we have to see life where staff see loss and less. Then we engage spontaneity and convivium. :- Doug.
mouths demented
If babies can teach us, then so too demented elders. :- Doug.
to be found
I like a story when it says what happened, does not say what it means, and clearly there is meaning to be found. :- Doug.
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At a picnic
At a picnic an old man is sitting in a lawn chair in shade provided by a building’s overhang. People in ones and twos are attracted to him: they come and go. I as well. His words, his thoughts pull … Continue reading
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Safety a launch pad
Safety ought be a launch pad for elders to be and fly, not an instrument of suffocation. :- Doug.