Author Archives: dgermann
Walk into the future
Face west and you walk into the future…weather….and the past…sunlight. :- Doug.
Wormhole to the elders
Conversation might be our wormhole to the elders 300 years ahead. It is in spirit that we touch the generations. :- Doug.
Invent channels
We are able to make the time to invent new channels through which to communicate with the generations. :- Doug.
Where’s it headed?
I don’t know where this is headed and I don’t want to know. If I knew, I might try to go there—and miss somewhere else. Or I might mistake where we go for there. :- Doug.
Thought a lot?
About what have you thought about a lot? :- Doug.
Generativity flows
We suppose generativity flows downhill, but for some it flows little at all, and for other it flows copiously both directions. :- Doug.
Finis now
Fine comes from finis in this age the best is now to be :- Doug.
Eldering grace
Our eldering task—and grace—is getting beyond thought. :- Doug.
Important minority
It does not matter whether this is statistically true. It matters if it is true for you, true for us. Eldering for the grandchildren is a distinctly minority activity. Just by the most important minority—those eldering for the grandchildren. :- … Continue reading
Slow time
If I’m not getting anything done, slow down. One thing at a slow time. :- Doug.
Ethereal
We have become subtle, finely woven, ethereal, rarefied, elusive, intangible, ethereal, delicate, gossamer, finespun. :- Doug.
Family crisis
Our job, that of those of us who help elders, is that we help families through a crisis. :- Doug.
How generative?
How have you been generative, and how do you hope to be yet? What have you been through? :- Doug.
Mist embracing
When thinner than mist one can embrace everybody! :- Doug.
Legs are lighter
As body—we fall to pieces As mist—we travel time Our best legs are lighter than air :- Doug.