Author Archives: dgermann

Perhaps elders are not eldering us, rather pointing out the larger and hidden eldering that is going around and available to us. :- Doug.

We promise tension, anxiety, and lostness. Not namby-pamby sweetness. Return untouched? Unlikely. :- Doug.

Elders live in a bigger world than you. :- Doug.

Elders have a special opportunity, since they stand near the farther reaches of human development. :- Doug.

The elder is capable of embracing ever more differences, and therefore complexities. :- Doug.

Elders are mapmakers. :- Doug.

Eldering done well is about ad libs not advice. :- Doug.

Wherever she is a doe’s compass is set to her fawns, ours to the grandchildren. :- Doug.

Let us set out on a path of poetry and play, discovery games and soul-eliciting stories, reading and writing, reconstellated memories and opening futures. :- Doug.

We see these things…and the possibilities. :- Doug.