Author Archives: dgermann

How ought we make our world-bed in which our grandchildren will awaken? :- Doug.

What do we not want to give the eleventh generation? :- Doug.

A Trip Deep Into the Future :- Doug.

We can meet our generations perhaps through common threads—faith, place, culture, country. We can explore these in journals, writing, reverie, and meetings with today’s elders. :- Doug.

Converse with generations by leaving them a gift. What gift would last? What gift would speak? :- Doug.

My thinking of 300 years and 11 generations is perhaps not only a piker, but somewhat limiting: I am only thinking of people as I know the species, or persons. I am thinking of intelligence mostly in terms of words … Continue reading →

I work. :- Doug.

Ancestor = antecessor = way-finder :- Doug.

Leaving a legacy is bad for our grandchildren. :- Doug.

Ancestoring = Minding, long :- Doug.

In 11 generations, your direct descendant will also be a direct descendant of 2047 other people. Certainly different from you. To say it another way, you will contribute only 1/2048ths of that person’s ancestral gifts. Actually less than that because … Continue reading →

Good. Ancestors. :- Doug.

Our legacy cannot be rooted in the rocky soil of wanting to be well remembered; instead use the fertile soil of remembering well those yet unborn. :- Doug.

Into the stream of ancestors :- Doug.