Author Archives: dgermann
What we have learned
What we have learned in a long life can inform what we do for our world and our grandchildren. :- Doug.
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You may not think you have much wisdom
You may not think you have much wisdom—but will you use what you’ve got for your grandchildren? :- Doug.
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With cell phones a new quandary–
With cell phones a new quandary— What is here, what is there? :- Doug.
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You create puzzle
You create puzzle For me to discover you Thinking—both delight! :- Doug.
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Wind’s conversation
Wind’s conversation We are :- Doug.
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Mere nurses?
How can mere nurses turn an extractive behemoth into a generative nurturer? Can we put blood into the icy veins? :- Doug.
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Cultivate life within the extractive
So is there a way to cultivate life within the extractive? On the mundo level we can make the point that the air, the water, the earth, love is not owned and should not be, that the driving purpose ought … Continue reading
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To live well
Here the purpose is To live well Together Where can we Say this See this Today? :- Doug.
Posted in Family, Healing and Wholeness, Poetry
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Think of a day when
Think of a day when You had nothing to do Other than breathe :- Doug.
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Washing machines, tangled brush piles, atoms
Washing machines, tangled brush piles, atoms—physical things—are easy to manipulate in our minds. Other things, especially actions—like conversations, relationships, movement—have many more possible interactions, and so are more difficult to grasp. :- Doug.
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Typos and detours
Typos and detours may be the main road. :- Doug.
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Soul caregiver?
Are you someone’s soul caregiver? :- Doug.
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Go further, sons and daughters
Go further, sons and daughters of my sons, than I have gone: release the skies, release the stars, release the divinity only you can. Now: before you are ready. Then invite the daughters and sons of your daughters and sons … Continue reading
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Bring me toys
Bring me toys if I get to experience dementia. As I progress backwards through my decades, bring me things to occupy my happy moments: travel brochures when I am again in my 50s, tax return forms and calculators when I … Continue reading
Elders say the darnedest things
Elders say the darnedest things. :- Doug.
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