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Elder Caring Lawyer

Our legal work is processing

Our legal work is processing (process) relationships (pattern, form, order, quality) among people (structure). :- Doug.

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tugging the lines

Poetry tugs the lines Moving Among us Verse not required Turning is :- Doug.

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what makes us odd

We all have a genius It’s what makes us odd Often ashamed A trait in need of fixing Until we fix our seeing :- Doug.

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Your death does not have to be a dis-ease

Your death does not have to be a dis-ease. Neutral it could be, or a good thing. :- Doug.

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Home is approximate

Home is approximate —and moving, growing :- Doug.

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Coordinating mutual action

Conversation is coordinating mutual action. :- Doug.

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Do, do, do

If we want to do, do, do, sometimes all we do is do-do. :- Doug.

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One invention of our age

One invention of our age seems to be age—old women and men. :- Doug.

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How do we know when to say when?

How do we know when to say when? :- Doug.

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How do you start the conversation?

How do you start the conversation? Know when it’s time? Hard for you? Have an outline? :- Doug.

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The key

The key to the conversation is belonging to the conversation The key to the universe is belonging to the universe The key to spirit is belonging to the spirit The keystone of all there is is each ever-loving one of … Continue reading

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Medicine relying on statistics

Medicine relying on statistics is based on reasoning from the general to the specific. Law relying on stories is based on reasoning from the specific to the general. That’s why doctors and lawyers do not see eye to eye. :- … Continue reading

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Hairy white against

Hairy white against blue skies nature’s brush strokes curved straight lines? Only man :- Doug.

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You and I come in

You and I come in focus then fade to nothing brook babbles along :- Doug.

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I like haiku make

I like haiku make the syllables evoke from winter snows bright red :- Doug.

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Drinking the juice

When you squeeze the juice from conversing, what you get is participation in one another’s lives, plus reflection for going deeper. Still, drinking the juice is not the fruit of the matter. :- Doug.

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Lawyers tell stories

Lawyers tell stories Doctors tell statistics Accountants tell numbers All are necessary All are life :- Doug.

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