The National Senior Citizens Law Center has just republished its eye-opening guide. A single free copy can be downloaded here: http://www.nsclc.org/publications/manuals/manual.2006-06-08.3692004924 For instance, did you know: –A relative does not have to sign as responsible for the elder’s nursing home … Continue reading →

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What good could 20 ordinary folks do…?

Posted on August 10, 2011 by dgermann

What good could 20 ordinary folks do together that one keep-it-for-my-own person won’t? :- Doug.

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Two gardens

Posted on August 6, 2011 by dgermann

Two gardens we are given to tend The one within our fence The one without, embracing it :- Doug.

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Can we do better?

Posted on August 6, 2011 by dgermann

Ask again Can we Do better? :- Doug.

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Way to start a grandparent’s tale:

Posted on August 6, 2011 by dgermann

Way to start a grandparent’s tale: In a land of surprise this is what happened tomorrow. :- Doug.

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The summer’s come on so suddenly

Posted on August 3, 2011 by dgermann

The summer’s come on so suddenly & now is nearly gone the seasons come round so quickly they leave my head spinning The older I get the faster spins the reel of remaining tape Yet if we look we may … Continue reading →

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What are your pictures of death?

Posted on August 3, 2011 by dgermann

In this country we are fixated on death, and as a bad thing. It might be whole-making. We so fear death that our only pictures are of debilitation, even when we hear stories of people dying peacefully, perhaps with families … Continue reading →

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Dragonflies

Posted on August 3, 2011 by dgermann

The sun and the wind & the dragonflies are one and sitting among all these you and I with them are one hawk wheeling above dew glittering cars with pavement singing are one tree frogs not heard but deafening remind … Continue reading →

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New taxes on the fragile elderly?

Posted on July 30, 2011 by dgermann

No new taxes—on whom? You say we are taxed enough already; you will stand for no new taxes. But the reduction of help to the fragile elderly, or the helpless infant, or others like them who have no where else … Continue reading →

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We don’t have all the questions….

Posted on July 30, 2011 by dgermann

We don’t have all the answers. Not even all the questions! So with the constellation of this elder, their family, the laws, and other elder caring lawyers we can call upon, we work to find <strong>this</strong> elder’s most important questions … Continue reading →

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I plan to keep at my work

Posted on July 30, 2011 by dgermann

I plan to keep at my work, not that it’s fun, and it is, but that there is an important work to do, an important message to share widely—for the good of the whole. :- Doug.

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Lowest bidder is not a virtue in….

Posted on July 30, 2011 by dgermann

Lowest bidder is not a virtue in Love of babies Care of elders Nor in Wills to nurture your tribe :- Doug.