A village of voices walks with me my path was only straight before my first steps bruises and defeats become callouses and badges peel away layers of humanity plant them in insignificance :- Doug.

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Works of dying: Missing Wrestling Angel Not being Remembering, putting together, meaning, making sense Lessons and messages What is human Becoming ancestor Testifying, truth telling Stepping down Being gathered Whole, completions Resituating :- Doug.

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with them

Posted on March 21, 2020 by dgermann

Miss them with them :- Doug.

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Abdicate death

Posted on March 21, 2020 by dgermann

Some say we will soon eradicate death. If we abdicate death what will become of us, our meaning, our humanity, our compassion? :- Doug.

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poet old connection?

Posted on March 20, 2020 by dgermann

What does it mean to be a poet? What is the connection to old? :- Doug.

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Any ten years

Posted on March 20, 2020 by dgermann

Is there anyone who can say any ten years of your life went exactly as you expected? :- Doug.

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Pondering tasks

Posted on March 20, 2020 by dgermann

An elder is one who is continuously pondering the tasks of eldering; and …. :- Doug.

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Live into

Posted on March 20, 2020 by dgermann

Live into your dying. :- Doug.

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Live your dying

Posted on March 19, 2020 by dgermann

Live your dying. :- Doug.

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Meet dying

Posted on March 19, 2020 by dgermann

Don’t deny dying. See what’s there. Meet. :- Doug.

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Living up to our dying

Posted on March 19, 2020 by dgermann

We can be in the dying, with the person, with our own dying. It is living up to our dying and our loved one, attuned to the larger in life. If we die mostly as we have lived, if we … Continue reading →

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Asks of us

Posted on March 19, 2020 by dgermann

Living asks of us Dying asks of us Grieving asks of us :- Doug.

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Shape of money

Posted on March 18, 2020 by dgermann

This lady needs our help. Together. And help is not always in the shape of money. :- Doug.

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Kindly turn away

Posted on March 18, 2020 by dgermann

I am going to die. I am not conscious of dying at this moment. What can it mean to these days to remember my death, my dying? I want to converse at that time. I want to not avoid the … Continue reading →

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