What is the problem of aging? Older helps babies, they grow and help the elder in turn. It is a circle. Must we be paid to help or might we do it out of love, or larger still, from our … Continue reading →

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little deaths

Posted on July 26, 2016 by dgermann

As we age we experience a progression of little deaths: loss of work, loss of health, loss of energy: losses on losses. We are taught the idea, some of us learn to go forward to peeling the onion all the … Continue reading →

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Something different today

Posted on July 25, 2016 by dgermann

Something different today. :- Doug.

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Every day different

Posted on July 24, 2016 by dgermann

Every day different. :- Doug.

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age for reveling

Posted on July 23, 2016 by dgermann

At 45, you revel in how great you are: at 70, in how you are falling apart. :- Doug.

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Lonely? What does it mean?

Posted on July 23, 2016 by dgermann

What does it mean to an elder to be lonely? Does it mean to be abandoned by family and friends? To have spouse and children die? Does it mean to have friends unable to get over to visit? Does it … Continue reading →

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50-year high school class reunions

Posted on July 21, 2016 by dgermann

We’ve been to two 50-year high school class reunions, and I for one have no desire for more reunions. We, as well as others there, were looking for people we knew, and there were few of those, rather than ones … Continue reading →

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Round the clock goes

Posted on July 20, 2016 by dgermann

Round the clock goes first toward word maturity then back again toward images and touch becoming master of one’s soul boat then first mate :- Doug.

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Between us, all we need

Posted on July 19, 2016 by dgermann

What if there were a connecting ease? All we have to do is settle into it? What if between us were all we needed, memory, consciousness, loving? :- Doug.

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How is this news?

Posted on July 10, 2016 by dgermann

We’re getting older. How is this news we can use? :- Doug.

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