Category Archives: Aging

complex tissues of relationships

Posted on March 20, 2016 by dgermann

(Old) people are not so much individuals as complex tissues of relationships reaching outward to other relationships, overlapping, combining, weaving. :- Doug.

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What do you want yours to be about?

Posted on March 19, 2016 by dgermann

What have you seen in others: what is life about in young-old and old-old years? What do you want yours to be about? :- Doug.

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What do you find yourself thinking about these days?

Posted on March 19, 2016 by dgermann

What do you find yourself thinking about these days? :- Doug.

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Grandchildren to befriend

Posted on March 18, 2016 by dgermann

I still have work to do, living and teaching, reaching and loving. I have grandchildren to befriend, a village to raise. :- Doug.

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Years not of decline but of growth

Posted on March 18, 2016 by dgermann

These are years not of decline but of growth. Growth can be in reflection, spirit, work on memories, with hands, observation, and a panorama of things. :- Doug.

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It takes a longer preparation as teens to pull away from parents than it did to gestate than to differentiate yourself from kitty dog book glass to define yourself by family tribe school It takes a longer preparation to seek … Continue reading →

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makes young

Posted on March 13, 2016 by dgermann

Conversation energizes Conversation makes young Conversation heals :- Doug.

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How to knot a tie

Posted on March 11, 2016 by dgermann

How to knot a tie or tie a knot you old man can teach me things I must know :- Doug.

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You’re growing

Posted on February 29, 2016 by dgermann

If you’re living, you’re growing. :- Doug.

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You can’t save your parents from death

Posted on February 29, 2016 by dgermann

You can’t save your parents from death. As your parents find there are things they can no longer do, you are also losing something—your adequacy. You have not the money, the time, the energy, the wits to do everything for … Continue reading →

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Even old-old have ability

Posted on February 27, 2016 by dgermann

Even old-old have ability to be whole to do everything for them is to steal from them give less help than he or she needs :- Doug.

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Are words necessary?

Posted on February 26, 2016 by dgermann

Are words necessary when conversing with elders? :- Doug.

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Hinge generation

Posted on February 25, 2016 by dgermann

Another Country is telling me I am more a product of my times than I had realized. My desire to open up is in the time zone of the 60s, not of the 40s. So when clients tell me all … Continue reading →

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