The more you know the longer it takes to retrieve it with computers we off-load some of this to archive perhaps we try to expand our memory by off-loading to our spouses! :- Doug.

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Papa has “a touch the dementia”

Posted on January 22, 2014 by dgermann

Papa has “a touch the dementia” Mama knows better than the doctors, The financial planners and the lawyers, all Daughter’s emotions have static electricity Social Security says son’s intellect disables him The other daughter is overwhelmed By the financial numbers, … Continue reading →

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11 business startups to help with aging

Posted on January 18, 2014 by dgermann

Friends– Maybe business will figure out that we Boomers might be a good market. Here are 11 startups Aging 2.0 thinks might be good: http://www.geripal.org/2013/11/innovation-and-aging-11-generator-startups.html :- Doug.

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Managing someone else’s money

Posted on January 8, 2014 by dgermann

Friends– The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (a US government agency) has recently published some plain English guides available for free download. They will soon be available in print for free, too. The guide topics are: Powers of attorney Court-appointed Guardians … Continue reading →

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and yet there is this necessity….

Posted on December 28, 2013 by dgermann

Friends– A quote you may enjoy: We may have no wish to grow up, to grow old, to become the senior citizens, the elders of the tribe, and yet there is this law that bears us forward continuously in time. … Continue reading →

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Make the world of aging for good?

Posted on December 18, 2013 by dgermann

How could we make and take and partake the world of aging for good? :- Doug.

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Possibilities of our aging?

Posted on December 17, 2013 by dgermann

What can we make of the treasures, promises, and possibilities of our aging? :- Doug.

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the worth of our years?

Posted on December 16, 2013 by dgermann

What is the advancing work and worth of our years? :- Doug.

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Longevity dividend?

Posted on December 10, 2013 by dgermann

What longevity dividend are you going to offer as a return for your 20 more years? :- Doug.

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What are the obligations to our society of those who are aging well?

Posted on December 7, 2013 by dgermann

What are the obligations to our society of those who are aging well? :- Doug.

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Demented, fermented and circumvented:

Posted on December 4, 2013 by dgermann

Demented, fermented and circumvented: but still very much alive! :- Doug.

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Help me speak from my dementia

Posted on December 2, 2013 by dgermann

Help me speak from my dementia Since I have trouble thinking But I feel, I see, I exist I want to love you And be respected Because I am, still I remember, I remember The songs, the dances, The babies … Continue reading →

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A birthday this week

Posted on November 24, 2013 by dgermann

I had a birthday this week. Maybe that’s a joy, maybe a little sadness, or maybe that is an interweaving of life with them. :- Doug.

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Flutter, flutter leaves!

Posted on November 21, 2013 by dgermann

Flutter, flutter leaves! Ready to fly from your tree! Will you carry me? :- Doug.

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