Category Archives: Alzheimer’s and other dementias
Cuts the fog?
The brain makes a fog That slows mind’s clarity Maybe Alzheimer’s cuts the fog? :- Doug.
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Beyond the brain’s fog
Losing our brains to Alzheimer’s Keeping our minds—what we do with our brains We explore spirit beyond the brain’s fog :- Doug.
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Joseph Campbell, cosmogonic round, and dementia
Joseph Campbell writes of the cosmogonic round of coming from the deepest through the dream to waking and then returning in reverse order. Wonder if this says something of dementia, where people forget in reverse order? They are maybe just … Continue reading
perhaps even these
The stroke, the broken hip, the dementia: perhaps even these all things work together for good for those who love life. :- Doug.
The way of the explorers
Even some of those whose minds don’t work the same may be choosing the way of the explorers. :- Doug.
To be sharp to the end
Not everyone gets Alzheimer’s To be sharp to the end is likely To elders belongs a joy available to most :- Doug.
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Nor even to remember
We don’t need elders to fight Nor even to remember Rather to show us a longer view :- Doug.
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Blossomy
Elders are blossomy. :- Doug.
“From the mouths of babes”
We say “From the mouths of babes” and we look for this wisdom. Do we look for it from elders—especially those we say are “losing it?” :- Doug.
dementia: not just a real person
In dementia, there is not just a real person in there. They might just have something to teach us. :- Doug.
The new cloister
The new cloister—often imposed on folks—is Alzheimer’s. :- Doug.
Today’s Scarlet A
Today’s Scarlet A is Alzheimer’s. :- Doug.
Not dementia: wisdom
Maybe it’s not dementia, eccentricity, quirks: maybe she or he is working on wisdom: completing, ripening, maturing. :- Doug.
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Adult sand boxes
Let’s make adult sand boxes. For nursing homes and senior residences. Waist high like some garden planters. Give us a chance to play and create and discover things. About ourselves. Surely there are other play things elders would like to … Continue reading