Category Archives: Alzheimer’s and other dementias

Cheshire cat

It is the relationship—the meeting—which is real, the genesis of self and same. Self and same are the same word. All stems from meeting, like the smile of the Cheshire cat, last to go, first to come. So too person … Continue reading

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you your mind

Are you your little finger? Are you your bank account? Are you your job? Are you your work in the world? Are you your mind? :- Doug.

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In the arms of dementia

How do we find the ground material of the universe in the arms of dementia? The ground material I see as life, as meeting. We then are in the place of meeting ourselves when we no longer have a brain … Continue reading

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our riddle

our riddle touch our gossamer strands thee me the all there is especially when one of us is held in the arms of dementia: our brain shriveling away from us :- Doug.

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