Category Archives: Caring
My work is discontinuity
My work is discontinuity of future to past and present of possibility to despair :- Doug.
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Through the sieves and funnels of my work
Through the sieves and funnels of my work I pour forth on life my message Hope some spills over :- Doug.
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At the meeting place of two generations
At the meeting place of two generations our respected elders and the one just behind one or two turns—this is where I work :- Doug.
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5 1/2 ways, with limitations
Each of the 5 ½ ways to gather caring for our elders has its limitations: ½) Veteran’s Administration is good for assisted living, not much help with nursing facilities; 1) Family marshaling their resources and love is low cash cost, … Continue reading
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I do this law work so
I do this law work All this writing and calculating And touching the world So I might speak With people gathered And write My poetry To lead My people out To invite The True, Beautiful and Good :- Doug.
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Playfully the lawyer
Playfully the lawyer re-spins the tale that this family might own a livelier theme :- Doug.
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Exploring, playing, teasing, sweating
Exploring, playing, teasing, sweating This human, this lawyer shifts the shape of our story Shifts the direction of our family :- Doug.
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Lawyer–I would that you
Lawyer—I would that you re-tell the story of our family from the old one, set us at liberty :- Doug.
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This quilt is made of story
This quilt is made of story One story many patches O that glimpses were larger A few wrinkles smoothed Our stories retold Our family unfold Shifting the shape of our story Is the core of The healer, the human, The … Continue reading
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Like Scott toilet paper
Like Scott toilet paper Is the kind of lawyer I am— Soft, strong, lasts long :- Doug.
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Don’t look at how much money this long-term care strategy will save you
Don’t look at how much money this long-term care strategy will save you; rather how much life is engendered: life in food and shelter for Mom, life in providing for her husband and children, life in the lessons she can … Continue reading
Choosing a lawyer
Choose a lawyer based not on how much he or she knows, but how much he or she cares. There is only a slight variation in the amount lawyers know, but a vast variation in how much they care. :- … Continue reading
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let’s try this on again
A heart available vulnerable lost let’s try this on again :- Doug.
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Walk lost
This is the deeper level of practicing law with this one walk lost :- Doug.
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You are my heart-work
You are my heart-work. :- Doug.
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