Category Archives: Conversation

Unfathomable us

She sometimes came to Quaker Meeting One day she made the coffee after Now she’s central to our group Give your grandchildren a task To meet their grandchildren To find their grandchildren To invite their grandchildren to find theirs Why … Continue reading

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Go to the conversation

Go to the conversation to find. :- Doug.

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ever only are as deep

Moments ever only are as deep As the people we find in them :- Doug.

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We can find each other

The conversation is in the finding and receiving the elders of the generations. We can be received, we can receive those we have seen before, we can receive those behind our eyes coming after us. They all can receive us. … Continue reading

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Only after do we become conscious

Our conversation invents—only after do we become conscious from it, make intention. :- Doug.

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Eleven Generations:

Eleven Generations: A Conversation :- Doug.

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Do not mourn ancestors

Do not mourn the ancestors. Do not remember them. For sure do not forget. They know what they are doing. Converse with them. :- Doug.

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Wander a bit

Begin in wonder Wander a bit As you go :- Doug.

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Serious about conversing

Let’s get serious—about conversing with generations. :- Doug.

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Meeting changes

Meeting is changing. :- Doug.

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Beauty must breathe

To send a message to another, especially across centuries, we must accept it will be a changeling. Meaning like beauty must turn to breathe. :- Doug.

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facing something big

You’ve got to be facing something big to make change :- Doug.

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Write as if I don’t know

Write as if I don’t know what this person will say. Because I don’t. :- Doug.

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More knotted than

I could give my ideas for loosening but life is more knotted than I can know. Better to ask your ideas, so to grow. :- Doug.

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Let the picture develop

Let the picture develop in conversing. :- Doug.

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across centuries

across centuries, converse :- Doug.

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Tell it real

Tell it real. :- Doug.

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