Category Archives: Eldering
Something going on
Aging: there’s something going on here, valuable for the grandchildren. :- Doug.
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Plumbing is our word
Less being and more about meaning making and finding—in a life examined and examined again, a society, a species too—examined for what is to be savored, what possibilities might be explored. Plumbing is our word, plumbing depths, sounding ever deeper, … Continue reading
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Batters youth
Old age batters and breaks only the powers of youth: it mounts its own new powers. :- Doug.
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mouths demented
If babies can teach us, then so too demented elders. :- Doug.
to be found
I like a story when it says what happened, does not say what it means, and clearly there is meaning to be found. :- Doug.
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At a picnic
At a picnic an old man is sitting in a lawn chair in shade provided by a building’s overhang. People in ones and twos are attracted to him: they come and go. I as well. His words, his thoughts pull … Continue reading
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New capacities
In elderhood new capacities To do yes and mainly to be Something beyond these :- Doug.
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What kind of elder?
What kind of elder might you be and do for the grandchildren? :- Doug.
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Never elders
There never yet was a thing such as the elderhood that is needed now to bring forth the 300 year elders. :- Doug.
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Elderhood look?
What ought elderhood look like if it is to be For the Grandchildren? :- Doug.
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Tell generativity?
What is the new story we must tell of humanity and its generativity? :- Doug.
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O elders teach
O elders teach us new ways of seeing dreaming hearing acting togethering :- Doug.
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Well poised
Elders are poised to be For the Grandchildren: financially ok, well educated, healthy, other-oriented, diverse. :- Doug.
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Benefit grandchildren?
What is it about elders that can benefit grandchildren? :- Doug.
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Leaving anecdotes
Some prophets of old acted out their message in peculiar ways: Ezekiel lay on his left side for 390 days; Isaiah wandered around naked; Hosea married a prostitute. They were leaving anecdotes For the Grandchildren. :- Doug.
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