Category Archives: Eldering

What do we have to give the grandchildren? It is not up to us to determine how they receive it. Simply put it out there. :- Doug.

Living, even part time, For the Grandchildren can be an art form. So too with the grandchildren we can create a play form. :- Doug.

Not everybody becomes an elder; not every moment can you be an elder; but you can be by moments, grandchild by grandchild. :- Doug.

If eldering will endure it will because it is complex, varied, and full of contradictions. :- Doug.

For us to invent the blooms of longevity we will need to work on unfolding meaning. This is the large field of gifts of the generations. :- Doug.

Do children yet gather to play ball? Do they still pitch underhand to the little ones, shorten the distances, have the goalie stand on her knees? Are allowances made like they were in my day? A lesson for how we … Continue reading →

The challenge is to find conversations with the 300 year grandchildren-elders, for when we engage with them, when we stir each others’ imaginations, the world shifts. :- Doug.

List the tragedies, mistakes, and disappointments of your life: what were the meanings of them then; what are the meanings now? Here find clues to profound stories For the Grandchildren. :- Doug.

Eldering is not difficult; it is familiar; it is what you want to do. :- Doug.

The value of elderhood is in danger of being found. :- Doug.

Elders can provide design specs for technologies to empower eldering. :- Doug.