Category Archives: Eldering
Complete?
I plan to not retire I still have big W Work to do What’s yours? Is it complete? :- Doug.
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A new standard
A new standard Maybe it’s twice as many poems a day But really it’s bringing together more all :- Doug.
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The clearing is in the wood
The clearing is in the wood The wood is in the landscape The land is surrounded by waters This wet globule is in the galaxy And all this and more And you Sharing the necessity Of accepting This the the … Continue reading
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Opening my clients to a more possible world
In this practice, I am opening my clients to a larger, more possible world, if only in little mundane ways: programs to pay for things, ways to reorganize financial details, how to organize this family’s days. But maybe in larger … Continue reading
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Tip of the tongue words:
Tip of tongue words: a hint to grow silence. :- Doug.
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find their creativity
Ask Mom or Dad to make a painting, poem, sculpture; find their creativity. :- Doug.
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Song surreptitiously
To invite deeper conversation: Share a song surreptitiously: what were the words to X? :- Doug.
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Deeper conversaion:
To invite deeper conversation: share a reflective song, for example, What a Wonderful World. :- Doug.
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Enforced do nothing mode
Just researched a bit about expressive therapy: the use of music, art, and story telling to help folks with dementia have a higher quality life. For me I understand higher quality to mean more woven into life. This study says … Continue reading
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Silence is a massage
Silence is a massage Of brain, heart, and will :- Doug.
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Enjoying the world contributes
Enjoying the world contributes to improving it We take its measure, test its supposed limits :- Doug.
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Be strong enough to
Be strong enough to withhold your tongue. :- Doug.
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No roses without thorns
No roses without thorns red’s buds are ephemeral gentian blooms all summer humans bloom for a season pretend to fang and claw do cling to one another by generations a little immortal :- Doug.
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The little beasties are doing this to us
We see the beast in front of us—the Internet—and how it is changing not only our lives but the way we think, even our spirituality. We meet and count as friends and good people folks from other countries we never … Continue reading
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around the block a few times?
I’ve been around the block a few times. So now maybe I should try the next block over or the next. :- Doug.
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