We study the microcosm for scents of the macrocosm, for ranging truths and long patterns, for how we might live our microcosm. Less often we regard the fecund mesocosm, the community and our companions. Let us learn, together. :- Doug.

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Introducing the unexpected

Posted on May 18, 2021 by dgermann

We, grandmothers and grandfathers, can intermediate the generations, introducing the unexpected. We can unite the insights of different centuries, compare metaphors. We offer a way to see each other’s problems in a new context. :- Doug.

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Mutual clearness committee

Posted on May 14, 2021 by dgermann

One thing we can do with “our” grandchild is to convene a mutual clearness committee, after the manner of Friends. :- Doug.

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How you use curiosity

Posted on May 12, 2021 by dgermann

Your great grandchildren make it possible for you to be alive. You are rooted in these. For where and who you issue from is less important than where you’re headed, what kind of curiosity you have, and how you use … Continue reading →

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Where do you want them to want to go?

Posted on May 12, 2021 by dgermann

Who are your spiritual ancestors? In what did they excel? Travel, poetry, romantic love, ecstasy, exploring? Who then will be your spiritual great grandchildren? Where do you want them to want to go, those who are your next? :- Doug.

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with, find

Posted on April 10, 2021 by dgermann

With grandchildren, find poems! :- Doug.

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Conflict does not

Posted on April 10, 2021 by dgermann

Conflict does not necessitate combat. :- Doug.

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we find our stuff

Posted on April 9, 2021 by dgermann

Just here, in tragedy, we find our stuff. Just here, in our joy and their need. :- Doug.

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children become

Posted on April 8, 2021 by dgermann

The grandchildren become the grandparents. :- Doug.

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Hospitality for strange influencers

Posted on March 27, 2021 by dgermann

Can you, can I, make hospitality in our hearts for a 300 year strange grandchild, a life quite unlike our own? Are we ready for his or her reciprocal influence? :- Doug.

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