Conversation is not about simply dragging out what’s inside you. It is about shaping it. It is about discovering it. It is about co-creating it. I had not thought about dying on the boat dock till my friend Jerry voiced … Continue reading →

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“Observation status”

Posted on October 21, 2012 by dgermann

“First, do no harm.” Yet with “observation status” you are doing harm: to the sick, the frail, our elders. :- Doug.

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As actor withdraws from scene

Posted on October 12, 2012 by dgermann

As actor withdraws from scene As scenes roll on As this story told is but a part of the stories of each of the actors of the stories of each spectator & friend So now I withdraw :- Doug.

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On the boat dock watching the sun

Posted on October 12, 2012 by dgermann

People need this conversation about living well our last chapter. They need to realize that as Jerry Walthall said, some of us want to die on the boat dock watching the sun and drinking a beer with our dog. I’d … Continue reading →

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Gathering, loosening

Posted on October 11, 2012 by dgermann

When we are born there is a gathering of the stuff of the all just here just here So when we die there is a loosening just here just for now :- Doug.

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Do you have a deathbed story?

Posted on October 10, 2012 by dgermann

Do you have a deathbed story? :- Doug.

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Do you want to go fighting or gently?

Posted on October 10, 2012 by dgermann

Do you want to go fighting or gently? :- Doug.

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Start the melting

Posted on October 9, 2012 by dgermann

As I look around this people, I see the salt of the earth. Today, the world about us is icy: together you can start the melting. :- Doug.

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First, live well together….

Posted on October 9, 2012 by dgermann

First, live well together; second, see how the money parts can serve your living. :- Doug.

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There is more here.

Posted on October 6, 2012 by dgermann

There is more here. :- Doug.

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Far enough

Posted on October 3, 2012 by dgermann

Far enough To say goodbye Farewell :- Doug.

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Said better

Posted on October 1, 2012 by dgermann

Some of the most profound things are said better in poetry sometimes better yet in silence :- Doug.

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