We’re among G*d.
We’re among G*d.
:- Doug.

A way to start your bedtime stories for grandchildren: A long, long time ago, maybe tomorrow, it happened like this or possibly will….
:- Doug.
My precipice is perfectionism
So good enough is my friend
Who helps me get my work working
:- Doug.
If you thought of yourself as an elder of your tribe, what would be your task or gift?
:- Doug.
What do you want your family to know about you? What’s not obvious?
:- Doug.
Conversation cooks. Get in there and mix it up, soften, sear, release your flavors. Be tasty, become juicy, add your lingering aroma.
:- Doug.
What kind of person do I want to be? What kind of person do I seem to be? Poet, lawyer, whole-maker: whatever good there is there is still a message, still a work I’m doing, still a truth to tell. I must keep on getting to it.
:- Doug.
Footprints in the Windsm # 1173
What is eldering?
Grandmother dandling a baby while
Tending a teary 5 year old
Grandfather taking grandson fishing for
Any man to man talks it might occasion
One at the picnic whom people
Seek out for advice, presence
Please pass it on.
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See into people before I answer, what kind of person are you, what sort with me, what sort does your original you want to be?
:- Doug.
My head cannot stand alone—it needs its supports: feet and legs and stomach and heart.
:- Doug.