Archive for April, 2019

Regard for grandchildren?

Do we—I—have a positive, respectful regard for the grandchildren?

:- Doug.

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Will you be any good?

When you grow older, will you be any good at it?

:- Doug.

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Footprints in the Windsm # 1862–O how precious the daffodils

Footprints in the Windsm # 1862

O how precious the daffodils
If I’d only seen them once!
A child’s enthrallment is pure—


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Don’t buy excitement

People don’t buy excitement. Even the people who say “I’m excited to announce….” Especially them. Look at their faces.

:- Doug.

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Blooming age!

Blooming age!

:- Doug.

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Grow or

Grow or grandchildren die.

:- Doug.

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We grow

In age we grow; for whom?

:- Doug.

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The grandchildren die

If you fail, the grandchildren die.

:- Doug.

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What will the grandchildren need?

What will the grandchildren need?

:- Doug.

Published in: Conversations | on April 19th, 2019 | No Comments »

Large depth of field

Elders have large depth of field.

:- Doug.

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Transition to elder:

Transition to elder: What do you want to be (for all the grandchildren) when you grow up?

:-Doug.

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Choose growing

Choose to grow: For all the grandchildren.

:- Doug.

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Even when you were 10

Make a list of anything and everything you’ve ever wanted to do. Yes, even when you were 10.

:- Doug.

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Last time canoeing

How can you know when will be the last time you go canoeing with your grandchildren?

:- Doug.

Published in: Conversations | on April 18th, 2019 | No Comments »

Cookies and tree limbs

Time’s a-wasting: cookies, tree limbs, and grandchildren.

:- Doug.

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Will you waste?

Will you waste your added capacities?

:- Doug.

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For or receive

It is really more about what we do or fail to do for the generations, than added capacity we receive.

:- Doug.

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Grandchildren left out

Give what you’ve got, or grandchildren may not get.

:- Doug.

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Footprints in the Windsm # 1861–Nikos and Wendell

Footprints in the Windsm # 1861

We are worms
Nikos says resurrection
is when worms
become butterflies
Wendell says practice resurrection


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The meaning of you?

What is the meaning of you at this time of your life?

:- Doug.

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Worth reading?

Is what I am writing worth reading? Make it so.

:- Doug.

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Your risks:

What risk? The risk of letting your vision go to waste and not be communicated. The risk of not moving us toward beloved community For the Grandchildren. The risk of wasting our lives. The risk of wasting grandchildren’s lives.

:- Doug.

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Vision risk

With greater vision, greater risk.

:- Doug.

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