Inside the Bystander Self. Posted on 12/30/2014 by Michael Gray “As bystanders, we start from a position of not-knowing and never really advance beyond it. Situated at a distance from what needs to be...
Red or White Blood Cells? Posted on 12/23/2014 by Michael Gray I appreciate the white cells patrolling my blood stream, ready to fight infection. They have kept me alive through their willingness to sacrifice their...
Moon River Running Posted on 12/16/2014 by Michael Gray Tides rise and fall in their ocean basins, as Earth turns under the steady pull of the Moon. Times of prosperity and of famine...
Home is Where the Heart is Posted on 12/09/2014 by Michael Gray A psychiatrist friend, now passed on, used to use a phrase that his students would quote: “Be it ever so miserable, there’s no place...
Love Thy Neighbor Posted on 12/02/2014 by Michael Gray Our children and grandchildren will live in a future that we are now creating. So why aren’t we trying to leave them a more...
Once Upon a Time There Were Three Times Posted on 11/25/2014 by Michael Gray Young children and animals appear to live in the present with whole-hearted exuberance—as we adults wonder at their lack of regret for past actions...
Provisional Gestures of Intention Posted on 11/18/2014 by Michael Gray Sometimes words express more than we know. A few days ago, contemplating the status of a new novel I am working on, I realized...
Guess Not –by Ken McKeon Posted on 11/13/2014 by Michael Gray Spent most of yesterday trying to make up my mind, Effort was much harder than I thought, For the thought was part of the...
Pretending to Know the Soul of a Tree –by M in the Trees Posted on 10/04/2014 by Michael Gray The Elm, her trunk rammed by a tractor leveling roadside weeds leans close to Earth, and now, in beginning Spring, is fuller green than...
The Dance of Earth and Sky Posted on 09/04/2014 by Michael Gray A tree is an entity whose very purpose in life seems to include the task of conducting water from the darkness of the earth,...