Destination Unknown Posted on 04/30/2022 by Michael Gray There is something about long journeys to new places; the memories always stay with us. As well as the Amtrak trips I have taken...
The Empty Gangplank Posted on 04/26/2022 by Michael Gray I’ve heard that we come into this world alone and will leave it alone. But far more real for me is the network of...
What am I Waiting For? Posted on 04/18/2022 by Michael Gray I was lingering beside the job board, long after the rush of job seekers had moved on. My eyes followed a man sweeping the...
Two Venturings Forth Posted on 04/11/2022 by Michael Gray I’ve just been published in two places: a book I’ve been working on for the past three years (“Winter Came Early; Reflections on Outliving...
Dominoes Keep Falling on my Head Posted on 03/27/2022 by Michael Gray I had a blood draw for uric acid yesterday. Now I’m waiting for my primary to tell me if the results reveal anything I...
Too Much or too Little Posted on 03/13/2022 by Michael Gray Would it be too much if I bring up Goldilocks again? She is such a looming figure of right conduct, and still has so...
A Final Touching Down Posted on 02/27/2022 by Michael Gray “By learning to contact the essence of our being, we can discover an unbounded freedom, which is not only a freedom from some external...
Build It and They Will Come Posted on 02/13/2022 by Michael Gray Am I the only one who wonders how all those animals knew that there was a man building a gigantic boat on a hilltop...
One Size Does not Fit All Posted on 02/07/2022 by Michael Gray I’m not thinking about clothes. There are stretch fabrics which, like the skin with which we enter this world, expand as we do. But...
Doors of Remembrance Posted on 01/31/2022 by Michael Gray “By learning to contact the essence of our being, we can discover an unbounded freedom, which is not only a freedom from some external...