Cells Unite
I’m just one cell, reporting in from the field. Things are quiet for the moment, but the rumblings of animosity between various factions seems...
Author Archives: Michael Gray
Nature, Nurture and the Flickering Flame
We’re all born into circumstances and for our entire lives our experience is thwarted or facilitated by those circumstances. The twin influences of nature...
Thank You Again
Near the end of the book I’ve been studying, “Caring”, there is a passage that surprised me and caused me to review a deep...
Experts and Amateurs
This morning, I decided to trust my own judgement over some ‘expert’ advice I have been following for more than half a year. The...
At One with Nature
Who doesn’t want to live naturally? Yet, less than natural calls to action tend to drown out a quieter voice urging us to live...
Here, Above and Below
It seems that at every level—both seen and unseen—a few shapes and patterns are repeated. That could be due to (especially in regard to...
The Pied Piper
Instead of trying to catch each rat separately, he draws them all out of town, in a long line of departing creatures who have...
Appreciating our Vehicle
I’ve often wondered why some men lavish such care on their cars. There it sits in the driveway, every panel, window, bumper and wheel...
Madeline and the Pig
“Don’t you have anything better to think about?” Michelle’s sister might ask. I don’t either. So let’s explore together what we remember, what we...
Mr. Quantum and Ms. Universe
Imagine that there is a massive body (Earth) orbiting a more massive body (Sun) and orbited by a smaller body (Moon); and that, strange...