The Dreaming of the Sands
We can examine the sinew and bones of experience for their secrets, but it may be that the mystery of time is to be...
Author Archives: Michael Gray
Foregiving Past Failures
Evidence of failure is all around and also within. But when we settle on someone to blame—either ourselves or someone else—we are soon stuck...
A Drink of Fresh Water
I don’t finish all the books I start, but my kindle tells me what % I’ve reached, eventually flagging “read” if and when I...
Crossing the Bridge we’re on
We’re always already crossing some bridge, but the bridges we most often notice are in the distance, like mirages in the desert. We imagine...
A Fable
Who knows the sea best, they all wondered. Is it the tugboat, ready to pull beyond her weight, courageous, always helpful, volunteering herself for...
Embodying Truth in the Midst of Falsehood
I just had an essay (“Embodying Truth in the Midst of Falsehood”)published by John Hopkins literary review–no paywall: https://www.eckleburg.org/embodying-truth-in-the-midst-of-falsehood-by-michael-gray/
A Tiny Gate
“Here, at the very ground of becoming, we might find a tiny gate into a way of knowing that is not flat and one-dimensional,...
Pendulums in the Sky with Diamonds
“Leave them alone and they’ll come home, wagging their tails behind them.”–From the writings of 16th century shepherdess, Little Bo Peep. This morning, I...
The Private and the General
How did the title “General” become an image of authority and “Private” of subservience to that authority? Surely it’s as private individuals that we...
A New Room, Resting at the Starting Gate
We just brought home a new room, which is now sitting in our driveway. While the sunroom extension at the back of our brick...