Michael F. Gray, Author

How to Write a Memoir

Writing a memoir can be as simple as taking a stroll through the neighborhood, and is often undertaken for similar reasons: we’re looking for...

I was walking in Central Park in New York City when I saw the sunbathers and picknickers all stand up at the same moment,...

I know everyone feels lost sometimes. That feeling of being lost seems an understandable consequence of trying to fit into a world that seems...

There is something about long journeys to new places; the memories always stay with us. As well as the Amtrak trips I have taken...

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...

I was lingering beside the job board, long after the rush of job seekers had moved on. My eyes followed a man sweeping the...

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...

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...

Would it be too much if I bring up Goldilocks again? She is such a looming figure of right conduct, and still has so...

“By learning to contact the essence of our being, we can discover an unbounded freedom, which is not only a freedom from some external...