The Caterpillar and the Phoenix
I live in a nest woven out of all the twigs and pieces of string–the maxims and identifications–that I have picked up over a...
Author Archives: Michael Gray
Longing to Belong
I had trouble sleeping last night and I tried a technique I learned years ago—designed to build a bridge between waking and sleeping consciousness....
The Least of These
You don’t have to be a practicing Christian to wish that our society was doing a better job living out Christ’s concern for children...
How we Pick and Choose
Sometimes our options collapse into stark alternatives that few of us really want. In the present presidential campaign—with the election three weeks away—we can...
Thanksgiving, Native America Day, 10/10/16
Today is Thanksgiving in Canada–so it feels like a good day to be thankful for the silence of the Canadian forest. The Sound of...
Even the Wind Needs Room to Breathe
Breathless In Byzantium (a poem by Ken McKeon) The neighborhood was devastated, To wake and find not all that much Air around anywhere, People...
Language and Silence
“Think before you speak” can be good advice if you tend to blurt out things you later regret. But for some of us, it...
Reunions, Nests, and Flight Paths
Now and then I receive invitations for school reunions, but I’ve never felt tempted to catch up with people whom I didn’t know all...
Gratitude—if not now, when?
“If we are fortunate enough to be exposed to a variety of influences, we may realize that the reality we take for granted has...
Blocked Drains and Open Roads
There are so many areas of life where I assume that I am powerless. Sometimes I just have to call an expert, if I’m...