Stranger Than Fiction
Most of us are proud of our hard-won life in modern society. It is indeed quite astonishing that we can maintain any kind of...
Author Archives: Michael Gray
A Lonely Dragon Sings
Driving in the car the other day, switching between radio stations, I stopped on one that was playing a cello concerto, and found myself...
Empathy Flows up Stream
Most of us feel we should be generous towards others less fortunate than us. But lacking spontaneous empathy with others, we can feel reluctant,...
Standing on the Shore, Not Lost
I increasingly find myself remembering fragments of passages that entered the recesses of my mind years ago, only to discover that the bright fabric...
Late Spring Mourning, by Ken McKeon
The trees in our neighborhood are Burgeoning with leaves, this Follows from the steady rainfall Of the last several months, And the long drought...
Do Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth
There is some pretty unreliable advice floating around. Take the maxim: —–“Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth.” Anyone who has read Homer’s...
Spontaneity and Wholeness.
Coming home to the potential of our lives, we see that everything we try to hold on to is a seed, blown in from...
Earthquakes, landslides, floods
Almost everyone agrees that our planet is showing signs of breakdown. In the spirit of that awareness, I clicked on a friend’s Facebook link:...
The Infinite Unique
Last Saturday morning I watched a film that had both a uniquely personal impact (reminding me of important influences in my life) and universal...
Balance is a Movement in Space and Time
Discovering a healthy balance in how we feel and act seems to be an on-going challenge. As soon as we think we have found...