Conversations (and Revisions) Posted on 08/10/2018 by Michael Gray A few days ago, I wrote in my journal, “Well, I’m still here. When I’m no longer ‘here” (a ‘bystander’ present for all those...
Caught in the Breakers Posted on 08/01/2018 by Michael Gray A friend sent me a greeting card which I am now using as a bookmark in my daily journal. This morning the picture on...
I’m Grateful for My Friends Posted on 07/24/2018 by Michael Gray Friendship is one of those bridges that seem designed for two-way traffic. Friendship provides allies in our attempts to live a worthwhile life and...
We’re all in this Together Posted on 07/19/2018 by Michael Gray I love the feeling of being ‘inside’ and in the midst of everything. However, when I am inside an observing self with everything I...
What Others Think of Me Posted on 07/11/2018 by Michael Gray There’s so much I don’t know about my own process of evolution—from my arrival as a cold, wet fetus to whatever I am today....
The Story of My Irrelevance Posted on 07/03/2018 by Michael Gray “We appear to be cut off, restricted to a single sphere and totally accounted for therein. And certainly, the ‘us’ of this ordinary level...
Penelope’s Spinning Wheels Posted on 06/29/2018 by Michael Gray One of the oddest images in Homer’s “Odyssey” is of Odysseus’ incredibly faithful wife weaving all day and unravelling each night, a garment which...
Waving to the Other Side Posted on 06/19/2018 by Michael Gray In times of yore (long before I was born), writers who set out to explore the mysteries of the past would invoke the Muse...
Cycling on the Road of Time, with no Helmet Posted on 06/07/2018 by Michael Gray “Accustomed to thinking of our lifetime as a single continuous thread, we seldom dwell on the significance of these subtle beginnings and endings in...
Consulting the Oracles of Time Posted on 05/29/2018 by Michael Gray In a memoir there is always a present time from which a shepherd, tending the flock of memories, sends out his rescue missions. And...