Dancing in the Silence
“And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.” Friedrich Nietzsche I don’t want...
Category: Companions in Time
Do Dolphins Dream?
I’ve met a human who has become important to me. He sits at the end of a long wooden dock in his metal chair...
Truths I have known
Some truths are anchored to the situations to which they pertain. Some truths are like a bird trying to get airborne, discovering its ability...
Three Manifestations, One Heart
I’ve always thought that Christianity is monotheist: one God above all. It seems that this Christian God is not only above all, watching every...
Another Duck in the Rain
A friend of mine told me the other day that he avoids saying he has Parkinson’s; and he is certain that his refusal to...
Losing Paradise
In the 1970’s, at a time when I had too much time on my hands, I composed this palindrome (in other words, it reads...
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...
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/