Coming Home Posted on 08/20/2024 by Michael Gray Walking on a foreign shore, Mist intermingling with each breath, A traveler can’t understand How at home he feels. With no next moment, And...
The Little Engine Posted on 11/12/2023 by Michael Gray “Until now, I have not been treated well, not by myself and not by the circumstances and conditions I have chosen to accept as...
Rivers I have known Posted on 10/29/2023 by Michael Gray “We care about the lakes and the mountains and the sky, for we know that they are our progenitors.” Caring, page 150. This unfamiliar...
What Can I learn from it all? Posted on 10/14/2023 by Michael Gray In the arena of international relations, ‘friends’ seem to be defined as whomever is on the other side of those who are perceived as...
When Two or More Gather Posted on 08/17/2023 by Michael Gray I’m on the outside looking in when it comes to practicing any religious orthodoxy. I suppose I picked that up from my mother, who...
Stations along the Way Posted on 05/18/2023 by Michael Gray This morning I read a few sentences about the body’s “energy centers” (also called the “cakras”), which line up along the front of the...
The Hour has Grown Late Posted on 10/24/2022 by Michael Gray I had been on this planet for less than a single turn around its sun, when I knew that my predecessor had fallen to...
Searching for What We Already Know Posted on 01/08/2022 by Michael Gray Here is the first paragraph of an essay of mine that has just been published in the Winter 2020 edition of Kosmos, Journal for...
Searching for Better Tenants Posted on 07/10/2021 by Michael Gray Humility is an experience of the commonality of all human beings. As we experience this commonality, our attitude toward life becomes light and open....
The Alien Interviews Posted on 09/27/2020 by Michael Gray Aliens have been watching us for a long time, but—to the immense relief of many—in October, 2020, they made their presence known to the...