Remembering the Past Posted on 08/07/2024 by Michael Gray I have to confess that I don’t really remember the past. Of course, images and whole scenes that pretend to be of past experiences...
A New Road Posted on 07/15/2024 by Michael Gray I turned 82 today and it seems a good occasion to give some thought to the future. Of course, like many of us, my...
Looking Forward to Something Posted on 06/18/2022 by Michael Gray I feel I move backwards into time. The future, unseen, is at my back and I can only see the past, rising up before...
It Takes a Train . . . Posted on 12/19/2018 by Michael Gray A sound somewhere in the neighborhood appeared before my awareness and I understood something illusive. I ordinarily hasten to fill in the gaps in...
Making Good Use of Time Posted on 11/13/2018 by Michael Gray There’s a saying that seems to be born out in experience: “If you want something done, give it to a busy person”. The reason...
What’s Next? Posted on 04/17/2018 by Michael Gray Light is showing up among the branches visible through my sunroom windows. Not enough to predict what kind of day it will be, but...
“Time—Enter Stage Right” Posted on 04/10/2018 by Michael Gray “But the plan of action is determined And the end irrevocably sealed. I am alone; all round me drowns in falsehood: Life is not...
An Unanticipated Trip. Posted on 03/22/2018 by Michael Gray A man, who for several years hasn’t driven outside the radius that holds his grocery store and a few favorite restaurants, is planning a...
The Saddle Horn is not the Prairie Posted on 01/03/2018 by Michael Gray “Located at a specific point in time and confined to a certain kind of knowing, the self has reasons for ‘measuring out’ events as...
Fundamentally Supportive Posted on 09/26/2017 by Michael Gray “Past, present, and future interact in the undivided dynamic of a circle or a wheel, offering one another fundamental support” Tarthang Tulku, “Knowledge of...