How I See Myself Posted on 05/09/2021 by Michael Gray A couple of mornings ago, I was doing my usual half hour of practice when an insight dropped into my mind: I seemed to...
Remembering All over Again Posted on 01/11/2021 by Michael Gray When you’ve read the work of a particular author, and one of his phrases becomes popular, chances are you’ll feel in sync with its...
Stirring the Caldron of Time Posted on 11/15/2020 by Michael Gray As I opened the fridge door and wondered what would take the edge off my hunger, before I want out for my walk, I...
A Pain in the Neck Posted on 03/24/2020 by Michael Gray What causes an old memory to return, like Little Bo Peep’s sheep or like a painted horse spinning off a carousel we are surprised...
The Wind has Returned. Posted on 03/26/2019 by Michael Gray You may have been here last week, rifling the wind chimes, disturbing the sleepy quiet of branches as they open to the Spring Equinox...
A Call from Memory Posted on 02/12/2019 by Michael Gray A church bell just rung for the second time this morning, as I’m sitting over a first cup of coffee in the town of...
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...
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...
“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...
“The Gyre of Time” Posted on 04/05/2018 by Michael Gray “The culprit and the life giver is the dung and its smell of fresh air”, “Dr. Zhivago”, Boris Pasternak. Today, April 2. 2018, I...