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...
The Ebb and Flow of Memory Posted on 01/16/2018 by Michael Gray This morning, like a migrating bird landing on a branch and immediately taking off again, a fragment of memory came back. It was from...
Sorry that my Thank You card is late Posted on 08/21/2017 by Michael Gray From my journal entry of 8/18/17: “My mother would have been 99 today”. Perhaps that thought set me to imagining myself talking with people...
From Far Off Mountains Posted on 07/18/2017 by Michael Gray My wife and I are planning to visit a friend in Durango tomorrow. Our major preparation has been to get family members to look...
What Survives? Posted on 04/25/2017 by Michael Gray Mindfulness must be a wonderful quality to be able to call upon at will. In my experience, it seems that being aware of my...
Looking Back, Ahead, and in Between. Posted on 08/25/2015 by Michael Gray I sit cross-legged on a couch, a blanket on my lap, a desk lamp standing on a book case to my left, and an...