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About mlgray

Heading out on adventures, building community, eating delicious cuisines, supporting the local food movement and enjoying walks in the wild . . . grateful to be wandering in the world with you.

Intoxication: Music’s Journey

Posted on March 25, 2012 by mlgray

Different Modes of Exploration #6: Music Over the last few weeks, I’ve compiled all my iTunes music into one library, resulting in about 15,000 songs and somewhere near 50 days worth of music.  Combined with 200 or so CDs lying … Continue reading →

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Our Next Step As Travelers

Posted on March 18, 2012 by mlgray

I’m hesitant to diverge from my more typical tales of travel, often romanticized stories of movement and food and culture hopping. But I feel compelled to write a few brief words this week about my perspective as a traveling global … Continue reading →

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A Day at the Dojo

Posted on March 11, 2012 by mlgray

My apologies for the couple week hiatus.  I went on a work/leisure trip to California with the intention to write, but alas, here I am after missing a few regular entries.  To get things started off again, I’m introducing a … Continue reading →

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Fruition: A Food Journey in Seven Lessons

Posted on February 19, 2012 by mlgray

Different Modes of Exploration – Experience # 5 I don’t mean to get all acid trip esoteric on you, but travel is not just about putting one foot in front of the other, or hopping a Greyhound bus on the … Continue reading →

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A Lake Walk Home

Posted on February 12, 2012 by mlgray

In the middle of winter it becomes easy (even in the sunny state of Colorado) to stay glued to my desk chair, my fingers on the keyboard, my mind on work.  I must often remind myself to go for a … Continue reading →

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Where Nobody Knows My Name: A Bar in L.A.

Posted on February 5, 2012 by mlgray

It’s dark inside. Antique speckled mirrors line the wall behind the taps.  A wooden bar, red vinyl booths and live music keep new customers comfortable and locals returning night after night. There’s one seat left at the bar and I … Continue reading →

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What Happens on a Train Bound for Hungary at 2 am

Posted on January 29, 2012 by mlgray

Something from the Vault: Volume 1 A Note to Readers: I’ve been curious about what it will mean for me to dig back into my travels of long ago and tell tales of old adventures.  Thus far, all fifty-one of … Continue reading →

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Turning Zen . . . On Skis

Posted on January 24, 2012 by mlgray

Different Modes of Exploration – Experience # 4 A quick note to regular readers . . . I’m going to do my absolute best to stick to my once per week posting on Sunday morning.  This past week is a … Continue reading →

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A Sense of Place (called Idyllwild)

Posted on January 15, 2012 by mlgray

Different Modes of Exploration – Experience # 3 I love to write rambling passages about being in motion: the things that pass through Italian train windows  like moving photo albums, the bumpy raucous nature of all-night bus rides through Vietnam, … Continue reading →

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Different Modes of Exploration: Experience 2 – The Climber’s Edge

Posted on January 12, 2012 by mlgray

My brother spends hours alone on the rock, climbing massive, grand stretches of granite and sandstone, belaying himself, cleaning his own gear, climbing back up.  The last time he returned from a 1200 foot solo climb in Zion, there was … Continue reading →

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