Category Archives: Conversations on Travel

Enjoy the Road You’re On

Posted on May 26, 2014 by mlgray

Virtues of Travel: Part 5 I often contemplate the concept of sliding doors … in a religious context we might discuss it as fate or destiny … what I’m after is how we understand all the decisions, all the small … Continue reading →

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Surfaces

Posted on April 30, 2014 by mlgray

Virtues of Travel: Part 4 For my own part I am pleased enough with surfaces– in fact they alone seem to me to be of much importance. Such things for example as the grasp of a child’s hand in your … Continue reading →

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Patience

Posted on February 9, 2014 by mlgray

Virtues of Travel: Part 2 I’m standing in-line at the grocery store, a long line, the wrong line, (you know, the one you thought would move faster than the others, but it turns out to have the customers with the … Continue reading →

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The Greatest Journey

Posted on January 11, 2014 by mlgray

There is a life-force within your soul, seek that life. There is a gem in the mountain of your body, seek that mine. O traveler, if you are in search of That Don’t look outside, look inside yourself and seek … Continue reading →

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Thoreau

Posted on January 5, 2014 by mlgray

If a man walks in the woods for his love of them half of each day, he is in danger of being regarded as a loafer; but if he spends his whole day as a speculator, shearing off those woods … Continue reading →

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Travel Impressions, Distinctly Modern

Posted on July 14, 2013 by mlgray

Though I’ve now done this drive across California to Colorado more than a dozen times, nothing beats the thunderstorms that roar over the San Rafael Swell in the middle of nowhere, Utah. Each adventure across the 1000 miles that wander … Continue reading →

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Wandering Wisdoms: V.1

Posted on July 9, 2013 by mlgray

“To me too has not unrest been ordained, have not I too been endowed with a heart which knoweth not repose? The story-teller’s star — is it not the moon, lord of the road, the wanderer, who moves in his … Continue reading →

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A Wanderer Looks at 30: Unabridged

Posted on June 23, 2013 by mlgray

“Remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Never give up work. Work gives you meaning and purpose and life is empty without it. If you are lucky enough to find love, remember it is … Continue reading →

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Yes, We’re at Dachau in the Winter

Posted on June 16, 2013 by mlgray

Something from the Vault: Volume 7 Reader warning: the subject matter of this essay is dark.  I’ve postponed writing it for a long time, but I feel a real responsibility to share this tale. I’m only now, nine years since … Continue reading →

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The Panama Chronicles: Episode 5 – The Rearview Mirror

Posted on March 10, 2013 by mlgray

Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day. You shall begin it serenely and … Continue reading →

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