Backward Progress

Ellie

The coral foam of chlorhexidine gluconate drips down my arms from fingertip to elbow as I perform my liturgical scrubbing to prepare to see my hours-old…

Nov 20, 2024 • 

Daniel Gray

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June 2024

The Inner Light

Yesterday my dad celebrated that he'd lived a day longer than his own father.

Jun 16, 2024 • 

Daniel Gray

3

March 2024

Notable Bottles

I My dad stores a bottle of Coca Cola in his office from the St.

Mar 3, 2024 • 

Daniel Gray

3

September 2023

Forty

Growing up, Sarah and I would play St. Louis in a Box, a seemingly unlicensed Monopoly clone with iconic properties like The Arch, Union Station, and…

Sep 24, 2023 • 

Daniel Gray

8

March 2023

Doubt and Revelation

"I have some doubts," Ma told us the day before her 90th birthday party.

Mar 7, 2023 • 

Daniel Gray

3

January 2023

Brideshead Revisited Revisited

The first time I read Brideshead Revisited, I was practically illiterate.

Jan 20, 2023 • 

Daniel Gray

3

November 2022

A Storm Formed

Overlooking the Tarpon Bayou, Rusty Bellies Waterfront Grill is the kind of place where butter buckets are as common as forks or knives, where daily…

Nov 20, 2022 • 

Daniel Gray

August 2022

Crossroads

Alongside wrinkles and mottled skin, the primary mark of my aging is an increasing appreciation of venerable American curmudgeon Jonathan Franzen.

Aug 12, 2022 • 

Daniel Gray

June 2022

The Road

Sitting on a balcony above Hayarkon Street.

Jun 14, 2022 • 

Daniel Gray

May 2022

Rowing in Sin, Wading in Life

I distinctly recall my desperation to be loved despite my Catholicism.

May 13, 2022 • 

Daniel Gray

April 2022

The Right Reasons

Among the many absurdities that make The Bachelor a near perfect mirror of our era, the most potent must be the bizarre refrain: Here for the right…

Apr 26, 2022 • 

Daniel Gray

Holy Thursday

Four years ago, I went to Holy Thursday mass at Mission Santa Clara de Asís with my dear friend Emma.

Apr 14, 2022 • 

Daniel Gray