Meditation on the splendour of rivers and the memories associated with then.
Entries from July 2016
RIVER REVERIE
July 30th, 2016 Comments Off on RIVER REVERIE
Tags: Grand River · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · Norman Maclean · Ralph Waldo Emerson · river
11,000 Secret Lives in the Leaf Litter at Our Feet
July 23rd, 2016 Comments Off on 11,000 Secret Lives in the Leaf Litter at Our Feet
A brief excursion into the bewildering world of moths and the secret lives they carry out as we remain oblivious.
Tags: Canadian Owlet · Engrailed Moth · Gold-spotted Ghost Moth · Hologram moth · Hummingbird Clearwing Moth · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · moths · Nature
Pursuing the Uncommon Children of Mother Nature
July 16th, 2016 Comments Off on Pursuing the Uncommon Children of Mother Nature
Hmmm, is it worth hiking countless miles and stumbling over the occasional hidden tree root to track down the more uncommon among Mother Nature’s winged wonders? I am particularly partial to the Comma group of butterflies – so named because they display a white comma-shaped mark on the dead leaf pattern of the outer […]
Tags: Acadian Hairstreak Butterfly · Black-tipped Darner Dragonfly · Delta-spotted Spiketail Dragonfly · Gray Comma Butterfly · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · Mother Nature
The Juno Space Probe: Science, Myth and Metaphor in the Dust Clouds of Jupiter
July 9th, 2016 Comments Off on The Juno Space Probe: Science, Myth and Metaphor in the Dust Clouds of Jupiter
A spinner of tales and crafter of metaphors explores the mythology behind the Juno space probe and the metaphorical possibilities it offers.
Tags: Juno space probe · Jupiter · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · mythology · NASA · the god Jupiter · the goddess Juno
The NHL Food Chain: Great Whites, Hammerheads and Feeder Fish
July 1st, 2016 Comments Off on The NHL Food Chain: Great Whites, Hammerheads and Feeder Fish
The great game of hockey and the big stake business decisions that drive it.
Tags: Columbus Blue Jackets · Gordie Howe · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · Montreal Canadians · Nashville Predators · NHL · PK Subban · Seth Jones · Shea Weber · Steven Stamkos · Tampa Bay Lightning