Memory: victim of the fickle fiend aging.
Slips of the Mind: The Fickle Fiend of Aging
October 26th, 2019 Comments Off on Slips of the Mind: The Fickle Fiend of Aging
Tags: aging · memory · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet
When I Grow Old and Wear the Bottom of My Trousers Rolled – The Butterfly Perspective
September 8th, 2019 Comments Off on When I Grow Old and Wear the Bottom of My Trousers Rolled – The Butterfly Perspective
Finding perspective for life and aging in the life cycle of an Eastern Comma butterfly.
Tags: aging · Eastern Comma · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · T.S. Eliot · The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
10 Top Reasons It Sucks to Be Old
October 20th, 2018 Comments Off on 10 Top Reasons It Sucks to Be Old
A light-hearted look at the pros and cons of growing old.
Tags: aging · autumn of life · growing old · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet
The Unsolvable Rubik’s Cube: Can you Embrace the Chaos?
April 14th, 2017 Comments Off on The Unsolvable Rubik’s Cube: Can you Embrace the Chaos?
An old dog’s confession that life is moving too fast and in too many directions to keep pace with.
Tags: aging · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · MOAB · old dog · Rubik's Cube
Growing Old Gracefully: Handy Coefficients and the Elephant in the Room
January 30th, 2016 Comments Off on Growing Old Gracefully: Handy Coefficients and the Elephant in the Room
A lighthearted but thoughtful take on the eternal struggle to grow old gracefully.
Tags: aging · coefficients · elephant in the room · growing old · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · Toronto Maple Leafs
Grandfather Terra Cotta Tree
July 27th, 2014 Comments Off on Grandfather Terra Cotta Tree
Can we wish for more than to age as gracefully as the wise old tree of the forest?
Tags: 2013 ice storm · aging · grandfather tree · Hurricane Hazel · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · Terra Cotta Conservation Area
Leaving Regrets Behind on a Road of My Choosing
January 18th, 2014 Comments Off on Leaving Regrets Behind on a Road of My Choosing
Choosing the unknown road for different reasons as I understand who I am.
Tags: aging · happiness · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · regrets · unknown road
Top 10 Ways to Tell You’re No Longer in the Prime Demographic
July 26th, 2013 Comments Off on Top 10 Ways to Tell You’re No Longer in the Prime Demographic
My top 10 list for signs that you’re not a young buck anymore.
Tags: aging · good old days · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · prime demographic · top 10 list