Turning the virus metaphor back on itself and urging that we keep our truth meters calibrated.
Recalibrating Our Truth Meter
April 3rd, 2021 Comments Off on Recalibrating Our Truth Meter
Tags: brain · COVID-19 · deceit · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · truth · virus
Taking Leave of the Bogeyman
March 28th, 2021 Comments Off on Taking Leave of the Bogeyman
Perhaps the pandemic is the bogeyman of our own making lurking in our shadow.
Tags: COVID-19 · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · pandemic · shadow · vaccine
On that Fateful Friday: Should We Have Looked Back?
February 13th, 2021 Comments Off on On that Fateful Friday: Should We Have Looked Back?
Reflecting on what we left behind that Friday before the “work at home” order and what the morale of the story really is.
Tags: COVID-19 · Lot's wife · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · pandemic · pillar of salt · work at home
When I Grow Old and Wear the Bottom of My Trousers Rolled: 2020 in Retrospect
January 23rd, 2021 Comments Off on When I Grow Old and Wear the Bottom of My Trousers Rolled: 2020 in Retrospect
How I might look back on 2020 with the wisdom of an old man with nothing to lose speaking unpleasant truths.
Tags: COVID-19 · Donald Trump · Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock · pandemic · U.S. election
Fighting Back Against Zero Gravity in the Bubble
January 9th, 2021 Comments Off on Fighting Back Against Zero Gravity in the Bubble
Why I am choosing to put my feet back on the ground in this time of lockdowns, bubbles and repressed frustrations.
Tags: bubble · COVID-19 · Donald Trump · lockdown · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · pandemic · zero gravity
Oxbows in the River and the Circle of Life
December 5th, 2020 Comments Off on Oxbows in the River and the Circle of Life
Reflection on the impact of the pandemic lockdown and the hope found in a Sharp-hawk in unfamiliar territory.
Tags: circle of life · COVID-19 · lockdown · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · oxbow · Sharp-shinned Hawk
Six Off-the-Wall Ways to Avoid Lockdown Meltdown
November 28th, 2020 Comments Off on Six Off-the-Wall Ways to Avoid Lockdown Meltdown
Off-the-wall ways to make it through the lockdown with your sanity intact.
Tags: COVID-19 · lockdown · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet
Staring at Lockdown but Keeping the Faith
November 21st, 2020 Comments Off on Staring at Lockdown but Keeping the Faith
Trying to get into the Christmas spirit in the face of another pandemic lockdown.
Tags: COVID-19 · lockdown · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · pandemic · Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
Learning from the Mad Hatter in the Year of COVID-19
October 31st, 2020 Comments Off on Learning from the Mad Hatter in the Year of COVID-19
Finding our way through the year of COVID-19 by channeling Alice and the Mad Hatter in Wonderland.
Tags: Alice Through the Looking-Glass · Cheshire Cat · Chronosphere · COVID-19 · Mad Hatter · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · Rabbit Hole
Autumn’s Grand Farewell: Better Days Ahead
October 24th, 2020 Comments Off on Autumn’s Grand Farewell: Better Days Ahead
An unexpected, late fall day of splendour offers promise for better times ahead in the year of COVID-19.
Tags: autumn · Autumn Meadowhawk · COVID-19 · Eastern Comma · hope · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · Mourning Cloak · Ruby Meadowhawk