Windy day reflections and a tip where to go to find a revealing window on life’s unpleasant truths.
Windy Day Metaphors and Unpleasant Truths
October 10th, 2020 Comments Off on Windy Day Metaphors and Unpleasant Truths
Tags: Blue Denim Press · Circles in the Spiral · COVID-19 · Hunting Muskie: Rites of Passage · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · Shane Joseph
Windy Day Metaphors and Unpleasant Truths
October 10th, 2020 Comments Off on Windy Day Metaphors and Unpleasant Truths
Windy day reflections and a tip where to go for a revealing window on unpleasant truths.
Tags: Blue Denim Press · Circles in the Spiral · COVID-19 · Hunting Muskie: Rites of Passage · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · Shane Joseph
COVID-19 Paradigm Shift: An Oxymoron Comes to Life
September 19th, 2020 Comments Off on COVID-19 Paradigm Shift: An Oxymoron Comes to Life
Hmmm, can I afford to be a skeptic? My brain hurts. But no need to worry. I am not having a brain aneurysm. Not in the literal sense at least, although the case could be made that a virtual aneurysm is occurring. My brain hurts because it is working overtime trying to reprogram itself to […]
Tags: COVID-19 · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · paradigm shift · virtual exhibit · Virtual trade show
Little Buckeye on a Mission in this Pandemic Summer
September 12th, 2020 Comments Off on Little Buckeye on a Mission in this Pandemic Summer
A small gift from Mother Nature to list the fear from our hearts in this lost summer of 2020.
Tags: butterfly · Common Buckeye · COVID-19 · Humber Arboretum · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · Mother Nature
Are You Waiting for “the New Normal”?
August 15th, 2020 Comments Off on Are You Waiting for “the New Normal”?
A call for all of us to stop waiting and leaving in fear – to take a breath and move forward.
Tags: COVID-19 · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · one foot in front of the other · the new normal · waiting
Cultivating Our Own Garden Where Truth Blooms
August 9th, 2020 Comments Off on Cultivating Our Own Garden Where Truth Blooms
African proverb: Knowledge is like a garden, if it cannot be cultivated, it cannot be harvested.
Tags: COVID-19 · knowledge is like a garden · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · truth
COVID-19: Should There Really Be an App for That?
August 1st, 2020 Comments Off on COVID-19: Should There Really Be an App for That?
Taking a stand, unpopular in some circles, on the COVID-19 alert app.
Tags: Civil rights · COVID-19 · COVID-19 Alert App · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · Pandora's Box · right to privacy
Random Act of Metaphor: A Skiming Bluet at Home on Pond Lily
July 26th, 2020 Comments Off on Random Act of Metaphor: A Skiming Bluet at Home on Pond Lily
Hmmm, how much do we overlook because we do not pause to ask the uncomfortable questions? I took this photograph yesterday on my weekend outing in search of the winged wonders that continue to entrance me. It struck me as symbolic in a number of ways. The tiny Bluet perched on the much larger Lily […]
Tags: COVID-19 · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · Pond Lily · Skimming Bluet
The Fable of the Marsh Gnome and the Fearless Dragonfly
July 11th, 2020 Comments Off on The Fable of the Marsh Gnome and the Fearless Dragonfly
A fable to encourage us all to seek the truth for ourselves and stop living in fear.
Tags: COVID-19 · fear · marsh gnome · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · truth · Twelve-Spotted Skimmer
Lookalike Hairstreaks: The Subtle Line Between Fact and Fiction
July 4th, 2020 Comments Off on Lookalike Hairstreaks: The Subtle Line Between Fact and Fiction
A life lesson from lookalike butterflies – make your own examination on the facts to find the truth.
Tags: Banded Hairstreak · butterfly · COVID-19 · fact and fiction · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · Striped Hairstreak