Recalling the highlights of my excursions into the heart of nature as I bid farewll to the lazy river of summer.
Bidding Farewell to the Lazy River of Summer
September 21st, 2024 No Comments
Tags: Arrow Clubtail · Emergent Mayfly · Furrowed Horse Fly · Henry David Thoreau · last day of summer · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · Pipevine Swallowtail
Confessions of a Hard-Core Clock Watcher
March 30th, 2019 Comments Off on Confessions of a Hard-Core Clock Watcher
A brief philosophical meander on the nature of time aided by Einstein and Thoreau.
Tags: Einstein · Henry David Thoreau · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · theory of relativity · time
Scratching the Itch of Time: An Existential Feather in the Wind
November 7th, 2015 Comments Off on Scratching the Itch of Time: An Existential Feather in the Wind
Grapping with the elusive quality of time and arriving at the conclusion that it can only be understood through metaphor.
Tags: calendar · Carl Sandberg · Charles Dickens · eternalism · feather in the wind · growing past theory · Henry David Thoreau · hourglass · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · Nathaneil Hawthorne · presentism · sun dial · time · water clock