Why I think I shall have to stay here in this place where chanced has placed me – for the joys and thrills of spring.
My Love Affair with the Painful Sweetness of Spring
April 28th, 2012 No Comments
Tags: birds · butterflies · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · Nature · Rainer Maria Rilke · spring
The Wonders of a Few Square Feet of Meadow
February 5th, 2012 No Comments
A different take on solitude and the wisdom it can bestow.
Tags: Barbara Kingsolver · butterfly · Crossline Skipper · Little Glassywing · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · Nature · solitude
Precocious Memories of Small Scale Miracles
January 29th, 2012 No Comments
My memory is partial to metaphors – especially those of small scale miracles,
Tags: Giant Swallowtail butterfly · Hickory Hairstreak butterfly · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · Nature · Silvery Blue butterfly · Unicorn Clubtail dragonfly
Dialing Down the RPMs for Moments of Grace
September 18th, 2011 No Comments
Reminded once again that life is about graces – not races.
Tags: bird-watching · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · Nature · slow down
PELEE ISLAND: A LIVING METAPHOR WE IGNORE AT OUR PERIL
August 6th, 2011 No Comments
A brief look at the interdependencies in nature on this unique island and what we can – and must – learn from them.
Tags: Hackberry Emperor · interdependency · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · Nature · Pelee Island · Tawny Emperor
COOL HOLLOW & DRAGONFLY WALTZ
February 13th, 2010 No Comments
The proverbial moth to a flame. Why I am drawn to the wild and the refuge that it offers to the helter-skelter world we live in.
Tags: call of the wild · constancy · Emerson · Hogan · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · Nature · open arms · Pascal · peace · serenity · Tagore
The 12 Moods of the Rebel Wind
August 30th, 2009 6 Comments
Waxing poetic on the wind as a metaphor for human emotions. This post wanders a bit into the esoteric. But I let it go because it seemed to want to fly.