A call to begin embracing life again and defining our own “new normal”.
The Thunder Clap: Time to Hit the Play Button Again
July 30th, 2021 Comments Off on The Thunder Clap: Time to Hit the Play Button Again
Tags: COVID-19 · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · pandemic · thunder
Living in a Bubble: From Actual to Virtual
July 3rd, 2021 Comments Off on Living in a Bubble: From Actual to Virtual
Pondering what the future holds for us after the pandemic changed to the rules of the game.
Tags: living a bubble · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · pandemic · work at home
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
The Fable of the Lion and the Frog
March 6th, 2021 Comments Off on The Fable of the Lion and the Frog
An old fable that is more relevant today than ever before.
Tags: fear · fight or flight · lion and the frog · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · pandemic
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
The Shape of Things to Come: Three Predictions
January 30th, 2021 Comments Off on The Shape of Things to Come: Three Predictions
Three new realities we will be waking up to in the post-pandemic future.
Tags: metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · new normal · pandemic · predictions
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
The Legend of Themis-by-the-Sea and the Sacred Covenant: A Cautionary Tale for Current Times
December 12th, 2020 Comments Off on The Legend of Themis-by-the-Sea and the Sacred Covenant: A Cautionary Tale for Current Times
A Cautionary Tale for those who break the rules they are supposed to honour.
Tags: COVID-19 Vaccine · dragon · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · pandemic
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