A farewell to a dismal year plagued by an unrelenting black cloud – and a bid for great things to come in years ahead.
When I Grow Old and Wear My Trousers Rolled: The Year of the Black Cloud
December 23rd, 2017 Comments Off on When I Grow Old and Wear My Trousers Rolled: The Year of the Black Cloud
Tags: black cloud · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · misfortune · T.S. Eliot · The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock · tsunami
The Miraculous Voyage of the Japanese Ghost Ship
April 1st, 2012 Comments Off on The Miraculous Voyage of the Japanese Ghost Ship
Finding hope in the improbable voyage of the Japanese ghost ship blown to sea by the Japan earthquake and tsunami.
Tags: ghost ship · Japan earthquake · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · tsunami
JAPAN REVISITED: Aftermath in the Ring of Fire
May 15th, 2011 Comments Off on JAPAN REVISITED: Aftermath in the Ring of Fire
Why we should not allow ourselves to relegate the Japan earthquake and tsunami to old news. Why life there has been fundamentally altered.
Tags: earthquake · Japan · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · tsunami
The Japan Earthquake: 8 Feet of Perspective
March 13th, 2011 Comments Off on The Japan Earthquake: 8 Feet of Perspective
METAPHORS OF LIFE JOURNAL: The Japan Earthquake… How 8 feet of perspective brought the magnitude of the disaster home to me.
Tags: Honshu Island · Japan earthquake · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · tsunami