I grow old… I grow old… I shall wear the bottom of my trousers rolled ~ T.S. Eliot, The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock Hmmm, will those historical events have a lasting and positive legacy or prove to be only flash fires? When I grow older (I am already old) and wear the bottom […]
When I Grow Old: Historical Landmarks
July 12th, 2025 Comments Off on When I Grow Old: Historical Landmarks
Tags: gowing old · legacy · Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · T.S. Eliot
When I Grow Old and Wear the Bottom of My Trousers Rolled: Water Drop Moment
October 12th, 2024 Comments Off on When I Grow Old and Wear the Bottom of My Trousers Rolled: Water Drop Moment
Pondering the paradigm-changing-developments in recent years and how history will judge society, and myself, in the clarity of hindsight.
Tags: metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · T.S. Eliot · The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock · water drop
When I Grow Old: A Walk in the Sunshine
February 10th, 2024 Comments Off on When I Grow Old: A Walk in the Sunshine
Longing for the simpler times of days long past before digital technology and the relentless spring of progress.
Tags: Baby Boomer · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · simplicity · T.S. Eliot · The good old days · The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
When I Grow Old and Wear the Bottom of My Trousers Rolled: God’s Garden
September 16th, 2023 Comments Off on When I Grow Old and Wear the Bottom of My Trousers Rolled: God’s Garden
Indulging the wonders of nature as I ease into retirement. Admiring a few of the 180,000 species of flies.
Tags: Bristle Flies · Flower Flies · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · Mother Nature · Robber Flies · T.S. Eliot · Thhe Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
When I Grow Old and Wear the Bottom of My Trousers Rolled: A Digital Dissident
February 4th, 2023 Comments Off on When I Grow Old and Wear the Bottom of My Trousers Rolled: A Digital Dissident
Longing for simpler times before we were swept into the digital dissident.
Tags: digital dissident · digital vortex · Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · T.S. Eliot
When I Grow Old and Wear the Bottom of My Trousers Rolled: Gravity Free
June 25th, 2022 Comments Off on When I Grow Old and Wear the Bottom of My Trousers Rolled: Gravity Free
The latest in my “When I Grow Old and Wear the Bottom of My Trousers Rolled” series.
Tags: Facebook · Google · Meta · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · Microsoft · T.S. Eliot · The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
When I Grow Old and Wear the Bottom of My Trousers Rolled: My Favourite Haunt
February 8th, 2020 Comments Off on When I Grow Old and Wear the Bottom of My Trousers Rolled: My Favourite Haunt
A virtual tour along my favourite summer haunt.
Tags: butterflies · dragonflies · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · T.S. Eliot · The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
When I Grow Old and Wear the Bottom of My Trousers Rolled – The Butterfly Perspective
September 8th, 2019 Comments Off on When I Grow Old and Wear the Bottom of My Trousers Rolled – The Butterfly Perspective
Finding perspective for life and aging in the life cycle of an Eastern Comma butterfly.
Tags: aging · Eastern Comma · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · T.S. Eliot · The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
When I Grow Old and Wear the Bottom of My Trousers Rolled – Hungry Perch
September 15th, 2018 Comments Off on When I Grow Old and Wear the Bottom of My Trousers Rolled – Hungry Perch
Remembering the sweet pleasure of fishing for hungry perch at the mouth of the creek in simpler times.
Tags: fishing · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · Perch · T.S. Eliot · The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
When I Grow Old and Wear the Bottom of My Trousers Rolled – Staring Down 60
February 24th, 2018 Comments Off on When I Grow Old and Wear the Bottom of My Trousers Rolled – Staring Down 60
Staring down the age of 60 and contemplating a day when I become a self-satisfied, peculiar old fart.
Tags: metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · old man · T.S. Eliot · The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock