Carl Setzer

I just finished " The Wisdom of the Radish ", by Lynda Hopkins . Once working in business practices and environmental affairs for a large coffee company in Seattle, sustainability is part of my ethos. Thus, this work connected with me. Additionally, I have been reflecting on our food system. Concerned with how much poverty one finds interwoven; about the "additives" into our food system, enabling us to transfer food across the globe, wondering if that's good or ill; and about our ability to sustain the rapidly growing population on this planet. I must write about such soon. A different type of insight than you get from Michael Pollan's works, yet still very insightful. Lynda's book takes you into the mind of the farmer, one trying to implement sustainable and humane practices. For a nerd like myself, I enjoy the deeper dives into practices and issues they face. The poet in me delights in her stories, word style and structure and wit. If you are a fa...

'twas the night before Christmas, And all through the house We all were coughing and wheezing Especially my spouse. My son was wheezing And coughing up goo. We're hot and then freezing Just feeling like poo. Medicines arranged On the counter darn well, With hopes these germs Would be blasted to hell. My wife with Kleenex I had some too. So often we sneezed, Then the well worn "bless you". Bumped into the table, Drugs all go a clatter. Onto the ground, This stuff that just matters. As I pick up the junk, I hear a strange sound. Santa, it seems, Well, a sniffling sound. Lite coughing I hear, I feel bad that I gripe, When his nose I see, Upon his sleeve he gently does wipe. I hand some Kleenex, The stuff with lite lotion. He pats my left shoulder, Quiet emotion. Up the chimney he goes, With a cough and a sneeze. I look out the window, He then says out to me. "Hair we fish sticks, do awe, Odd may comfort find ewe. Germs ...

Resisting the gate-keepers of mediocrity. Crafting a life, unique. Freed from fetters of mundanity. This life I seek, eventually.

What terror Lurks behind Drawn eyelids.

Wind flows from the north. Rain with snow, winter rages. Tears blending; sorrow.

"When you wish to achieve results that have not been achieved before, it us am unwise fancy to think they can be achieved by methods that have been used before." - Sir Francis Bacon It's critical, then, to expand knowledge. Study areas and ideas unrelated to your focus. Only by expanding your understanding of the world can you grab new ways of looking at the problems we are attempting to solve. A few thoughts for your Monday morning. May your week rock n' roll and transform the world.

Gracefully coding. Semicolons everywhere. C is beautiful.

Ink brushed upon page. Words made reality. Rainfall continues.