Love is free from fear
Force and control is not love
Important, this is
Author: Carl Setzer
A blogger blogging from just north of Seattle.
Work Life Balance
I need to answer
How much am I willing to
Let work dominate
History’s Ghosts
Social memory
History’s ghostly echos
Silently speaking
Well, It’s Thursday
And now Friday eve
A week traveling too fast;
Buzzing brain waves glow
Muses of Misery
Drifting mind
Slaughtered within
Its own rages
Brutalizing itself
Uncaring; damage done
Lost, calling silently
Screaming into
Empty echoes
Heard by no one
And surprised
By the lack
Of response
Heedless of its
Own demand
For isolation.
This vacant
Land inhabited
By the muses
Of misery
Tyranny of the Urgent: A Haiku
Lost within the now
Tyranny of the urgent
No future in sight
A Haiku From The Past
Upon air I fly
Drifting lightly, clouds below
Light flows into night
This one came from my notes. Written in 2010, but not about air travel.
Nearly Spring
At dawn’s light, birdsong
Clamoring boisterously,
Spring-time awakens
Tasty Grace
Flowing gracefully
Lovely delights upon bread
Peanut butter rocks!
Some thoughts on the increase in renters
After reading City Lab’s “The Rise Of Renting In The US”, I’m struck by some key things.
1) The fact that housing takes up 60%, or more, of the lowest earners income should trouble us. I’m not sure what the best solution is to getting more affordable housing available. One if the most critical factors is inventory (good ol’ supply & demand). Hence the drive for more multi-family projects.
2)’there are long-term impacts from the high percentage of the Pope’s income that is burned through on basics. It impacts social mobility. I expect this will help drive more economically fragile people over the edge.
3) the concerns I have in point 2) are exacerbated by a 40% or more increase in year-to-year rental costs. I worry about the long-term impacts this will have on the demand for assistance. Especially as incomes are rising far too slowly
4) It’s not all bad news. There are some upsides to communities with high percentages of renters. Especially if they’re in higher income brackets. For instance, they have access to greater numbers of creative talent.
5) there’s a great opportunity for investors who own rentals, or are thinking about it. The demand will stay strong for the foreseeable future. Keeping your rental properties full won’t be much of a challenge for the near term.
These issues are going to provide significant challenges ton our communities over the foreseeable future. We need to nrse above our petty bickering, society wide, to address these issues.