morning autumn mists
gracefully flow through the firs
stretching the sunlight
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Author: Carl Setzer
A blogger blogging from just north of Seattle.
night’s tranquility
Jupiter’s song to the stars
welcoming my dreams
Created in Adobe Spark. Font: Amatic SC
Monday Morning
as the sun rises
dawn’s light graces the hemlocks
Monday’s potential
Monday Morning Haiku
as the sun rises
dawn’s light graces the hemlocks
Monday’s potential
Monday mornings present unique challenges, but it’s not that hard to find beauty.
Created with Adobe Spark, font: Abril Fat Face.
Mountain Sunset
night moving westward
the sky brightening briefly
this cool autumn air
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As Day Becomes Night
as day becomes night
and the hemlocks fade from view
the song of wind chimes
This is an experiment with animations in Adobe Spark. I like how this turned out. What do you think?
Nice Weather For Ducks: Today’s Musical Interlude
Looking like it will be a damp and dreary day. A lovely day for ducks, methinks. Which often makes me think of this song by the British electro-pop duo, Lemon Jelly.
I do find the song delightfully charming. I’m deeply grateful to John Richards at KEXP for introducing me to this song, along with so many other great ones.
Scent of Old Books
scent of old books
espresso machine’s song
hints of jazz piano
I spent many hours of my mid-twenties wandering Seattle’s bookstores and coffee shops. Fond, fond memories. Though a challenging time, mainly financial, I enjoyed that time. Traveling into Seattle became more and more challenging over the years since I returned to Lynnwood. It looks dramatically different, and I haven’t been down since the pandemic started. Puget Sound’s north end holds its charms, too. Just different ones. Evolutions, I guess.
Early Morning Fog: A Haiku
Early morning fog
Autumn diffusing the dawn
Delightful silence
Some reflections on “What CEOs Really Think About Remote Work” in the Wall Street Journal
Here are some reflections on “What CEOs Really Think About Remote Work” in the Wall Street Journal.
When I saw the headline, my first response was cynicism. It’s easy to label many “leaders” as simple tyrannical micromanagers, unable to release even a little control, no matter how helpful it would be for productivity. And that’s, as this is the Wall Street Journal, mostly what I expected to see. However, I was pleasantly surprised. What I actually read was a nice blend of viewpoints. This article is a collection of quotes. Just one or two sentences each looking at what these execs have observed, and where they think office culture will be shifting to. Quite a spectrum of thought, really. I came away pondering a couple of notions.
First, direct human interaction holds great value. We gain by working collaboratively. The “rugged individual” is a destructive myth. Yet, as I’ve seen myself the past few months, there’s value in working in isolation, in minimal distraction. We exist in continuums, each of us unique in our blend of traits.
When looking at the wide array of thoughts, it’s helpful to remember we’re all different. “Working From Home” is wonderful for me: I’m an introvert. The quiet of my home office is invigorating. Extroverts are living in hell.
A healthy working life and corporate culture accounts for the full spectrum of human experience. Finding ways to individualize working environments should be part of an effective future work life.