About the author. Scott W. Gustafson is an author, teacher and pastor who, after many years of study, believes that his ignorance is less complete in the fields of economics, philosophy, biblical wisdom, anthropology and history than it is in other disciplines like poetry. Nonetheless, one day he decided to play around with rhyme and verse using what he thought he knew as a topic. This poem is a consequence.

About the illustrator. Paula Gustafson is a landscape painter who lives and paints in Grand Marais, Minnesota. www.paulagustafson.com