Why "Torque" Writer?

At first,” torque” may seem a strange word to describe one’s body of writing. However, the wide range of meanings behind torque (pronounced “tork”) is the very reason it has been chosen. Science of any sort is fascinating, and many different fields use the word. Mechanics and physicists both reference torque as a measure of the force needed to create or maintain rotation. For example, both may speak of the crankshaft torque needed to maintain engine speed. Thus, a connection between NASCAR and NASA is born; and that is just plain fun!

Torque may also be a way of describing the rotation itself.  This cycling, turning, gearing-up, even spiraling, is an undeniable constant. It is evidenced in everything: a feed auger’s hum; spitting gravel beneath a tire; an engine’s heat; an eddy at the stream edge; laments and laughter of returning school children; whooshing wings in migration; twisting terrors of spring’s storms; the cycling of the seasons themselves.  Through torque, potential topics are just about limitless.

For fellow closet anthropologists: A quick check of the dictionary reveals origins from Latin describing both “necklace” and “to twist.” The latter definition may reveal something of this writer’s sense of humor.  Less obvious is the significance of the former definition; necklace. Torque whispers of the ancients. A vision of braided silver or gold around the neck of some chieftain – or slave perhaps? – a symbol of both wealth and obligation.

Lost in these thoughts is where I find myself.  It is my hope, that through stories, I can share a little bit about the intersection of several roads I walk; Agriculture, Conservation, Economics, Environment, and a sense of the Spiritual. Please take a stroll with me. Share what you seriously see, give everyone a giggle (or guffaw), or just enjoy the quiet company.

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog site.  Stories about wheat combining, a dog’s tail, buffer strip science and hot times in the hops all coming -  and then who knows?!

Becky

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