View From Here: Thought for the Day

View From Here: Thought for the Day: Seeing, Really Seeing Leonardo daVinci provides the thought for the day:             “There are three classes of people:     ...

View From Here: Labor Day 2013

View From Here: Labor Day 2013: This weekend is special in America . Monday marks yet another Labor Day Holiday. Yet most folks don't reflect on the holiday and its ...

View From Here: State of Housing

View From Here: State of Housing: We are fans of HGTV on cable! Especially the remodeling programs that take a broken down home or set of rooms, and make it into something...

View From Here: Religious Freedom Redux

View From Here: Religious Freedom Redux: I wrote about religious freedom a week or so ago. At the time I was mostly concerned about how governments around the world get so tied d...

View From Here: Which Is It?

View From Here: Which Is It?: Saw this quote on the internet the other day. It is anonymous:             “Life isn't about finding yourself.              Lif...

View From Here: Sharing Positive Outlook

View From Here: Sharing Positive Outlook: Some of my readers know that a small group of volunteers established a local newspaper about five years ago. The first effort failed due ...

View From Here: Meeting Etiquette

View From Here: Meeting Etiquette: I was in a meeting recently. A public one in which the participants were all elected to the board to do the public’s business. The agenda...

View From Here: Sequel ~ Public Decision Making

View From Here: Sequel ~ Public Decision Making: Continuing on yesterday’s blog, I mentioned that the Warrenville ( Ill. ) City Council had purchased a vacant land parcel with an empty m...

View From Here: Religious Freedom?

View From Here: Religious Freedom?: For Americans religious freedom means a lot. It is historical. It is principle. It is part of our value system. It means we are free to b...

View From Here: Dust Tails

View From Here: Dust Tails: The GPS gave us directions. They didn't work out well. From an Interstate highway we quickly were guided down country blacktops. Road...

View From Here: Thought for the Day

View From Here: Thought for the Day: Losing sight of the goal:  Employers are reducing hours of employees so they don’t have to pay for health care coverage. They think this ...

View From Here: Juxtapositions

View From Here: Juxtapositions: Side by side, parallel positions, in full view of each other so we can compare. The good and bad, the good and good. Whatever it is two t...

View From Here: Vacation Bible School

View From Here: Vacation Bible School: This past Sunday the worship service was combined into one, the traditionalists and the modern-day casualists. The latter is quite the fa...

View From Here: Dappled Dawn

View From Here: Dappled Dawn: Upon rising this morning the light played on the grass. A flicker was caused in the shadow by a bird flitting to another branch of a tree...

View From Here: Tying Up Loose Ends

View From Here: Tying Up Loose Ends: A little bit ago I wrote about decisions. Some big and some small. We all encounter them. Throughout life. Most are very small decisions ...

View From Here: Thought for the Day

View From Here: Thought for the Day: Sioux Indian Vine Deloria provides the quote for today:             “Religion is for people who are afraid of going to hell.     ...

View From Here: Perfect Storm?

View From Here: Perfect Storm?: So much needs to be done. Pension reforms in each state and most industries. Job creation in industries just now emerging from the soup of ...

View From Here: Minimum Wage

View From Here: Minimum Wage: I've written about this before and recently. I just came across a statistic that stunned me. This is it:             “Myth: only ...

View From Here: Stuff

View From Here: Stuff: This posting is about stuff. The things with which we surround ourselves. Lamps and tables have function and are needed. Some of those it...

View From Here: Decision Point

View From Here: Decision Point: Two huge decisions are pending for us. First is if the newspaper is going to make it. More on that later. Second, is where to move to. ...

View From Here: Unexpected Schedules

View From Here: Unexpected Schedules: Spent the day in medical tests the other day. Six hours worth! Totally unplanned. The doctor wanted to see me for a 6-month checkup so he c...

View From Here: Thought for the Day

View From Here: Thought for the Day: Your eCards provides this quote of the day: “The only people who don’t accept the theory of evolution are those who have not yet th...

View From Here: Balancing Views

View From Here: Balancing Views: Ideas collide. So do ideologies. Especially ideologies. That’s because they are loaded down with emotions of fear, defensiveness, winning...