View From Here: New Technology

View From Here: New Technology: Yesterday’s blog post reported our household illnesses of late. While recuperating (slowly, it seems for two old poops!) we decided to re...

View From Here: Ups and Downs

View From Here: Ups and Downs: In recent posts I've shared Rocky’s ailments and brief hospitalizations. Last time we visited this topic I think he had been in the E...

View From Here: Thought for the Day

View From Here: Thought for the Day: This quote comes from Anthony Douglas Williams from “Inside the Divine Pattern”:             “I do not practice religion. I practice ...

View From Here: What’s the Motivation?

View From Here: What’s the Motivation?: Yesterday’s blog focused on voluntary involvement in public affairs and activities. What types of people does it take for a community to ...

View From Here: Voices

View From Here: Voices: This blog posting is fashioned from an opinion piece I wrote for the local newspaper – Village Chronicles. We have the obvious challenge ...

View From Here: Layers and Layers

View From Here: Layers and Layers: Have you faced layers and layers of problems at the same time? Have you managed through a ton of distracting details?  Parenthood provide...

View From Here: Perplexities

View From Here: Perplexities: There are times that perplex. There are times that don’t. I think I’m in the perplexed stage. Let me explain. All that we have been t...

View From Here: Thought for the Day

View From Here: Thought for the Day: A brief challenge for the weekend:             “Second Bill of Rights: Every American has the right to: 1.       A job 2.       A...

View From Here: So…

View From Here: So…: This old man walks down the road. In the country, not quite a highway, but a paved, rough edged roadway with sparse traffic. He stumbles ...

View From Here: Amerindian Wisdom

View From Here: Amerindian Wisdom: A Native American Proverb goes like this:             “Everything on Earth is borrowed….              There is no ‘mine…or yours…th...

View From Here: Out On A Limb

View From Here: Out On A Limb: Caught sight of a news item this morning, something about a person’s being positive in outlook and attitude being the result of genes and...

View From Here: The Snub

View From Here: The Snub: Ever encounter a thought that niggles your brain for a few hours? Sure, I have. Probably more times than I wish to admit, but here’s a qu...

View From Here: Simplicity from Complexity

View From Here: Simplicity from Complexity: As we dumble along day by day routines manage much of our life. Getting up from bed is automatic. Fixing something to eat. Shaving and sh...

View From Here: Thought for the Day

View From Here: Thought for the Day: A short one today:             “I will clean my house today. Oohh, look!  A book!                                     ~Facebook/Tit...

View From Here: Thought for the Day

View From Here: Thought for the Day: A short one today:             “I will clean my house today. Oohh, look!  A book!                                     ~Facebook/Tit...

View From Here: Parenting

View From Here: Parenting: Anxiously awaited and wanted. Scary, too, but wanted nonethesame. I always thought I’d make a good dad. When the time came I had many...

View From Here: Volunteers – A Dime a Dozen?

View From Here: Volunteers – A Dime a Dozen?: Absolutely not! Volunteers are pure gold and the horsepower of much that is done in America that is good. Think PTA, local governing boa...

View From Here: Bread

View From Here: Bread: Walking down the grocery aisle in hot pursuit of a loaf of bread I encountered a bag of hot dog buns. Ten buns. As I pressed on to the de...

View From Here: Odds & Ends

View From Here: Odds & Ends: It’s one of those days I want to clean out some quotes I ran across but have yet to do anything with.  So topics today will be highly var...

View From Here: Cleaning House

View From Here: Cleaning House: I’m a neat freak. Not a clean one. Just neat. I don’t mind dust. I do mind dirt and wear and tear. I like things serviceable, pleasant in...

View From Here: Thought for the Day

View From Here: Thought for the Day: Another anonymous quotation to share with you today:             “Your value doesn't decrease based on someone’s inability to s...

View From Here: Life Openings

View From Here: Life Openings: So many challenges to face: financial, health, relationships, career, weather, questions of philosophy and religion…these are the things ...

View From Here: Weak-Strong-Intelligent

View From Here: Weak-Strong-Intelligent: Einstein was a man of many depths. We think of him as a physicist, astrophysicist and theoretical mathematician. He was, however, much mo...

View From Here: Positive/Negative

View From Here: Positive/Negative: Positive charges attract. Negative charges repel. Basic physics. The same is true in human relationships: positive attitudes attract whil...

View From Here: Rise and Shine

View From Here: Rise and Shine: April 1 – April Fool’s Day, Rabbit Rabbit – a day usually associated with spring. Budding trees and shrubs, a greening of lawns, a crisp ...