View From Here: Maya Angelou’s Passing

View From Here: Maya Angelou’s Passing: Rather than a ‘Thought for the Day’ I prefer we think instead on Maya Angelou’s incredible life and talent. A singer, actress, writer, ...

View From Here: Kardashians?

View From Here: Kardashians?: Is there anyone else out there who is sick of hearing about the Kardashians?  I mean really!?  Who cares?  Yes they are numerous. Yes the...

View From Here: Ego Centrism

View From Here: Ego Centrism: As I write this it is Tuesday morning May 27. The day after the Memorial Day weekend. The headline on the internet is: “Storms to Dre...

View From Here: Blog Draft May 28Making A DifferenceEllen DeGene...

View From Here: Blog Draft May 28
Making A Difference
Ellen DeGene...: Blog Draft May 28 Making A Difference Ellen DeGeneres signs off her show each time with these words: “Be kind to each other.” A...

View From Here: Guns & Roses?

View From Here: Guns & Roses?: Santa Barbara , California is just the latest slaughter site of insane gun laws. The rights of one trumps the rights of all in the view...

View From Here: Memorial Day

View From Here: Memorial Day: Calling it quits is an alluring move. When a job becomes onerous enough and not rewarding to the inner person, how does one move on?  Fir...

View From Here: Leaving People Behind

View From Here: Leaving People Behind: Kids are dropping out of high school. That’s nothing new. What is new is the realization that drop outs do not fit a standard bill. They ...

View From Here: Critical or Cynical?

View From Here: Critical or Cynical?: School teaches us to think critically. Analysis of facts. We read well worn literature and discuss what it means in class. As we do we le...

View From Here: Making It Better

View From Here: Making It Better: Practice makes perfect. Maybe sometimes this is true. It didn't work for me, especially with piano and violin lessons. I wanted to ma...

View From Here: Money Theme

View From Here: Money Theme: American democracy is a messy affair. It allows each person in the nation to have a voice whether they use it or not. Trouble is too many...

View From Here: Thought for the Day

View From Here: Thought for the Day: Two quotes to ponder today.  First: “The truth is like a lion. You don’t have to defend it. Let it loose. It will defend itself.”  ...

View From Here: Midst a Crowd

View From Here: Midst a Crowd: Driving solo for 1800 miles to Phoenix is a non-crowd thing. No one in the car with me. Just the radio, CD's and satellite radio. Or...

View From Here: Full or Blank Mind?

View From Here: Full or Blank Mind?: In the middle of the night you awake. No particular reason is evident. Health is fine. Mind is at rest, no pressing problems begging for ...

View From Here: Possibilities

View From Here: Possibilities: The community around us . Lots is happening. Lots more could be happening. Issue is how do we choose more, or different happenings? Why s...

View From Here: Drag and Click

View From Here: Drag and Click: When desk top computers became more prevalent, followed by the explosion of laptop computers, ‘drag and click’ exercises were made a part...

View From Here: Incompetence - Corporate America

View From Here: Incompetence - Corporate America: Modern technology has revolutionized communications. They are smooth, quick and accurate. And cheap. So cheap robots now make the calls...

View From Here: Thought for the Day

View From Here: Thought for the Day: Ran across this quote the other day from Floyd Westerman, a Lakota First Nation native: “I would like to quote a very prejudicial doc...

View From Here: Investing for Future

View From Here: Investing for Future: US congressman Ron Kind from Wisconsin , is a young democrat. He made this statement the other day and I thought it might be fruitful to...

View From Here: Getting the Hang of It

View From Here: Getting the Hang of It: Fingers run across the keyboard. Letters, not notes. Words not music. You get the idea. Years ago a teacher would tell the class to w...

View From Here: Getting the Hang of It

View From Here: Getting the Hang of It: Fingers run across the keyboard. Letters, not notes. Words not music. You get the idea. Years ago a teacher would tell the class to w...

View From Here: Making Things Up

View From Here: Making Things Up: Met some new people Friday evening. Six teenagers. All drug addicts. Some with alcohol dependency. But mostly it is drugs plaguing their ...

View From Here: Paws

View From Here: Paws: Four paws appeared at the edge of the room. A small room. But then the paws were little, too. Like a kitten but not quite so. Either a sm...

View From Here: Canadian

View From Here: Canadian: Think of the gifts we've received from the Canadians over the centuries. Much that is good, except for the occasional Alberta Clipper...

View From Here: Thought for the Day

View From Here: Thought for the Day: John Fugelsang gives us today’s quote: “Jesus was a radical nonviolent revolutionary who hung around with lepers, hookers and croo...

View From Here: Fixing The Wrongs

View From Here: Fixing The Wrongs: I came of age in the 1950’s and 1960’s. Although it is a given that it was a simpler time, it really wasn't. No time in history is si...

View From Here: Finally May!

View From Here: Finally May!: March is gone with all its cold, wind, snow, ice and chilly rain. Dark skies, short days. Daylight Savings Time returned and days became ...