View From Here: Journaling

View From Here: Journaling: I went to bed last night (evening to some; it was 8:30 pm!) knowing I had not written a blog draft for the morning. And here I am at 5:55...

View From Here: Bits and Pieces

View From Here: Bits and Pieces: Another blog on reactions to bits and pieces of news items. First, Hostage Widow Lashes Out at Obama Policy Toward Captives : Warren ...

View From Here: Prozac Sunday

View From Here: Prozac Sunday: I’m on Prozac, or actually, Fluoxetine, a generic replacement for Prozac. I've been taking this antidepressant for 19 years to addres...

View From Here: The Basics

View From Here: The Basics: Just exactly what are the basics of living a decent life? I’m talking about what most of us need first of all, then what some of the qual...

View From Here: Thought for the Day

View From Here: Thought for the Day: Script Changers Recognizing a problem and doing something about it are two different things. The problem will not go away by ignoring...

View From Here: Les Miserables

View From Here: Les Miserables: Victor Hugo wrote the book that was made into a musical drama of the same name. The book did well in its time and became a classic for li...

View From Here: Building Tomorrows

View From Here: Building Tomorrows: I met a new client yesterday. He has an interesting background which I suppose most people would find curious. But I think what is more i...

View From Here: Employment Shifts and Expectations

View From Here: Employment Shifts and Expectations: It used to be one person in a household worked outside the home. That person earned enough income to pay for housing, food, clothing, ent...

View From Here: Snowball’s Chances

View From Here: Snowball’s Chances: In warm climates ice and snow melt quickly if they even form at all. Like Phoenix , Arizona , snow rarely appears; when it does it melts ...

View From Here: Changing the Script

View From Here: Changing the Script: Times are changing. Although they may seem the same – celebrity news, weather, sports, music industry, entertainment news, scrubby politi...

View From Here: Thought for the Day

View From Here: Thought for the Day: Maya Angelou’s commemorative postage stamp was messed up by the US Postal Service. Sad but true. The stamp was designed using a quote f...

View From Here: Stories that Teach

View From Here: Stories that Teach: Every now and then (rarely) the pastor of my church asks me to deliver a sermon. Well, we will call it a sermon but it probably isn't...

View From Here: One Upsmanship?

View From Here: One Upsmanship?: I know the pain – the American Presidential 2016 election campaign is underway. What a royal bore. We are about to have dumped on us tons...

View From Here: Politics of Awful

View From Here: Politics of Awful: It started with Bill Clinton’s run for president back in the 1990’s. For some reason republicans felt it was their duty to besmirch the c...

View From Here: Nuclear Peace?

View From Here: Nuclear Peace?: It is too early to tell but it looks promising that the world powers may finally have a means to craft nuclear peace with Iran . That is ...

View From Here: Filling Holes

View From Here: Filling Holes: You buy a new home. You assess the exterior to be sure it is weather tight. You gaze on the property’s curb appeal and wonder how it can ...

View From Here: Thought for the Day

View From Here: Thought for the Day: Seasons’ Change As we experience spring’s budding we are reminded of winter’s passing. As well we are mindful of summer’s approach. ...

View From Here: Wanting or Needing?

View From Here: Wanting or Needing?: At the teen group meeting the other night we went around the room asking what was the best thing that happened this week for them and wha...

View From Here: Power Within

View From Here: Power Within: The waitress walked with some difficulty. Her shoes were over-sized around her toes, and the crepe soles hinted the shoes were orthotical...

View From Here: Power Within

View From Here: Power Within: The waitress walked with some difficulty. Her shoes were over-sized around her toes, and the crepe soles hinted the shoes were orthotical...

View From Here: Election Day

View From Here: Election Day: Today is Election Day. Municipal elections, local governing districts, too, give voters the opportunity to select the volunteers willing ...

View From Here: Bits and Pieces

View From Here: Bits and Pieces: I think I may have posted a blog by this same title some time back. It would be interesting if the content is similar to today’s posting....

View From Here: Thought for the Day

View From Here: Thought for the Day: Former President Lyndon Baines Johnson said: “If you can convince the lowest white man he’s better than the best colored man, he won’...

View From Here: Medical Care in 2015

View From Here: Medical Care in 2015: Our story goes back several years, maybe 9 years. Approaching retirement, self employed, and deeply involved in the community (chamber of...

View From Here: Time to Talk About Gay

View From Here: Time to Talk About Gay: With Indiana passing a so-called bill to protect religious liberties, all the talk is about how the law allows discrimination against ga...

View From Here: Fool’s Day

View From Here: Fool’s Day: I never got into the April Fool's jokes. Never in my life. I watched others get fooled, and a few times someone tried to do me, too. ...