View From Here: TED

View From Here: TED: TED.com began in 1984. Its mission is to spread ideas that matter. On all kinds of topics with all manner of talented, educated and infor...

View From Here: Make a Joyful Noise!

View From Here: Make a Joyful Noise!: When I was a little kid my parents dragged me to church. We sat in the pews and watched the grownups follow the rituals of the congregati...

View From Here: Politics: A Sad State of Affairs

View From Here: Politics: A Sad State of Affairs: I really want this posting to be positive. Maybe even uplifting. To be that I will need to write about leadership being shown in our mids...

View From Here: Medical Consolidation

View From Here: Medical Consolidation: Well, it is happening. With profits high, debt loads low, interest rates near zero and an economy on the mend, large corporations have hu...

View From Here: Thought for the Day

View From Here: Thought for the Day: George Washington provides us with two thoughts to ponder today: “Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair; ...

View From Here: Personality Trumps Issues?

View From Here: Personality Trumps Issues?: Earlier this week I posted a blog that was picked up locally on Facebook. It dealt with the predilection of local citizens squirreling up...

View From Here: Violence in America

View From Here: Violence in America: Reading the news – over the Internet or in print media – one would get the idea that America is a dangerous place in which to live. Shoo...

View From Here: Idea Creation

View From Here: Idea Creation: When do meaningful ideas come to your mind? What activities are you engaging in at the time when ideas of worth pop up? Or maybe these ge...

View From Here: Wasting Our Time

View From Here: Wasting Our Time: A small item shared locally over Facebook focused on the local park board beginning its meetings with a recitation of the Pledge of Alleg...

View From Here: Death Penalty?

View From Here: Death Penalty?: The status of the death penalty in America continues to be under question. I

View From Here: Thought for the Day

View From Here: Thought for the Day: Imagine the qualities you would like to see in a presidential candidate for 2016. Just the qualities, please. Then, compare those with wh...

View From Here: Congress to Set Interest Rates?

View From Here: Congress to Set Interest Rates?: Honestly, I thought I had heard just about everything! But today’s news stunned me with the announcement that Senator Pat Toomey, Republi...

View From Here: Miscellany

View From Here: Miscellany: Senior Care: Over the past few years I am increasingly aware of the need for senior care. Not for myself although a person my age oug...

View From Here: Mrwmff

View From Here: Mrwmff: She nestled close. The nose led her efforts to find the sweet spot – warm, pliant, secure. I reached to touch the breast. I ran my hand f...

View From Here: Border Racism

View From Here: Border Racism: I think I finally understand this issue about borders. Our southern border is with Mexico where there is land – terra firma – on the o...

View From Here: Hank’s Story Continues

View From Here: Hank’s Story Continues: It’s been a while since Hank last visited us. What has he been up to? For one Hank has been struggling with reading his newspaper. Us...

View From Here: Thought for the Day

View From Here: Thought for the Day: From Abraham Lincoln I offer these two quotes to think about this weekend: “ Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to...

View From Here: Guns and Illegal Immigrants

View From Here: Guns and Illegal Immigrants: A 31-year-old woman, beautiful and in her prime, strolled down a popular tourist attraction in San Francisco and was gunned down rando...

View From Here: Boring

View From Here: Boring: Sit right down and… You finish that statement. Go ahead! It’s your turn to offer up some wisdom. Years ago, I’d sit right down and wr...

View From Here: Missing the Teens

View From Here: Missing the Teens: You may recall that I have worked with teenagers on Friday evenings for about 2 years now. The kids are aged 13 to 17 and have been enrol...

View From Here: DUH!

View From Here: DUH!: I tend to do a lot of thinking in two places – in bed in the early morning (between 1 and 3 am) and while driving. I recall countless tim...

View From Here: Motorcyles at 72?

View From Here: Motorcyles at 72?:     At first it was a glint of color to my right eye as I passed the intersection. Next day I was on a repeat trip and made it a point ...

View From Here: Happy Independence Day!

View From Here: Happy Independence Day!:     The thought for the day really is this: do we fully appreciate what we have in America ? Do we value the freedom we most often take...

View From Here: Can Versus Should

View From Here: Can Versus Should: You and I can do a lot of things. We are speaking of ability here.  We have the ability to do something – act, think, write, whatever – b...

View From Here: Miscellany

View From Here: Miscellany: Today’s blog will just touch on several issues worthy of comment but not worth major commentary. Overworked and burned out : American...

View From Here: Rabbit Rabbit, Again!

View From Here: Rabbit Rabbit, Again!: OK. I’ll re-explain what Rabbit! Rabbit! is. Shortly after graduating from college (many suns ago!) a young woman called me early in ...