View From Here: Laughter

View From Here: Laughter: Visiting my daughter’s home Saturday morning we babbled for a few minutes and then chatted about miscellaneous topics and suddenly laughe...

View From Here: Thought for the Day

View From Here: Thought for the Day: Today’s quote comes from Maya Angelou. Her legacy is deep and will likely last an eternity. See for yourself: “History, despite its w...

View From Here: Vacation Bliss

View From Here: Vacation Bliss: Well, we are back from our vacation. We explored, drove, sat, basked and took time to think. And now we are back to what is considered th...

View From Here: Stock Dump

View From Here: Stock Dump: Well I told you so! The stock market is down. Big time. But then every ‘expert’ claimed this slump was predictable. All I said was that m...

View From Here: Trump Wagon

View From Here: Trump Wagon: Give me a break! Trump this, and Trump that. Reports everyday throughout each day about Trump and what he said, did, or didn’t say or did...

View From Here: Stock Market Swings

View From Here: Stock Market Swings: Ever wonder why stock market indexes swing high and low so much these days? Ever think who’s behind market fluctuations? You say the stoc...

View From Here: Gas Pump Prices

View From Here: Gas Pump Prices: Here’s what’s wrong with current gas prices. In suburban Chicago we have gas prices ranging from $3.20 per gallon to $3.69. That doe...

View From Here: Thought for the Day

View From Here: Thought for the Day: George Washington was known to have slept all over colonial America in the 1700’s. But he was also known for his quotations. Here are ...

View From Here: Getting Away

View From Here: Getting Away: By the time you read this we will be on the road. A vacation getaway. Something we haven’t done for quite a few years. Health and finance...

View From Here: Commentary

View From Here: Commentary: My readers know that I avoid canned news programs on TV – both network and cable news channels – in favor of reading source material and ...

View From Here: Dudley Do-right

View From Here: Dudley Do-right: We all know a Dudley . He’s the guy who quietly does his chores, his job, without a question. He picks up the stray bit of paper on the g...

View From Here: Dog Days of Summer

View From Here: Dog Days of Summer: August is the month of summer heat, humidity and maybe indolence. You know, the lazy, hazy days of summer, where sameness of weather wear...

View From Here: Thought for the Day

View From Here: Thought for the Day: I think we make too much of ourselves. All the time. It ought to embarrass us. Why doesn’t it? Think about that this weekend. Perha...

View From Here: Thought for the Day

View From Here: Thought for the Day: I think we make too much of ourselves. All the time. It ought to embarrass us. Why doesn’t it? Think about that this weekend. Perha...

View From Here: Emails – Legal or Otherwise

View From Here: Emails – Legal or Otherwise: Hacking data bases, computer systems and email seem to be topics of large interest these days. What is being said, by whom, to whom, and ...

View From Here: Core Issues

View From Here: Core Issues: Yesterday’s blog admitted I repeat themes but only because they remain with us without improvement or solution. Themes, issues, topics, p...

View From Here: Selecting Topics

View From Here: Selecting Topics: When I first began this blog I planned on providing a commentary on current events and emerging issues. I wanted to do this for a number ...

View From Here: Deal With Iran

View From Here: Deal With Iran: Two things at the very least are at stake in approving the international agreement with Iran on controls against them developing nuclear...

View From Here: Planned Parenthood Fracas

View From Here: Planned Parenthood Fracas: ‘A’ as in ah, ‘A’ as in abortion? It depends on which side of the political fence you reside. If you are conservative, you are agains...

View From Here: Thought for the Day

View From Here: Thought for the Day: Lasting values. What are they? Family for one. Mindset and thinking process. Beauty in whatever form matters to the individual. Music. Sc...

View From Here: Slumping Gas Prices

View From Here: Slumping Gas Prices: Well Howdy! Step right up, folks, and watch the great decline in gas pump prices! The only question left is – “How far will they go, down...

View From Here: Commercial Real Estate

View From Here: Commercial Real Estate: At times I wonder if I am a broken record. Of course there are those who don’t know that term – broken record. For the young among us, us...

View From Here: To Comfort Rather Than…

View From Here: To Comfort Rather Than…: The phrase is fully this: “To comfort rather than to be comforted…” and it is a part of the Prayer of Saint Francis of Assisi . Take a fr...

View From Here: Hustle vs Bustle

View From Here: Hustle vs Bustle: There come moments when busy-ness doesn’t overshadow purpose but spotlights the need to re-invigorate purpose.  For example, news pro...

View From Here: One Effect of Aging

View From Here: One Effect of Aging: As I age (gracefully I hope!) ideas come to mind. Often. Some are mere flashes of memories. Others are serious thought on old ideas in fr...

View From Here: Thought for the Day

View From Here: Thought for the Day: A few ideas from Thomas Jefferson: “I'm a greater believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of  it.”     ...