View From Here: Consider the Egg

View From Here: Consider the Egg: I awoke this morning thinking about eggs. The breakfast kind. Sunny side up kind. White firmly cooked but yolk still runny. A dash of salt,...

View From Here: Alas Politics!

View From Here: Alas Politics!: The Potpourri of modern politics takes one’s breath away. Just think of it! A business executive without any government experience, no pub...

View From Here: Memorial Day Weekend

View From Here: Memorial Day Weekend: It’s here! Memorial Day Weekend. This is the time of year we get to wear white shoes, white pants and slacks, and other, colorful summery a...

View From Here: Peace Search

View From Here: Peace Search: Pakistan complains that American drones are deployed to hunt down, spy on and kill Taliban members hiding in Pakistan . Actually, not hidi...

View From Here: Keeping Busy – Doing What?

View From Here: Keeping Busy – Doing What?: I’m getting the hang of this retired life. It took a while, maybe five or six years. Then I experimented with various projects, of course t...

View From Here: It’s a Good Day!

View From Here: It’s a Good Day!: The sun is up. The sky is blue. Not a cloud to be seen. The lawns are green and so are the trees as they fill out to their full billowiness...

View From Here: The Anti Party – Hut!

View From Here: The Anti Party – Hut!: Now republicans want to be known as the party of Trump and the party of anti gay rights. The Trump data is reported from poll results c...

View From Here: Tomorrow is Conference Day

View From Here: Tomorrow is Conference Day: Yes, Saturday, May 21, 2016 is the SCORE Fox Valley Small Business Forum conference. Held as a joint project with North Central Colleg...

View From Here: Civility, Again

View From Here: Civility, Again: I’m going to write about this topic again. Civility. Among us all. Most of all, among political candidates. That would be a wonderful gift ...

View From Here: Losing a Pastor

View From Here: Losing a Pastor: Saturday’s mail included a letter from our church pastor announcing her decision to retire effective mid June. One month away. After that s...

View From Here: More Current Events Commentary

View From Here: More Current Events Commentary: Ohio Massacres Drug Related : Drugs sold, traded, consumed, ripped off and detained. Manufactured in makeshift labs in homes, basements, g...

View From Here: Bits and Pieces: Part 3

View From Here: Bits and Pieces: Part 3: Zimmerman’s Gun : I scratch my head. Gun auctions on the one hand. Ammo and gun paraphernalia on the other hand. NRA and lobbying groups. P...

View From Here: Bits and Pieces: Part 2

View From Here: Bits and Pieces: Part 2: Drought in Western States : I was born in southern California . On my 11 th birthday my family moved to New England , but those first 11 ...

View From Here: Bits and Pieces – Current Events: Part One

View From Here: Bits and Pieces – Current Events: Part One: Email Mysteries – Hoax ? Well it is a puzzle that the republican party insists on making a huge deal out of emails made and received by Hil...

View From Here: Creativity as Career

View From Here: Creativity as Career: I got push back from some people on the concept of creativity building new careers. They were upset because new careers push others out of ...

View From Here: Realities of Change

View From Here: Realities of Change: I don’t know why people have so much trouble dealing with change. From the time we take our first breath until the last one is gasped, we e...

Wicked Gay Blog: Girl Says She Was Thrown Out Of Her Prom For Weari...

Wicked Gay Blog: Girl Says She Was Thrown Out Of Her Prom For Weari...: What is this, the 1950's? I think it is rediculous in this day and age that women are required to wear dresses, even if they do not fe...

View From Here: Donald Trump & Three Party Reality

View From Here: Donald Trump & Three Party Reality: With the apparent ascendancy of Donald Trump as its presidential nominee, the Republican Party is in the midst of an obvious makeover. The ...

If We Had Voices: After a few whisky sours, Ernestine got lost in th...

If We Had Voices: After a few whisky sours, Ernestine got lost in th...

View From Here: Creativity and Prosperity

View From Here: Creativity and Prosperity: Listening to a news program the other day I heard a young person claiming there is no limit on the creativity of people, especially America...

View From Here: Innovation as Future

View From Here: Innovation as Future: Positive mental attitude is not automatic for a lot of people. The exact opposite is much more probable. Living life each day follows routi...

View From Here: On A Roll

View From Here: On A Roll: During a SCORE mentoring session the client looked at me across the table and smiled, then said – “you are living life fully, aren’t you?” ...

View From Here: Being Home

View From Here: Being Home: The older I get the more I enjoy just being home. I’ve given this some thought and I’ve come up with a number of reasons why this is true, ...

View From Here: Yearn and Reach

View From Here: Yearn and Reach: It’s funny but the simplest terms often draw forth the mightiest ideas. The kind of ideas that fuel introspection, aha! moments and sometim...