View From Here: If You Were Me

View From Here: If You Were Me: Have you ever asked that question? Whether silently or aloud? And of whom did you ask it? Was it a friend who you felt at the time didn’t u...

View From Here: Divided Communities – Chicago

View From Here: Divided Communities – Chicago: So I’ve been focusing on communities and their health. How well do they get along? And why do some communities thrive while others struggle...

View From Here: Passion to Carry On

View From Here: Passion to Carry On: I meet a lot of people. Have worked with a lot of people over the years, too. Some interactions are for only moments, while others are mont...

View From Here: The Guy on the Street

View From Here: The Guy on the Street: [Note: this posting is repeated from September 13th; I posted two items that day but blog analytics didn't indicate readership of this ...

View From Here: Staying Positive

View From Here: Staying Positive: Not easy being positive when so many things go awry. Normal everyday happenings are challenges enough for most of us but then add illness, ...

View From Here: Well Regulated Schedules

View From Here: Well Regulated Schedules: A fine concept. Regulating one’s own schedule. On time, every time at the place you promised to be. To do the things you promised to do. We...

View From Here: Divided Communities – Part 3

View From Here: Divided Communities – Part 3: Confronting a community divided within itself is a ticklish proposition. How do you begin? Who do you partner with? What is the agenda and ...

View From Here: Hospital News

View From Here: Hospital News: Well, in the wee hours of Sept 13 Rocky and I traveled downtown to the Northwestern Hospital for his surgery to remove the thyroid gland...

View From Here: Outcomes

View From Here: Outcomes: If you want a specific outcome to happen you have to be willing to do something to make it happen. If you are not willing to do that someth...

View From Here: Pursuit?

View From Here: Pursuit?: Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness…is a phrase nearly every American knows and cares about. It is in the Declaration of Independen...

View From Here: Bits and Pieces

View From Here: Bits and Pieces: Political National Anthem: We have encountered and survived many periods of social history in America where symbols of our national pride ...

View From Here: These Days of Liking

View From Here: These Days of Liking: Walk into a room and look around. Furnishings give the space personality. Does it fit with your personality? Or likes? Look around the ...

View From Here: Life Beyond Self

View From Here: Life Beyond Self: I met a girl the other evening. A teen – 16 – sweet and innocent in so many ways of life. A drug addict with complications with alcohol as ...

View From Here: Off to See the Wizard

View From Here: Off to See the Wizard: A bit of nostalgia. This is American nostalgia and probably most of my foreign readers would not understand what I’m writing about. But I’l...

View From Here: Misleading the Masses

View From Here: Misleading the Masses: With so many news reports focusing on Trump and Clinton I guess we truly are engaged in a political campaign for high office. Too bad so m...