View From Here: Bits and Pieces

View From Here: Bits and Pieces: Kaepernick and Black Lives Matter: Of course Black lives matter. So do ALL lives matter. Kaepernick’s one-man protest seems hollow. He is a...

View From Here: Medical Update – Rocky

View From Here: Medical Update – Rocky: Rocky has been on a diet that depletes iodine from his body. He has suspended his medication for thyroid hormone replacement. The objective...

View From Here: Foreign Policy and Friends

View From Here: Foreign Policy and Friends: Hundreds of years the US has been on the world stage of international relations. In the early decades America was dependent on the help o...

View From Here: Early to Rise

View From Here: Early to Rise: Woke early. 2:27 am. Unsettled. Wondering what is happening and do I understand it. Got out of bed then and there, dressed hurriedly an...

View From Here: State of Global Community

View From Here: State of Global Community: Ominous signs all over the place. Here are a few examples: Russia calls senior staff home; asks them and their families to return...

View From Here: Being an Election Judge

View From Here: Being an Election Judge: You know my political thoughts and beliefs. You know I am committed to my candidates and philosophies. Hopefully you know these to be consi...

View From Here: Angry at Whom?

View From Here: Angry at Whom?: In this political season anger seems omnipresent. I hear people complaining about a system that is rigged. I hear few ideas expressed on ac...

View From Here: Defining Dirt

View From Here: Defining Dirt: Defining or finding dirt seems to be the sole pastime of politicians these days, including their supporters who fan their own appetites wit...

View From Here: Civility

View From Here: Civility: It is hard to be nice all the time. For me it is nearly impossible not to get angry and inarticulate when confronted by someone who is tryi...

View From Here: Aligning Stars

View From Here: Aligning Stars: The other day I wrote about outcomes I wished to see happen in our country. I also expressed the desire that people in embattled neighborho...

View From Here: Ignorance and Catastrophe

View From Here: Ignorance and Catastrophe: The daily news tells us what is happening in the world, region, state and city. Even our neighborhoods are happening! And we learn what’s g...

View From Here: Ignorance and Fate

View From Here: Ignorance and Fate: Fate is what happens to us through the overwhelming tide of time and its passage. We either do well in that moving current or not. We adapt...

View From Here: Shooting Us in the Foot

View From Here: Shooting Us in the Foot: I don’t know about you but I am angry as hell. At the US Congress. Especially the republican portion of the Congress. Let’s see what m...

View From Here: Outcomes I Value

View From Here: Outcomes I Value: Here are some things I believe are important to work towards. I think of them as desired outcomes , those characteristics of and in our soc...

View From Here: Do Not Be Afraid!

View From Here: Do Not Be Afraid!: Working with teens. They want much but don’t know what to focus on. Is it career? Probably not; they don’t know enough about a lot of thing...

View From Here: Our Own Agenda

View From Here: Our Own Agenda: The other day I spotted a headline that claimed a woman exclaimed: “Finally, someone who thinks like me!” She was supporting Trump in the c...

View From Here: Nature of Change

View From Here: Nature of Change: Moments pass and we continue breathing in and out. Standing or sitting, too. Just keep doing what we always do. Minute after minute. Day af...

View From Here: Inglenooks

View From Here: Inglenooks: Chilled air, tired body. Need for rest. First to sit, maybe to read and relax. Perhaps to chat idly with a good friend or close family memb...