View From Here: Empty

View From Here: Empty: Ever awake to a feeling of aloneness? Not loneliness but aloneness? I know the terms seem the same but for some reason they feel very diffe...

View From Here: Lament

View From Here: Lament: I’m ill at ease. Angry, too. Upset that so many people are inarticulate about what they want out of life and what role others play in those...

View From Here: Black Friday, et. al.

View From Here: Black Friday, et. al.: The Holidays are here. Thanksgiving Day is in the past now and Christmas shopping is full upon us. Black Friday is the ‘traditional’ day fo...

View From Here: Muddling Through

View From Here: Muddling Through: Facebook is a quick scan these days. Look for updates from friends and family. Not political stuff unless it is from people of similar mind...

View From Here: Leaning Into Life

View From Here: Leaning Into Life: A Friday morning I wrote this. Wednesday evening is past but the memories persist. Eight teenagers in a circle with one intern present and ...

View From Here: Prose & Poetry

View From Here: Prose & Poetry: Or song lyrics. Or music composed to express inner thoughts, feelings and mood. Prose. To write sentences filled with common meaning an...

View From Here: Racism in America

View From Here: Racism in America: Growing up in New England (Western Massachusetts, 1954-1960; Upstate New York, 1960-1965) I became aware of racism in my country. This aw...

View From Here: Reality, Mine

View From Here: Reality, Mine: Here’s a scenario millions are living with in America each day. Ponder it. Embrace it as your own. Either this is what awaits you or not de...

View From Here: Reality, Mine

View From Here: Reality, Mine: Here’s a scenario millions are living with in America each day. Ponder it. Embrace it as your own. Either this is what awaits you or not de...

View From Here: Tolerance and Acceptance

View From Here: Tolerance and Acceptance: The nation is reeling from an ugly election season that seems to have been nonstop for the past 24 years. That’s bad enough but when the mo...

View From Here: Making Sense of the Incomprehensible

View From Here: Making Sense of the Incomprehensible: Wednesday nights I meet with teen addicts. These are kids who are using drugs and maybe some alcohol to alter their reality for some reason...

View From Here: Building on Rubble

View From Here: Building on Rubble: So, the election is over. The dirtiest, most awful Presidential Campaign season I have ever experienced. And I know I am not alone in celeb...

View From Here: Finding a New Normal

View From Here: Finding a New Normal: So much has happened in recent years we have all mumbled many times – “when are we going to get back to normal?”  I understand the sentimen...

View From Here: Feeling the Peace?

View From Here: Feeling the Peace?: I wrote this post on November 4 th . I titled it the way I did because I’m hoping that once the election is past us on November 9 th , the ...

View From Here: Coping; Control?

View From Here: Coping; Control?: So many phrases run through my mind these days. All of them come down to this – How do I maintain control over my life when others around m...

View From Here: Witch Hunts and Other Empty Efforts

View From Here: Witch Hunts and Other Empty Efforts: Halloween is past but witches still cram our airwaves. Must be an election near. More claims of skullduggery on the part of an opponent. Th...

View From Here: Awakening

View From Here: Awakening: The concession by Hillary Clinton has been made. The acceptance of President Elect Donald Trump has been declared. With a mourning of this ...

View From Here: Awakening

View From Here: Awakening: The concession by Hillary Clinton has been made. The acceptance of President Elect Donald Trump has been declared. With a mourning of this ...

View From Here: Election Over?

View From Here: Election Over?: What now? Are the results accepted by the losers? The candidates are one thing in considering this answer, but the other thing is the voter...

View From Here: I Weep for Thee America!

View From Here: I Weep for Thee America!: This is Election Day. Long before you read this I wrote this piece and then published early this morning before setting out for my assigned...

View From Here: I Weep for Thee America!

View From Here: I Weep for Thee America!: This is Election Day. Long before you read this I wrote this piece and then published early this morning before setting out for my assigned...

View From Here: Decline of a City

View From Here: Decline of a City: The other day I visited a northern Illinois city that was once a proud manufacturer of goods sold and traded the world over. They were hig...

View From Here: Unsettled Feeling

View From Here: Unsettled Feeling: I know, things are going right, I’m busy doing the things I want to do, but something keeps niggling the back of my mind that something is ...

View From Here: Keeping Busy & Finding Peace

View From Here: Keeping Busy & Finding Peace: Yes, I am a busy person. Sometimes I yearn for a quiet time so I can just sit and read until sleepy. Then fall into a deep nap for an hour ...

View From Here: Generational Disconnects

View From Here: Generational Disconnects: Working with all kinds of people from all sorts of background creates challenges. But none more than that caused by gaps in ages among conv...

View From Here: Driven to Understand & Clarify

View From Here: Driven to Understand & Clarify: Sitting with idle mind. At a stop sign or red light. Or maybe in an airport waiting lounge. What do you think about? Is your mind truly idl...