View From Here: We, You, Future?

View From Here: We, You, Future?: The coffee shop was abuzz. Talk rumbled at every table. An occasional burst of laughter over in the corner, a muffled shriek of delight ...

View From Here: Paying Attention

View From Here: Paying Attention: Scan the news these days – whether in print, radio or TV; or more likely the internet news feeds and websites. Lots of issues hitting pr...

View From Here: Healthcare and Governance

View From Here: Healthcare and Governance: Interesting civics lesson going on all around us. Several, actually. I wish to focus on the debacle in healthcare legislation, but certa...

View From Here: A Pastor Passes

View From Here: A Pastor Passes: Nineteen days before, she began an exciting new chapter of her life. She had become a full time pastor of her own church. After many ...

View From Here: Making Sense of the Nonsensical

View From Here: Making Sense of the Nonsensical: If we are to own and operate our own nation then it is up to you and I to do the daily tasks. Obviously ‘leaders’ are not going to do so...

View From Here: Bluff ‘N Stuff

View From Here: Bluff ‘N Stuff: North Korea knows how to play the trumpster. They play their war games and let trump blow off hot words with no action. I don’t really w...

View From Here: Technology, Blggfft!

View From Here: Technology, Blggfft!: We have Inifity cable from Comcast. We’ve been customers before of Comcast but several times in the past either the technology has gone bus...

View From Here: Where Are The Adults?

View From Here: Where Are The Adults?: It takes a village to raise a kid. Yes, it really does. A family alone can do wonders, but the next door neighbor helps, too; so does th...

View From Here: North Korea and the Global Community

View From Here: North Korea and the Global Community: For years we have alluded to the global community. To many this is not a real community, just   a figurative one. My thinking accepts and en...

View From Here: Change of Seasons

View From Here: Change of Seasons: The honey locust are turning yellow. Have been for about a week now. Lifting my eyes to the horizon I sense deep greens yielding to thinner ...

View From Here: Try, Try Again!

View From Here: Try, Try Again!: Well, at least republicans and trump took heed of the childhood lesson: “if at first you don’t succeed, try, try again!” And so they did...

View From Here: Immigration SNAFU

View From Here: Immigration SNAFU: I get it. Protecting our borders is an elemental step in defending our nation. BUT another element of who we are as a nation is welcomin...

View From Here: Making Choices

View From Here: Making Choices: You make choices every   day, many times each day. So do I. We all do. It is how we live life. Always have. Step by step, moment by mome...

View From Here: In a Cloud

View From Here: In a Cloud: The events of the past few years have left me befuddled. Even the last few months have been a challenge. Today, though, we are post Irma, po...

View From Here: Remembering…

View From Here: Remembering…: Sixteen years ago we all remember where we were and what we were doing. It is imprinted on our brains. If we tried to forget it we could...

View From Here: View From Here

View From Here: View From Here: [Note: This is a reprint from September 9, 2015. Is the message still valid today?] It has been a while since I last considered the nam...

View From Here: Comparing Bits and Pieces from Last year

View From Here: Comparing Bits and Pieces from Last year: One year ago I wrote a blog on these bits and pieces: “Political National Anthem: We have encountered and survived many periods of soci...

View From Here: Trusting Others

View From Here: Trusting Others: I heard someone say the other day, “I know that 95% of people are good and trustworthy. It’s the other 5% that I don’t trust.” I add, t...

View From Here: Madmen at the Top

View From Here: Madmen at the Top: We’ve known for quite a while that mad men have run North Korea for many years now. None worse than the present boy wonder with a self dest...

View From Here: What in the World?

View From Here: What in the World?: Writing a book takes focus. On a related set of topics or just one topic. This is because the reader will be confused if the author doesn’t...

View From Here: Armageddon?

View From Here: Armageddon?: So much bad news is written these days it is difficult to determine what we should be afraid of and prepare for. We have people claiming gl...