View From Here: 50 Years Later…

View From Here: 50 Years Later…: 1968 was a bad year for many people in America. All of us alive then lived our lives one day at a time, sometimes one hour at a time. We...

View From Here: Open Communications

View From Here: Open Communications: As much as newscasts upset me with their content, at least we have a society that has open communications. Think about that. Facebook co...

View From Here: Around and Around It Goes

View From Here: Around and Around It Goes: I know, this will seem a simple topic, but the title refers to a ceiling fan newly installed in our living room. If it performs as we ex...

View From Here: Words and Consequences

View From Here: Words and Consequences: If you are a grouch in public, people will avoid you. They will keep their space behind you while in traffic or walking on the sidewalk....

View From Here: Due Dates and Deadlines

View From Here: Due Dates and Deadlines: The month is nearing its end. I know it just started. Look forward to June each year as it is both Fathers’ Day and my birthday month. T...

View From Here: Face of a Nation

View From Here: Face of a Nation: We can stop traffic to allow ducklings, snakes, dogs and cats to cross busy streets. But we don’t know how to manage the pinnacle succes...

View From Here: Policy, Authority, Discernment and Law

View From Here: Policy, Authority, Discernment and Law: A little early in the morning to be thinking on these terms, but we need too. Too many people think they understand these terms, while o...

View From Here: What’s the Best?

View From Here: What’s the Best?: I love the internet. So much information and right at my fingertips. All I have to do is pose a question and Google it. Up pops a number...

View From Here: When a Wall is Not a Wall

View From Here: When a Wall is Not a Wall: Playing with words makes for odd meanings. Perhaps anti-meanings? For example, the trumpster claims the Democrats are responsible for...

View From Here: What’s Really Going On?

View From Here: What’s Really Going On?: The subject today is both ‘future’ and ‘oil’. It could also be ‘immigration reform.’ I’ve chosen these topics because the press repor...

View From Here: Order and Trust

View From Here: Order and Trust: Routines and protocols emerge over time. This is true in my life, most likely yours as well, and most of us in general. Our institutions...

View From Here: Nonprofit Organizations

View From Here: Nonprofit Organizations: It may seem odd to some, but very natural to me – I’ve spent most of my life working for or with nonprofit organizations. Some folks wou...

View From Here: Willingness to Help

View From Here: Willingness to Help: I spoke with a person the other day and learned that he was unsympathetic to counseling teen drug addicts. I accidentally got involved i...

View From Here: Housing Options

View From Here: Housing Options: Inventing new life styles. Sometimes revisiting past options. Some became passé; others renewed our interest with new twists. Think Tiny H...

View From Here: Housing Options

View From Here: Housing Options: Inventing new life styles. Sometimes revisiting past options. Some became passé; others renewed our interest with new twists. Think Tiny H...

View From Here: Votes Count

View From Here: Votes Count: Yes, your vote counts, unless that is, you don’t vote. Words matter, too. And sentiments. And propaganda. Evidence of all of these po...

View From Here: 90-Day Goals

View From Here: 90-Day Goals: Read two reports this morning on the internet. One had to do with goals being set for 30-day and 90-day timeframes. The other had to do ...

View From Here: Diversity meets Discrimination

View From Here: Diversity meets Discrimination: E Pluribus Unum – from many, one. Latin. Classical language. Ages old. So too the meaning of the phrase. Adopted by a young America whe...

View From Here: Wondering and Pondering

View From Here: Wondering and Pondering: In case you’ve missed it, this blog is all about making sense of the world. One issue at a time. One day at a time as well. Sometimes an...

View From Here: Oh, Too Bad!

View From Here: Oh, Too Bad!: My, my, tsk, tsk! Whatever shall we do about this? Of course, I’m speaking of the rest of our lives. What shall we do? What is our ne...

View From Here: Making News

View From Here: Making News: With news cycles consumed with anything and everything trump, one wonders what’s going on in so many other arenas.   Namely financial and ...

View From Here: Liberal/Conservative Divide

View From Here: Liberal/Conservative Divide: What is the divide and is it real? Yes, it is real. There are many aspects that populate the question and lead to confusion on what e...