View From Here: False Bravado

View From Here: False Bravado: The House of Representatives poises for voting on impeaching the President. The opposition raises their fists and pantomimes their object...

View From Here: Joy on the Plate

View From Here: Joy on the Plate: Awoke this morning recalling a recent breakfast shared with my son and Rocky. Four eggs sunny side up, hash browns, well-done Englis...

View From Here: Impeachment

View From Here: Impeachment: This is a done deal. The sitting president is not now or ever been president. In name, yes, but not in fact. He has demonstrated incompet...

View From Here: Visceral Moments

View From Here: Visceral Moments: The moment when we can’t go forward, or back; the spit of time when we teeter on the unknown. Frozen in fear. When you know your ill...

View From Here: Essence of a Nation

View From Here: Essence of a Nation: A nation is many things. history. Culture. Education of its people. Medical care of its people. Standard of living. Governance structure....

View From Here: Dedicated Servant

View From Here: Dedicated Servant: A federal employee spoke to a business gathering the other day. She was from the US Census Bureau and spoke about the data bases openly m...

View From Here: Just Wondering

View From Here: Just Wondering: Daily routines keep us functioning. Healthy or ailing, we do our normal tasks without thinking much about them. Walk the dog; feed the do...

View From Here: Gathering Storm

View From Here: Gathering Storm: The Weather forecast tells us as storms form, assemble and are ready to let loose. They tell us to take cover and protect our family and ...

View From Here: Reflection on Pets

View From Here: Reflection on Pets: Willow, our dog, died this past Monday evening. We decided to euthanize her in the vet’s office after three days of dicey health conditio...

View From Here: Value of Simpler Lifestyle

View From Here: Value of Simpler Lifestyle: Downsizing is a common thread for many families. Besides emergency downsizing due to storms, fire or earthquake disasters, economic neces...

View From Here: Middle East Peace

View From Here: Middle East Peace: I’ve said this many times before – Get off the oil standard; eliminate the power of the Middle East. The logic is clear on many leve...

View From Here: Chaos

View From Here: Chaos: Spittle leaps from his lips. Nasty words vomit from his mouth. Swagger approaching the podium. Facial sneers and snarling mouth. Agitated...

View From Here: Fading Benefits

View From Here: Fading Benefits: Today’s posting is a reflection on disappearing employee benefits.   This week’s announcement that General Electric is freezing pen...

View From Here: Nexus

View From Here: Nexus: Latin word for connection, or hub, a place where things and minds come together and function. Readers will remember we have a group calle...

View From Here: And Then There Was None

View From Here: And Then There Was None: Dreams of cohesive society. Pulling together in the same direction. Leaders and followers in synchronization. Logical and synergized. The...

View From Here: Love and Violence

View From Here: Love and Violence: It’s not easy imagining a loved being violent. Sometimes pondering brings us to the edge of this consideration, but mostly it is just tha...

View From Here: Walking the Dog

View From Here: Walking the Dog: She’s old now, 16.5 years and counting. Willow is a honey blonde Lasa Apso. We rescued her 13.5 years ago. In turn, she rescued us. ...

View From Here: When Children Play Adult

View From Here: When Children Play Adult: The 2016 Presidential election was messed with by Russia and others. North Korea most probably. The nuclear weapons agreement with North ...

View From Here: Impeachment Coup?

View From Here: Impeachment Coup?: No. The president is the subject of an impeachment inquiry that may lead to impeachment. Such is the process, and such is the nature of i...

View From Here: Anniversary Nears

View From Here: Anniversary Nears: It doesn’t seem possible but this blog is nearly eight years old. October 5, 2011 was the first posting. At the beginning I wrote da...

View From Here: Left, Right and In-Between

View From Here: Left, Right and In-Between: Yes, we live in a mosh pit of opinion. Not always civil, the discussion, or shall we say, the interplay of ideas, is often messy. The mos...