View From Here: Tonality of Today

View From Here: Tonality of Today: A tone sounds. A sound rooted in the real world. Physical. Sensed through hearing. Also by feeling the vibration of sound, of tone. Tonal...

View From Here: Jumbles

View From Here: Jumbles: Some thoughts on current affairs: 1.       44% of employed people earn $18,000 or less 2.       One million people lose health i...

View From Here: Politics As Usual?

View From Here: Politics As Usual?: The current state of politics in America is pretty sick. Candidates attack each other readily. Nasty seems the norm. Whatever happened to...

View From Here: Feeling Sad

View From Here: Feeling Sad: Today is one of those days when sadness envelopes the soul. Why this is so is a mystery. It just happens from time to time. Illinoisans ca...

View From Here: Failure to Change, Adapt

View From Here: Failure to Change, Adapt: I am a hopeful person. I have a positive attitude. I see problems and turn them around. I am also observant. I see what is happening...

View From Here: Tech Adaptation

View From Here: Tech Adaptation: Adapting to new technology has turned a corner for this 76 year-old. Now on Google Docs instead of Microsoft Word. Appears to be no chang...

View From Here: Shifting Technology

View From Here: Shifting Technology: I don’t know about you but technology changes have been good and bad for me. The good is the huge improvement in productivity technology ha...

View From Here: Getting Throught It

View From Here: Getting Throught It: The 'it' is everything, the complex of events and duties that are inescapable.  A dizzying array of things to do, both pleasant and...

View From Here: Blockbuster Issues We Face

View From Here: Blockbuster Issues We Face: The weight of current events is burdensome. I am mainly a positive soul. Recently, however, I’ve developed a Debbie Downer angst. Here’s ...

View From Here: Losing Soul?

View From Here: Losing Soul?: I’m in the process of reviewing 8+ years of this blog’s contents. Every now and then Facebook reminds me of a posting done a year or two ...

View From Here: Challenges Pay Off

View From Here: Challenges Pay Off: A national volunteer organization I work with is undergoing radical technology change. The complicated data system we all struggled to le...

View From Here: Church and State

View From Here: Church and State: Politics has been a-roil since the 1980’s. That’s my experience. Of course, it has been a chaotic affair since day one, whenever that was...

View From Here: Bits and Pieces

View From Here: Bits and Pieces: Prince Harry and Lady Markle : this power couple is cute, capable and independent enough to lead a meaningful life on their own apart fro...

View From Here: Democrat Presidential Candidates

View From Here: Democrat Presidential Candidates: I will say this again: candidates over 70 are not welcome. Their age and life expectancy contribute risk to our governance structure. Wha...

View From Here: Days Ticking

View From Here: Days Ticking: Time is a funny thing. Here one moment, gone the next, onto another moment. Passage of time. time standing still, or so it seems. Rushing...

View From Here: Rumbles

View From Here: Rumbles: Iran strikes two air bases in Iraq in retaliation for the assassination of one of their generals. Casualty data reports no deaths, and mi...

View From Here: Killing Iranian General

View From Here: Killing Iranian General: The ends and the means. Again, mankind attempts to answer the imponderable to suit himself. It doesn’t work. The ends are one thing....

View From Here: Sweeping Dirt Under the Rug

View From Here: Sweeping Dirt Under the Rug: The GOP (republican party) is preparing to dump the House Articles of Impeachment in the trash bin of history. We expected this. This is ...

View From Here: Where to Go From Here?

View From Here: Where to Go From Here?: Where indeed!? The stock markets are exuberant over very little. They are poised for every sling and arrow that threatens it. Huge d...

View From Here: Freedoms

View From Here: Freedoms: Curious things have been happening for several years. Most are based on unique American values and freedoms guaranteed in our Constitutio...

View From Here: The Beat Goes On, and On

View From Here: The Beat Goes On, and On: I had hoped the noise of politics in Washington DC would have quieted down over the holidays. Not to be. The ‘fake news king’ ranted on c...

View From Here: Happy New Year

View From Here: Happy New Year: So, a new year begins! Another one! Just like last year, and the year before that, and so on as far back as we can remember. Here we are ...