View From Here: Sharing and Social Order

View From Here: Sharing and Social Order: Individually we slowly grasp our surrounds. As kids we gather the stages of life skills. Later, we tackle the educational system and even...

View From Here: Getting Down to Business

View From Here: Getting Down to Business: Serious people do serious work. That is the work that must be done as we struggle forward. Through whatever trial we encounter, we must s...

View From Here: Focus Focus Focus

View From Here: Focus Focus Focus: We have a problem. A big one. It’s the pandemic. Left unmanaged it will kill countless millions of people across the globe. It will infec...

View From Here: Venturing Out

View From Here: Venturing Out: Friday, we eyed the outdoors. So we planned an impromptu outing. First, we drove out of the garage, onto the street and then the reg...

View From Here: The Treasure of Bill and Melinda Gates

View From Here: The Treasure of Bill and Melinda Gates: Facebook and internet life have opened a stream of live communication. For several years America’s public voice box has been exposed. Wha...

View From Here: And the Days Dwindle Down…

View From Here: And the Days Dwindle Down…: Like a 'precious few' in the song, September . Today is Saturday as you read this, but I wrote it on Friday. Thirty-six days...

View From Here: Armageddon?

View From Here: Armageddon?: Perhaps that’s too strong a term? Maybe. Maybe not. You be the judge. First, Earth Day was shadowed by the release of a new documen...

View From Here: Power and Liberty

View From Here: Power and Liberty: Of course, people are chaffing at limits to personal liberty. But we do it anyway. Deep down we know this is for our own good. It isn’t n...

View From Here: Time Suspension

View From Here: Time Suspension: OK, we’ve been in quarantine about 33 days. The beat goes on and we will pass 40 days for sure. What to do about the expenses we encoun...

View From Here: Unreality

View From Here: Unreality: Every now and then I get this pang of recognition – things are not normal and isn’t this weird? The reality of quarantining settles ...

View From Here: Survival of the Fittest

View From Here: Survival of the Fittest: Evidently there are many who dislike quarantine. That’s to be expected. I don’t like it either, but I do it for my own good and for other...

View From Here: Pondering New Normal

View From Here: Pondering New Normal: Some thoughts on these areas: Higher Education : with campuses closed, college students are learning at home via remote technology. ...

View From Here: What is the Big Picture?

View From Here: What is the Big Picture?: If we claim to be big picture people, what are the focal points? What big picture is there? Or might this be several? I think there are s...

View From Here: Leaders Lead

View From Here: Leaders Lead: A team needs a leader. The leader prioritizes issues and tasks to handle those issues. A leader motiviates team members to glimpse the fu...

View From Here: Missing the Big Picture

View From Here: Missing the Big Picture: We are drenched in a sea of detail. Opinions on those details drown us daily from every direction. Cohorts form for  various points of vi...

View From Here: Wondering

View From Here: Wondering: With time abundant I think of many things. Some are very focused; others are general and philosophical. You as well? Here are some ideas ...

View From Here: Team Building

View From Here: Team Building: Long ago I learned that no one in my office had all the answers to any problem. However, each of us had part of the answer. If we worked ...

View From Here: Haunting Lure

View From Here: Haunting Lure: I live in a railroad town. Founded in the 1830’s, one railroad ran through town. Actually, the railroad was here first, then settlers and...

View From Here: And the Beat Goes On

View From Here: And the Beat Goes On: Day 23 of quarantine. Before then, we were being careful and very restrictive in our activities out and about. So, our household has been...

View From Here: Nasty Set the Tone

View From Here: Nasty Set the Tone: Now that the 2020 party nominees are likely to be Biden for Democrats, and trump for republicans, the choice is between only the two. Of...

View From Here: Friday, Ahhhh!

View From Here: Friday, Ahhhh!: Old habits die slowly. Yes, Fridays have been longed for by many for generations. It was the end of the work week for most, and a weekend...

View From Here: Trust

View From Here: Trust: I trust my doctor. He studied his specialty and practiced it for years. He has learned more and expanded medical knowledge in his routine...

View From Here: Normal?

View From Here: Normal?: Right on time we are beginning to question our current plight. “When will we return to normal?”   Will normal look like the ‘old normal’ ...

View From Here: CT-Scan

View From Here: CT-Scan: Annually, my pulmonologist insists I have a CT-Scan of my lungs. I quit smoking 14 years ago, have COPD and now full blown emphysema. The...

View From Here: Time

View From Here: Time: On our hands. In our sleep. In the recliner or sofa. In front of the computer. TV. Book. Time to see, read, think and ponder. Ponder...

View From Here: What, How & Why

View From Here: What, How & Why: I’ve been working with the what, how and why for years. For me, this is a logical sequence. Let me tell you why. In most endeavors –...

View From Here: Viral Journal

View From Here: Viral Journal: I need a haircut. Do you? The thought: how long before haircuts on a regular schedule are available?   Probably at least a month awa...

View From Here: ZOOM Goes Viral

View From Here: ZOOM Goes Viral: A few months ago, volunteers in SCORE were introduced to ZOOM electronic meetings. It was a way for us to gather expertise among colleagu...

View From Here: Back to the Basics

View From Here: Back to the Basics: Rise. Do computer work. Drink coffee. Shower. Shave. Dress. Eat breakfast. Check the internet and email traffic. Move to living room and ...

View From Here: Haunting

View From Here: Haunting: This is another in the COVID-19 journal. Yes, it is haunting. Very little traffic on the street. Almost none. And the time is 8:45 am. Ru...