The View from Here
with Ed Holahan
Fridays at 8:00AM
Ed Holahan was born and raised in New York City, spent 35 years inventing toys and games in The Twin Cities and Chicago and moved to Market Farming in the Driftless in 2009. He and Mary Benson have been married for 42 years. They’re getting good at it.
“The View From Here” is a five minute essay. We’ll celebrate eleven years on the air in November of ’21. If you live long enough you get to share what you know. That’s why I write “The View”.
Ed lives in Viroqua between church bells and a nursing home.

Goldfinch Yellow

Springtime in the Driftless
Vaccinations

The pain was worth it
The Roost

What if humans roosted too?
I’ve Got Mail!

…and some of it is really important…
Venice in Viroqua

What we did with all that snow
Squirrels

Circus stars in training
Radio Man

A tribute
Mandates

Following the rules
Bach to Basics

Calendars, old and new
Stickman

I always wave back
Toys

These too shall pass…
Conspicuous Consumption

Choosing an All-Star team
Baseball Lockout

The pie is big enough to share
Penelope’s Moms

She’s lucky…she has two of them.
Whiskers in the White House

An hirsute history of presidents
Football Fraud

The Packers’ victory was stolen
Mozart

Hearing heaven’s voice
A Storm Is A Storm

…by every other name
Time Flies

Mom was right. It keeps flying faster.
Epiphany

The importance of publicity
Winter Song

Jean Sibelius understood cold days and long nights.
Holiday Dining

Advice from my Uncle Louie
Oh Christmas Tree!

Did you ever steal a tree?
Love, soup

You already have the recipe
Toto, we’re not in Chicago…

Observations on City Services…large and small
Holiday Family

The importance of friends and gingerbread
Veterans Day

We don’t say “Armistice” any more.
Halloween

Days of the dead
Synchronized Sleeping

How to keep a down comforter in its place
The Talkers

Some folks talk a lot and some folks don’t.
Hideouts

Still looking for somewhere to hide
Rabbit, rabbit

The rules of the game
The Couch Potato

Thank you, Dr. Adler!
Billionaires In Space!

A modest proposal to fund space explorarion
A Mozart Dream

Getting on Wolfy’s dance card
Rally Tickets

Des Moines, here we come!
The Soak

Stop, be still…and take it all in.
Pen Pals

Agnes and Tre became friends. Tre was 96 and Agnes was 99.
The Atlantic Crossing

A boyhood memory of “The Queens of the Sea”
The Big Bang

Humans have always needed a Creation Story, Artificial Intelligence will too.
The Purple Unicorn

Winning big at the County Fair
The Freedom Cafe

A new restaurant where the only thing that matters is you.
The Adult In The Room

Sharing what you know
Overbooked Flights

Why not fly “standby”?
Snoflaked Again

Take it from me, Ski Jumping is rough!
The Obama Portraits

Reveernce and joy in Chicago
My Father’s Hands

What do we inherit from our parents?
He’s Back!

Donald Trump and the biggest lie.
Plurals

We need to fix our language!
While the cat’s away…

You know the rest…
VFH #549
What The “No-Nos” Know

Is your glass half full or half empty?
VFH #548