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 the Driftless in 2006.
He and Mary Benson have been married for 44 years. They’re getting really good at it.
“The View From Here” presents a five minute essay every Friday morning. The show will celebrate thirteen years on the air in ’23.
If you live long enough you get to share what you know.
Ed lives in Viroqua in between church bells and a nursing home.
Words and Images
Books and films that I love
Midnight Mass
Johnny Boyle and me
Santa in Viroqua
A John Johnson story
A Winning Ticket
A long shot…to be sure
Yesterday and Tomorrow
Words
Winter is here
Embrace it
Into The Race
And out of gas
Armistice Day
The war to end all wars
Ballybunion
Golf with Ella
My Grandpa
…if only I had one…
Takin The Train
Late again…
Past Lives
A short list of my favorites
Barbara
She was our neighbor
Good Luck!
Say, “Rabbit, rabbit”…
Equinox
The season turns
Her Old Time Friend
Is it me?
604
Fridays with you
In His Wake
Trump leaves a mess.
Big Ideas
Change the world.
A Toy Story
Julie Cooper
The Game I Love
Back to golf
A Well Adjusted Person
Respect
The Blank Page
Typos and slips
Martenizing
Swallows at sunset
Higher Education
Leaving home.
Tatts
When cultures converge
Wordle
Do you have pentaplexia?
Tribes
Thinking about America
Tribes
Looking at America
The Seltzer Man
Now, we make our own…
Enough
It’s not all bad
Spring Football
Some things I will not do
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