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.
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Olympic Judging
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“Voting” on athletic events
Son of a “Madman”
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The Madison Avenue effect
Humidity
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Is it possible to have more than 100%…of anything?
Camping
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On the second floor
X-Ray Glasses
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Things I sent away for.
Willie Mays
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The best I ever saw.
Straightening The Kickapoo
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Which is a very crooked river.
A Little Night Music
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Getting on Wolfy’s dance card
Into The Light
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The longest days are here…
Once on this Island
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A theater review
One Big Idea
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I’m running for President…again
Mothers Day
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It’s time you met my mom
The Roost
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Every night of the year
A Resolution
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Into my mouth
The Gettysburg Address
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Trump’s version
Gravitons
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Who knew?
Real Food
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And where it comes from
Breakfast
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I need the eggs!
First Light
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Solitude and Fillmore East
Life In Chapters
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Take a break in between
A New Old Story
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John Johnson returns
A Morning Walk
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Reaffirming almost everything
The Forces
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Someone or something…is after me
Push The Cat
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Creative solutions to life’s challenges
A Night At The Opera
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Two boys from Queens
99 Cell Phones
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Navigating the 21st Century
Tin Soldiers
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A battle for Christmas
The Platinum Plunger
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Cleanest restrooms in America
My Easy Chair
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The best seat in the house.
Jean Sibelius
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The music of winter
Twister
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A toy story
Middle Aged Mice
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Amino Acids
Holiday Dining
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Uncle Louie’s timeless advice
Longer Nights
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A place in each Hemisphere
Armistice Day
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We don’t use the word “Armistice” any more, do we?
The Ginko
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One million leaves
The View from Here ‘Live’
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Ghosts
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It’s that time of year again.
Squirrels On Ice!
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My neighbors’ bench
Heeere’s Donny!
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An outline for Trump’s next gig
Half Mast
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Honoring The Donald…when he’s gone
Music of a Lifetime
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From 78s to streaming…
Donny “The Comb”
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Reflections on a wannabe mobster
September Song
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The days dwindle down…
Hideouts
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Do you ever feel like running away?
The Rainbow Bridge
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And the tiny people who cross it
The Orange Menace
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A President…incarcerated
Preincarnation
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Ken’s Latin
Forest Murmurs
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Into the woods
I’m A Townie
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Main Street, Viroqua
Body Parts
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The parts wear out, don’t they?
Jerks
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Who do you suppose was the first?
It’s a Dog’s Life
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“Princess” is a wealthy pup!
Havemeyer 4
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I’ll never forget my number
Branded
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The ads that killed us
It Rained!
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And I listened to it.
Tri As I Might
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“Tri” words scare me
Daylight
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Six weeks of long days
An Honest Bird
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The sparrow
Wine in Wisconsin
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Vernon County Vineyards
Speaking English
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Trying to make sense of the language
Mothers Day
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Teresia’s story
Sara Crewe
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The seventh grade play was a smash hit!
Pass It On
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Sharing what you know.
Springtime in Wisconsin
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Eighty degrees and snow!
What Would Donald Do?
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If Donald were Jesus…
April
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Everything is possible
The Night Sky
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Turn off the TV
The End
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When you gotta’ go…
Curbside
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What we leave behind
De Gustibus
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There’s no argument
Forty-four years
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And still going strong
Toy Fair
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February in New York
Little Sins
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When no one is watching
Changes
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We need the eggs
Dreams
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Night visitors
Waterfall
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We cause precipitation
January Sun
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There’s heat in it
The Winter it Snowed
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…and snowed and snowed and snowed…
Epiphany
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Some titles I’d like to share
Words and Images
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Books and films that I love
Midnight Mass
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Johnny Boyle and me
Santa in Viroqua
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A John Johnson story
A Winning Ticket
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A long shot…to be sure
Yesterday and Tomorrow
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Words
Winter is here
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Embrace it
Into The Race
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And out of gas
Armistice Day
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The war to end all wars
Ballybunion
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Golf with Ella
My Grandpa
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…if only I had one…
Takin The Train
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Late again…
Past Lives
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A short list of my favorites
Barbara
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She was our neighbor
Good Luck!
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Say, “Rabbit, rabbit”…
Equinox
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The season turns
Her Old Time Friend
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Is it me?
604
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Fridays with you
In His Wake
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Trump leaves a mess.
Big Ideas
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Change the world.
A Toy Story
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Julie Cooper