For over thirty years, Vernon Oickle penned a weekly column for newspapers serving his home town of Liverpool, Nova Scotia. His essays became anticipated weekly visitors to homes all along the South Shore. He wrote about large issues and small, pet peeves and grand plans, national news and the closing of a cherished store in the community. His column, "The View from Here", was the essence of what people look for in a community paper.This collection gathers the best of those essays for your reading pleasure, in categories ranging from how to make a community strong to how to survive in a scary pandemic to advice for men on Christmas shopping.