Free Chat Friday

Free Chat Friday, Week 51

Happy Friday News Viewers (or should I say Happy Christmas Eve, 2021). This year, I find myself reframing Christmas, tearing it away from past traditions, family memories, cultural expectations and nutty stories about judgy old MORE

Coffee Talk

Coffee Talk

Good Thursday morning, NewsViewers, and it is the last Coffee Talk before Christmas! The elf at my house (me) has been baking cookies and getting together some last minute packages, and it is almost time MORE

Talk o Tuesday

Talko Tuesday: December 21, 2021

Gooooood Morning, News Viewers and Happy Winter Solstice. Today marks the shortest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. It’s the precise moment at which the Northern Hemisphere is tilted farthest from the sun. MORE

Free Range Free Chat

Free Range Free Chat

Happy Monday and welcome to life in the fast lane, at least if you’re a dog named Reas in a Race for the Kibbles. . . . Reas, a male white-and-blonde whippet, bolted ahead of the competition MORE

Last Call

Last Call: December 18, 2021

Gooooood evening, News Viewers, and Happy Saturday Evening. Tag! You’re it! So, News Views has another lurking lunatic that likes to tag us to go play in her sandbox. Ignore and block her; she’s an MORE

It's 5:00 Somewhere

It’s 5:00 Somewhere

Welcome to a Special Edition of 5:00 Somewhere at the News Views Lounge! Hope you can join us for a Happy Hour holiday cyber cocktail, while we sort out how many “shopping” days before Christmas, MORE

Coffee Talk

Coffee Talk

Welcome to Coffee Talk this Thursday morning, where free chat is the game we’re playing today. As far as the coffee goes, it’s a double shot kind of day, and I might even consider a MORE

Free Range Free Chat

Free Range Free Chat

Happy Monday, News Viewers, and welcome to Free Range, our environmentally focused open thread where the topics are wide ranging and the conversation free flowing. Our focus is the earth we inhabit, the space above MORE

Last Call

Last Call: December 11, 2021

Gooooood evening, News Viewers, and Happy Saturday Evening. So, is everyone kind of ready for the holidays? Except for my mom, I’m done shopping….easy peay, all online except for a few things that I picked MORE

Free Chat Friday

Free Chat Friday, Week 49

Happy Friday News Viewers on this the 49th week of 2021; this is today’s free chat where keyboard to keyboard we exchange thoughts, opinions, ideas, frustrations and solutions with each other. Any and all topics MORE

Coffee Talk

Coffee Talk

Good morning, sleepy NewsViewers, I’m on my second cup and hoping for some Coffee Talk. This is the Thursday edition of free chat, where we welcome your off topic chit chat with bells on! If MORE

Free Range Free Chat

Free Range Free Chat

Happy Monday News ‘Viewers, and welcome to Free Range, our Monday Free Chat with a focus on the planet and all things existing on, above and beneath the surface. Today we look ahead because frankly MORE

Coffee Talk

Coffee Talk

Good Thursday to you, NewsViewers! Coffee Talk is here to help you warm up for the day, literally and conversationally. It’s been a busy week full of news to discuss, but consider freely chatting it MORE

Talk o Tuesday

Talko Tuesday: November 30, 2021

Good morning, News Viewers and Happy Tuesday! This is your Tuesday thread to talk about anything you want within reason, of course! So, have had it. Have a great day and stay safe and healthy.

Free Range Free Chat

Free Range Free Chat

Happy Monday News Viewers, a Monday also known as “Cyber Monday”, another day to “buy things I don’t need with money I don’t have to impress people I don’t like. . .” as my Dad MORE

Free Chat Friday

Free Chat Friday, Week 47

Happy Friday News Viewers — Day after Thanksgiving, and today I’m thankful that Thanksgiving is over for another year. . . .We call this “Black Friday,” a day for shopping and deals; I’m reclaiming the MORE

Coffee Talk

Turkey Talk

Happy Thanksgiving, NewsViewers! Grab your coffee and join us for this first annual holiday version of Coffee Talk. We’ll be talking turkey, if you like — perhaps with a side of potatoes and pies. White MORE