By Dan Haag Another blood-spattered street. Another incredulous family member claiming “we never saw this coming.” Another impromptu memorial fence filling up with stuffed animals, candles and balloons. It’s all too familiar,…
Category: Commentary
Letter to Editor: A Call To Action: Hate will not be tolerated
Friends, Many of you are now aware of an unfortunate event which was discovered in our community this past week. A hateful message implying killing people of color (words have been change…
Nature bats last
By Victoria Stoppiello Victoria Stoppiello is a north coast freelance writer and long-time weather watcher. You can reach her at anthonyvictoria1@gmail.com. Gaia is pissed! That’s the thought that runs through my mind…
Katrina and Cassandra
By Victoria Stoppiello Victoria Stoppiello is a free lance writer and used information from the Common Dreams News Center website in preparing this essay, which was first published in September, 2005 in…
By Extension: Just Carrying on an Old Family Tradition
By Amy Schmid, Administrative Program Specialist, & Jessica D. Linnell, PhD, Assistant Professor of Practice, Family & Community Health, OSU Extension Service, Tillamook County Not many people can say that their playpen…
THINKING THINGS THROUGH: Revisiting The Four Agreements – Part 2
By Chris Wagner In the previous essay, I introduced ‘The Four Agreements’ and took a look at the first one, Be Impeccable With Your Word which focuses on communication and the power…
The Littoral Life: We’ll Always Have Summerland Key
By Dan Haag “I’m moving to the Florida Keys,” I said out of nowhere. My roommate shrugged and turned up the volume on the television. “Leave me the rent,” he said. Not…
Heading back to school
By Justin Aufdermauer, Executive Director It was American author Napoleon Hill who once said “the mind becomes withered, stagnant, narrow and closed unless it searches for new ideas.”The same can be said…
“The Littoral Life” – A letter to Kay
By Dan Haag Dear Kay, According to the calendar, you’ve been gone for two years now. Depending on how the day’s going, it’s one of those things that can simultaneously seem so…
Thinking Things Through: Self Care – Part 2
By Chris Wagner “Self care is not self-indulgence, but it is self-preservation and that is an act of political warfare.” Audre Lorde Self care is unique for each of us. We must…