By Neal Lemery The weeks before Spring, before the world comes fully awake from its winter slumber, and bursts forth with flowers and growth and new hope for a bright and joyous…
Category: Guest Column
Changing My Attitude
By Neal Lemery A friend recently asked me how can we change, how can we transform ourselves from who we are, into something that is less of what we don’t like about…
The Littoral Life: Progress report
By Dan Haag The other day, my calendar told me it was my birthday. I’d inched another year precariously closer to 50. I thought I’d be grumpy and spend the day imploring…
Thoughts On Creativity
By Neal Lemery (February 13, 2019) “Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn’t really do it, they…
My Adventures with Ed Roberts: Outside the Iron Lung Building a Stronger Community through Our Stories – North Coast Stronger Together Series- Feb. 20th
Join us for the inaugural event of Building a Stronger Community through Our Stories – North Coast Stronger Together Series – hear from a local icon, Victoria Stoppiello about a national activist,…
A Day of Kindness
by Neal Lemery I had a big dose of soul medicine and human kindness last week. The experience restored my faith in humanity and the power of unconditional love. I saw my…
Exploring Toxic Masculinity
by Neal Lemery What is it to be a man in these times? There are a lot of mixed messages, and outright confusing and contradictory “principles” and models for behavior. It is…
The Littoral Life: A senior moment
By Dan Haag I was dreading the arrival of 2019 for a very specific reason. It wasn’t for the fact that I’d have to yet again admit defeat in the face of…
Sheriff Sees the Library as a Vital Community Resource Benefitting Law Enforcement
Editor’s Note: This article appeared in the Tillamook County Library’s Winter 2019 newsletter, and reprinted here because of the important message. We will be highlight the many valuable services that the Tillamook…
Passing On
—Neal Lemery 1/9/2019 They say life’s a journey and time moves on And lives end and now you are gone. When someone goes, it’s never on my schedule And I can mourn,…
