BE PART OF HISTORY! No Kings III will be the biggest protest in American history! Saturday March 28, 2026 from Noon to 2 pm. Please respect parking in all the areas; please…
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TRYING TO SEE: ACKNOWLEDGE DARKNESS, HONOR THE LIGHT – HAIKU
EDITOR’S NOTE: The haiku journey continues and the reaching deep into creativity … what art is moving you now? Spring and nature are my focus and blooms and birds fill my photo…
A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE: SAVE Our Elections?
EDITOR’S NOTE: Here’s an installment from Tillamook County’s State Representative Cyrus Javadi’s Substack blog, “A Point of Personal Privilege.” Oregon legislator and local dentist, representing District 32, a focus on practical policies…
Everything YOU Need to Know About Earthquakes & Tsunamis – Tsunami 101 Road Show March 31st in Manzanita
Join the Oregon Department of Emergency Management (OEM) and the Emergency Volunteer Corps of Nehalem Bay as we present Tsunami 101 on Tuesday, March 31 from 3:30 to 5:00 PM at Pine Grove Community House, 225 Laneda Avenue,…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS: Genoa Healthcare Pharmacy Opens in Tillamook
Tillamook County Community Health Centers (TCCHC) is pleased to welcome Genoa Healthcare Pharmacy (Genoa) to Tillamook County. TCCHC has partnered with Genoa to offer on-site medication services to our patients and the…
NORTH COAST COMMUNITIES FOR WATERSHED PROTECTION PRESENTS COASTAL FUTURES: The Path Forward Saturday April 18th
North Coast Communities for Watershed Protection (NCCWP) invites the North Coast community to participate in a live event, “Coastal Futures: The Path Forward,” presented by students in the Master of Landscape Architecture…
HAIKUING IN OREGON WITH CHUCK MCLAUGHLIN – SPRING Continued …
EDITOR’S NOTE: Mike Randall’s call to haiku (see link below) reminded me that Barbara McLaughlin had shared Chuck McLaughlin’s haikus at his celebration of life, and I had always wanted to enshrine…
GOODNESS NEWS: Kindness of Strangers Times Two in Tillamook
In today’s polarized world, the kindness of strangers is a welcome reminder that people are generally good and the humanity that binds us all. My family was recently on the receiving end…
HOFFMAN CENTER WONDER GARDEN: Manzanita Day Celebration March 31st
By mayoral proclamation, March 31 is Manzanita Day, a celebration of the shrub for which our town is named! Join us for this annual community event featuring a live raffle drawing and the…
BUTCH’S BLOG: Some More Good Stuff
By Butch Freedman As the world appears to crater around us, and our president drags us closer and closer to the abyss, I find myself ever more in need of escape. Here…