May is Mental Health Awareness month, which is very timely considering the added stress, anxiety and uncertainty caused by COVID-19. Generally speaking, stress isn’t all bad. It drives us to perform well…
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Rep. Gomberg Gives Summary of Unemployment Issues, Working Toward Re-Opening, More Economic Relief Options
OIOpublisher Weekly Coronavirus Update: May 1, 2020 By Representative David Gomberg, House District 10 For weeks I have been talking to the Governor’s office and agencies about our situation here in HD…
GAM WEATHER: TILLAMOOK AREA FORECAST – Tuesday April 28th through Sunday May 3rd
By Gordon McCraw, Pacific Northwest Weather Authority April 28, 2020 08:45am A weak ridge of high pressure is giving us a dry, fair and mild day with partly sunny skies, and warmer…
Enjoying the Ocean from Home: Ocean at Home Resources from Friends of Cape Falcon Marine Reserve
We are over a month into quarantining at home due to the Covid-19 epidemic. Are you missing the sound of ocean waves crashing, the smell of the salty air, and the feel…
CALL TO ACTION: North Coast Communities for Watershed Protection Ask for Statewide Halt to Aerial Pesticide Spraying, Prescribed Burning during COVID-19 Public Health Emergency
Please write, email, or call Governor Kate Brown and ask for an immediate statewide halt to aerial pesticide spraying, and also ask her to initiate a statewide ban on prescribed burning. Concurrently…
IN GOOD HEALTH: Are You Ready For The Day After?
EDITOR’S NOTE: We have been publishing blogs from the Northwest Osteopathic Medical Foundation for several years, and this is a good one for everyone. And one of the most “frequently asked questions”…
POETRY: SPLEEPLESS NIGHT
On an April bright and Super moonlit night A Sleepless mind begins to think of a poem to write. Along the rivers, creeks and streams The glow of the moon reflects its…
WORDS OF WISDOM: Quarantined
Regeneration, rejuvenation, restoration— Yet nature unaffected — Late afternoon quiet One car on the highway, far away The one dog barks twice, then joins the status quo Birds cavorting, swirling, scouting for…
An Essential Empath
~ Lynn St. Georges dedicates this essay to all the helpers “in these times” – the grocery store workers, the gas station attendants, the restaurants, the drivers and farmers and laborers. Thank…
Introduction to Astrological Tarot Readings with Myss Moonbeam
By Myss Moonbeam What a world! What a fascinating time we live in! As an astrologer, tarot reader, and all around mystic I find myself called to serve my community in unique…