By Neal Lemery November 11, 2018 World War I, the “Great War”, the “War to End All Wars”, ended one hundred years ago today. That day, my grandfather was a prisoner of…
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The Littoral Life: Halloween Habeas Corpus
OIOpublisher By Dan Haag As a kid, I loved Halloween for all the obvious reasons: candy, costumes, debilitating sugar hangover, etc. As I hovered in that awkward age between goofy kid and…
The Littoral Life: Keep saying it
By Dan Haag Nothing prepares you for getting older. One day your sleeping on Star Wars sheets and playing Freeze Tag. The next your getting AARP cards in the mail and shouting…
The Littoral Life: Out in the cold
By Dan Haag If you read this column for marriage or health advice – and really, why wouldn’t you? – than you’re in for a treat. This week’s missive tackles these conjoined…
The Littoral Life: Our Beating Heart
By Dan Haag If you live and work here, I don’t have to tell you how busy this summer has been. The usual summer hordes were augmented by day-trippers desperately trying to…
View From Here: Finding Love
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Tillamook County Pioneer will be publishing regular guest commentary about inclusion and equity. With a continuing discussion string on the Pioneer’s Facebook page about current immigration policy, this is…
The View From Here: Why Love?
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Tillamook County Pioneer will be publishing regular guest commentary about inclusion and equity. With a continuing discussion string on the Pioneer’s Facebook page about current immigration policy, this is…
The Littoral Life: Go Fourth!
By Dan Haag It’s just before 5 am and I’m not sure what to write about for this particular column. I usually mine the rich tapestry that is my life for stories,…
The Littoral Life: Dad
By Dan Haag I wasn’t a very bright teenager. I’m not talking about academics, just common sense. Basically I would eat, jump off of, or light fire to anything anyone dared me…
The Littoral Life: It’s a small world after all
By Dan Haag One of the best things about my job at the Manzanita Visitors Center are the people I get to interact with from around the country and all points of…