EDITOR’S NOTE: The times right now are a lot for everyone, and I’m especially blessed with a tribe that “checks-in” to make sure I’m handling it all well. Neal Lemery sent along…
Category: Words of Wisdom
WORDS OF WISDOM: A Few Lessons in Compassion and Caretaking
By Neal Lemery This week, life gave me some perspectives of my role in community building and healing. It was time for me to be in school, and to get reacquainted with…
WORDS OF WISDOM: From Catastrophe to Opportunity
By Neal Lemery Often, a disaster turns into a positive asset, and life improves, comes into focus, and good things emerge from the gray somber atmosphere of disaster. Such change comes unexpectedly….
TILLAMOOK COAST VISITORS ASSOCIATION: Annual Tourism Industry Awards Presented Feb. 21st; New Videos Debut
By Neal Lemery Ten local organizations engaged in the tourism industry were honored at the annual tourism awards banquet February 21, 2025 at the Tillamook County Creamery Association’s Red Barn, attended by…
WORDS OF WISDOM: Taking Time Off – Is it a Radical Idea or a Necessity?
By Neal Lemery “Almost everything will work if you unplug it for a few minute…including you.” – Anne Lamott I needed to follow that advice last week, as I realized I was…
WORDS OF WISDOM: Sequoia Facilitator
By Neal Lemery Planting trees has always been one of my favorite things to do. I was probably three or four when my family took me out to plant trees. We had…
WORDS OF WISDOM: Komorebi – Take Yourself to the Forest – Just Being
By Neal Lemery Komorebi: The interplay of light and leaves as the sun shines through the trees. Into this place, this space Open to light, streaming, flowing Straight light, angled, shaded, scattered…
WORDS OF WISDOM: Making Things Better
By Neal Lemery I’ve always heard that we are here to make things better. That is our ultimate purpose, and that we do that work with love, compassion, and focus. Whatever else…
WORDS OF WISDOM: Sourdough Times
By Neal Lemery It was time to get back to something basic, something that I could feel, touch, connect with on a gut level. Remembering the good times as a kid, with…
WORDS OF WISDOM: Leading with Integrity
By Neal Lemery, For the Pioneer This community’s latest lesson in morality and integrity has come from members of the Tillamook High School girls varsity basketball team, who expressed their views and…