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…
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WORDS OF WISDOM: Komorebi – Take Yourself to the Forest – Just Being
OIOpublisher 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,…
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…
WORDS OF WISDOM: The Kindness of Others
By Neal Lemery “Every time you do a good deed, you shine the light a little farther into the dark,” — Charles DeLint. My world recently brightened up, all due to the…
WORDS OF WISDOM: Searching for Truth
By Neal Lemery I keep learning the important lessons of life, again and again. My guardian angel must think I’m a difficult student–certainly a stubborn one. A recent news story caught my…
BOOK REVIEW: The Serviceberry – Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World by Robin Wall Kimmerer
By Neal Lemery This brand new book is a delightful and fresh look at our relationship with nature and with ourselves. It explores the idea of a gift economy, rather that the…
WORDS OF WISDOM: Finding Some “Me Time”
By Neal Lemery November seems to have moved in like the frenzied autumn storm of a few nights ago, foreshadowing the arrival of the season. The days and weeks this past month…
WORDS OF WISDOM: Why I Vote (And Why YOU Should, too!)
By Neal Lemery I like to think that what is important to me gets listened to, and maybe is even seen as having some social value. Voting is a big part of…