By Chris Wagner In the previous essay, I introduced ‘The Four Agreements’ and took a look at the first one, Be Impeccable With Your Word which focuses on communication and the power…
Category: Op-Ed
The Littoral Life: We’ll Always Have Summerland Key
OIOpublisher By Dan Haag “I’m moving to the Florida Keys,” I said out of nowhere. My roommate shrugged and turned up the volume on the television. “Leave me the rent,” he said….
Heading back to school
By Justin Aufdermauer, Executive Director It was American author Napoleon Hill who once said “the mind becomes withered, stagnant, narrow and closed unless it searches for new ideas.”The same can be said…
LETTER TO EDITOR: Serious Situation in East Beaver Creek Valley
Dear Editor, Thank you for your ODF’s fire danger alerts. It is a serious situation and one which I hope people will take seriously and act accordingly. We have a, potentially, dangerous…
THINKING THINGS THROUGH: Revisiting the Four Agreements
By Chris Wagner “As children, we didn’t have the opportunity to choose our beliefs, but we agreed with the information that was passed to us from the dream of the planet to…
The Littoral Life: Summer, Bloody Summer
By Dan Haag Labor Day marks the symbolic end of the summer season as children head back to school. It’s a mixed bag of emotions for kids as they reflect on the…
The Littoral Life: Living in a post eclipse-alyptic world
By Dan Haag Just like that, it was over. The Great Eclipse of 2017 came and went like gifts under the Christmas tree: months of anxious build-up and fevered anticipation, followed by…
“Ode to Eclipse” — DDD & SEH
by Virginia Prowell (8-9-2017) Two years ago, I wrote a poem about the Calendar Family, referring to August as the step child, because nothing of importance happens in August. Now…
The Littoral Life: Say Anything
By Dan Haag I was born and raised in the heart of the Midwest, a small town combining the musings of Garrison Kellior and the paintings of Norman Rockwell: Boy Scouts, parades,…
Letter to Editor: MANZANITA MAYOR’S RESPONSE TO PROPOSED RECALL
August 17, 2017 The registered voters of Manzanita yesterday received a two-page letter from Richard Mastenik explaining why he wants to recall me and three other members of the Manzanita city council….