By Will Stone, Manzanita The councilors and the City Manager gathered around the conference table to discuss the pressing issue of how to pay for a new City Hall building. Attending via…
Category: Perspectives
Manzanita Musings: Resolutions – They Aren’t Just For the New Year Anymore! (OP/ED)
By Kim Rosenberg We are always dealing with history–our personal history, our family’s history, our nation’s history. And when it comes to the city hall in Manzanita, our town’s history. Whether or…
RANDOM BYTES: Perception
Capitalism’s greatest worry is the ease with which ignorant people become wealthy. Couple this with a government where money equals power; a supposed legal interpretation of the Constitution suggesting truth is optional;…
Rural, urban – what does and doesn’t divide us
By Cara Mico, Assistant Editor Nash, Nicholas, Adjunct Philosophy Instructor at Blue Mountain Community College, facilitated an Oregon Humanities Conversation Project in Tillamook on September 20, 2022. The conversation focused on understanding…
Exploring Toxic Masculinity
by Neal Lemery What is it to be a man in these times? There are a lot of mixed messages, and outright confusing and contradictory “principles” and models for behavior. It is…
Response to “Call to Action – Curbside Recycling”: Rethink Waste
This is in response to: tillamookcountypioneer.net/call-to-action-curbside-recycling-in-north-county/ Your attention to recycling is commendable. Unfortunately, not all recycling is equal. Commingled is recycling in name only: once different plastics are combined they are difficult…
The Gift of Sobriety
By Neal Lemery (12/24/2018) “I know my limit,” one young man kept saying, his bloodshot eyes and pale complexion seemingly at odds with his statement, as he held his energy drink, hands…
CHAKRA SYSTEM Series #7: Our Thoughts Become Things with Third Eye Chakra
By Christy Stumpf, Reiki Master, Certified Crystal & Sound Healing Practitioner, Cosmic Healing NW We are energy moving. Chakras are energy centers located within our body structure that receive and transmit energy…
CHAKRA SYSTEM Series #6: Speak the Truth with Balanced Throat Chakra
By Christy Stumpf, Reiki Master, Certified Crystal & Sound Healing Practitioner, Cosmic Healing NW We are energy moving. Chakras are energy centers located within our body structure that receive and transmit energy…
CHAKRA SYSTEM Series #5: At the Center- The Heart Chakra, All About Love
By Christy Stumpf, Reiki Master, Certified Crystal & Sound Healing Practitioner, Cosmic Healing NW We are energy, as proven by quantum physics. Chakras are energy centers located within our body structure that…