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…
Category: Words of Wisdom
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…
WORDS OF WISDOM: Looking at the Content of My Character
By Neal Lemery Almost seventy years ago, I remember watching soldiers on our grainy black and white television, escorting kids my age into a school. I asked my mom why the soldiers…
WORDS OF WISDOM: Taking a Breath
By Neal Lemery This week has been full of projects, and I’m finding myself moving from one to the other, barely getting some things done and starting something else that needs to…
WORDS OF WISDOM: Ready for the “New Year”
By Neal Lemery I’m one to change the calendar. Midwinter never seemed the right time to start off a new year and declare new goals and aspirations. The gray and cool weather…
