Rick Schultze

Yachats has a population of approximately 836 people give or take the season. A bit less in the winter,  a few more in the summer but nevertheless it’s a small town or village as most people refer to it.  Naturally in the summer Yachats is a popular getaway destination for many and the special summer…

Man, it’s almost noon and it’s almost as dark as night from the rain and clouds! If I wasn’t a native Oregonian I’d be packing up and heading for sunny weather! However, I ain’t going nowhere as the song goes! Nope it’s this time of year right before Spring when it gets really funky so…

From the house she could barely see the store and motel through the cloud of dust whipping across the deserted highway. She looked at the lawn covered with a fine layer of grit. It had died along with the flowers. Nothing was growing thanks to the hot wind and dust. The only color in this…

Stalling Well the official definition of Procrastination is a type of “avoidance behavior” which is characterized by “deferment of actions of tasks to a later time”. Psychologists often cite procrastination as a mechanism for “coping with the anxiety associated with starting or completing any task or decision.” Now that’s a nice way of saying procrastination…

I was getting ready to watch the University of Oregon play a Saturday afternoon football game when my phone rang. I was startled to hear the voice on the other end, it was a woman’s voice from the past, but it had been a great past! Years ago I was part of a crew that…

Ok, so I ask this every year, “When do I get my lost hour back”? I mean I set my clock ahead last night and just wonder when that hour went? I’m not really worried I just like to ask stupid questions!! Have a great day!

Dust everywhere. If anyone came down the road a trail of dust that would blow across the brown, withered lawn towards the small house. It was worse now than it used to be but to the three kids sitting on the worn out couch on the front it was always like this. They weren’t around…

I parked my rental car across the street from the small park that was surrounded by a chain link fence. Inside the enclosure the trees moved softly in the breeze, and the air was full of the sweet smell of freshly cut grass and the wildflowers climbing on the buildings where food was cooked and…

Brian and Lumpy;  Michigan Rock and Rollers!! When you’re bouncing around the country in a rock and roll band or I should say ricocheting around the county you end up in places you’ve never been before and meet people who will remain part of the memory you keep forever of your vagabond traveling days. I…

I had hardly put the leftover Halloween trick or treat candy away when I heard a commercial from one of the “big box retail” stores about a “Pre Black Friday” Christmas sale beginning Nov 2’nd! Now that’s moving the Christmas shopping season up a bit! Traditionally “Black Friday” has been the first shopping day after…