For me there is nothing finer than a beautiful sunny day in May when I can sit outside and people watch! Since I live by two stores and a church there is always a lot of people action. A year ago thanks to Covid there wasn’t as much activity but today it’s back. When I’m…
A View From Here
What A Trip
Recently I took a trip. No I’m not talking about a trip to an exotic destination, just a simple trip from Waldport to Portland and back. Although I’ve taken the same trip many times before, this last time I noticed things I’ve seen but not paid attention to before! Taking Hwy 20 East from Newport…
Presidents Day
Presidents day always makes me smile! Seems like we can’t decide which President to honor so we’ve just lumped them all together and you get to decide which one to honor! These days that could be scary, choose the wrong President and someone is going to be mad at you! However it’s a national holiday…
A New Deal
Is it time for a new car or truck? I’m sure many would say “yes” but with many out of work due to Covid it might be hard to pull off. However, I have two neighbors who just bought a new truck and new car. Amazing part of their purchases was that both vehicles were…
Pick Up Some New Skills
In this crazy time folks have come up with some interesting ways to pass time and at the same time pick up some new skills. For example I heard actor George Clooney tell how one of his new and favorite hobbies is sewing! The most common thing I hear from folks is how they have…
Living on Another Planet
It’s getting interesting! If anyone tells you things are boring these days they must have been living on another planet. The Super Bowl for the championship in professional football is in two weeks featuring the Tampa Bay Buccaneers VS the Kansas City Chiefs, we have a new President, there is a Covid Pandemic going on,…
And Then There Were Four
And then there were four. Four good football teams that are trying to get to The Super Bowl. The pinnacle of professional sports. If you win The Super Bowl you are the best professional football team of that year. However, there is more than just football to the cities that are represented this year. Kansas…
Surprises
Sometimes things can take on an importance which surprises us. Often the surprise is great, other times it’s not so great. This past week we saw two things that were surprises, one good, one bad, yet both evoked strong emotions. One was political and the other was entertaining. Of course the biggest surprise was the…
Still the Same
Here we go into 2021. Well, so far it’s not much different than 2020. I still get bills in the mail, buy gas for the car, and rent is still the same! The only difference I’ve noticed is having to write the new date on the checks I write. Seriously though, 2021 is a year…
The 2020 PAC 12 Champions
Congratulations to the University of Oregon’s football team on becoming the 2020 PAC 12 Champions with their victory over The University of Southern California. Of course there will be some folks that say that the U of O backed into the finals because The University of Washington couldn’t field a team because of Covid-19 but…