Having lived in Yachats for many years I can tell when summer is approaching even though the weather hasn’t been what you’d call summer-ish but trust me it is on its way. How do I know not being a weatherman or an omnipresent wise man? Watch the Yachatians and you too will know summer is…

When we get to Friday every week I’m excited! It’s my favorite day in that the weekend is right in front of us with a multitude of possibilities! So like a kid I get excited and today my mind takes me on a musical journey with Gloria Gaynor singing her hit “I Will Survive”. Folks…

If someone came up to you and told you to “go fly a Kite” you might wonder if it was in jest or were they telling you to get lost. Or perhaps they just meant for you to ask them why? At any rate in Yachats you’re going to be hearing “Go Fly A Kite”…

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…