One of the amazing things about Oregon and in particular The Central Oregon Coast, is the weather. As I write this it’s T-Shirt weather. Sure the rain will come soon and spend some quality time here, but today the Sun and it’s warm rays have the upper hand. When the rain does come The Central…
Football season kicks off! Whoops, University of Oregon, Oregon State and Portland State all lost their seasons opening day football games. Not the greatest way to start the season, but like they say “We’ll be ready for next week”. Well it’s now next week and how’d we do? The University of Oregon and Portland State…
Schedule is that word that really means how you manage your time. You can’t Schedule a thing unless you’ve Scheduled your time to allow you to successfully stick with the Schedule. We all have Schedules and as we go through life our Schedules change. When you are a baby people Schedule around your needs, but…
Video games and their supporting equipment and software are a Billion Dollar industry! That is amazing but when you think about it it’s very predictable. With the advent of smart phones and tablets and personal computers it was only a matter of time before people spent enormous amounts of time on their devices. While it’s…
Thoughts of Fall As it begins to get darker earlier every day and there is crispness in the air I am looking forward to the approaching of Fall. The leaves are beginning to turn colors and the towns and villages here on the Central Oregon coast seem to look even cozier than in the midst…
Your first day of school can be a preview of life to come . You are now out in the world of other people and other ideas and you’ll see many changes. It’s bound to be a big adventure and hopefully it turns out to be a great adventure. When you first start school you’re…
It’s easy to take things for granted and not to appreciate them. But sometimes that isn’t the way it works. The things you take for granted change with the situation, time, or even physical movement. Imagine if the electricity and water weren’t working. You’d be upset to say the least. We take those important parts…
Sure it’s summer and Baseball season is going full blast. But the other day I saw a neighbor and somehow the conversation turned to Football. Now this isn’t really to odd since I am a big Football fan and my neighbor is a huge fan of The Green Bay Packers. So we started talking had…
I had to go to the Portland VA facility last week and it was an eye opening experience. Since I am a veteran I rode the DAV Shuttle and we headed inland via Hwy 20. Near the top of Hwy 20 It’s beautiful looking out over the forests, peaceful, quiet. But then we hit Philomath…
One of the many choices that come with the return of Spring is a big one. What am I or we, going to do this summer? Of course Summer is a ways off. But Spring is the time to start weighing in on your options for when Summer does arrive! In fact, this morning I…