“I’m outta here.” “Come in, I’ll be right out” I stepped into the motel room. A bed covered with clothes and gym bags took up a lot of space. There was also was a closet, a couple of chairs, a small table holding a lamp and phone, and a beat up dresser drawer mirror combo…
Rick Schultze
On the Road
I’ll be up before the sun. A very still time of morning with the only noise being the booming of the surf except when the wind is kicking up. Then the trees will be talking. Downtown Yachats is quiet this time a day except for Robin Kingsbury who has been baking her fresh daily supply…
The Calm Before the Storm
The taxes have been filed, and for those with kids, the last leg of the school year is in full swing, so people are gearing up for their summer getaways. In Yachats where I live summertime is tourist season or as I like to call it “visitor time” and things change around here from the…
Here’s to all the volunteers
Here’s to all the volunteers! While we continue to get bombarded by blasts from the highly visible Presidential hopefuls and the TV screens show horrific pictures from war ravaged parts of the world and showing in Texas busloads of children being shuttled from shelter to shelter in a highly controversial case involving the state versus…
Bridging Rainbows
Bridging Rainbow’s On July 30th 1970 in a horse pasture just above Dairy Road on the slopes of Haleakala, the volcano the makes up 75% of the island of Maui, Hawaii Jimi Hendrix played a free concert which became known as “The Rainbow Bridge Concert”. A film of the concert was directed by Chuck Wein…
Battleships and Skateboards
Aircraft Carriers and Skate Boards There was a big move in my life recently, my girlfriends’ daughter and 15 year old Grandson Frankie moved from Portland and leased an apartment in the village we live in. The daughter has a new job at a resort and Frankie is starting at a new high school. It’s…
Sunsine
Blinded by The Light I know this might sound odd but today as I sit pondering my next column I find myself at odds with the Magnificent Sun which has seldom been seen in the area recently. Here on the coast it’s been cold, damp, and generally uncomfortable for the last couple of months and…
Who Wins?
Okay, who will be the winner? Well if that isn’t a wide open question I don’t know what is. I mean who is going to win what? The NCAA college basketball tournament? The Major League baseball season? The hundred yard dash in the upcoming Olympics to be held in a heavily polluted and human rights…
Becoming Hip
Hipper Becoming Hip! hipGetting all the tests and paperwork in order before my hip surgery had taken its toll since I have very little patience when it comes to making phone calls and playing phone tag. However, that turned out to be a blessing in disguise because the night before surgery I was too worn…
Hold on I’m Coming
Hold on I’m coming was what the storm of December 2007 was saying and people were listening. All the weather services and media predicted a big one triggering memories of the famous Columbus Day storm of 1962 and the winds and flooding of 1995/6. So as the timeline approached the word “hunker down” became appropriate….