I’ve Been Thinking

Submitted By: codger817@gmail.com – Click to email about this post
(Originally printed in Tillamook County Pioneer 2-13-2024) Maybe it’s because I’m elderly myself, but I’ve been thinking a lot about the buzz about Joe Biden’s age. Trump is a week older than me and Biden is 4 years older than me. Six senators are as old and older than Biden. Konrad Adenauer was chancellor of W. Germany from 1949 until 1963 when he lost an election at the age of 87. He remained the head of his party until 1967 when he was 91. He died at the age of 92. In 2003, Germans voted him as the “Greatest German ever”. Warren Buffet is 93 and is still admired as the “Oracle of Omaha” and judging by the value of Berkshire Hathaway stock his savvy decision making prowess has not been diminished by his advanced age. I’m not sure people truly understand what the presidency is truly about. Performing the duties of the office is not a game of Jeopardy and it is not about making snappy conversation, it’s about making the right decisions and there is no extra credit for ringing in early. Quick decisions are often bad decisions. Many of the decisions I made when I was younger are now decisions I regret. I suspect the decision to invade Iraq was a quick decision. As I look back over the Biden years, it sure seems to me that he’s been making good decisions, even if he does look like he’s 81 years old. I truly believe media needlessly feeds us a steady diet of negativity because it sells advertising. I think a much more pertinent example of creeping dementia is in the other elderly candidate, who despite losing 63 of 63 lawsuits still insists he “won” the election and this weekend revealed that he just plain doesn’t understand what the NATO treaty commitment is and how limited the role of the U.S. president really is. The president does not have the power to pick and chose which obligations we chose to honor. Plus, he ignores the fact that all the NATO countries pay. His ploy of “delinquent countries” reminds me of the ”welfare queen” story that was popular in the 1980”s. Making a choice between the two is easy for me. The challenger seems to be prone to “word salad” rants that play fast and loose with facts. The incumbent has a good record and never lies to us.
As always, discussion is welcome at codger817@gmail.com

CRIMES OF THE HEART OPENS MARCH 1st! MEET THE CAST: CHRISTINE CALKINS

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CRIMES OF THE HEART OPENS MARCH 1st
Tickets at www.RiverbendPlayers.org

MEET THE CAST: Christine Calkins

This is Christine’s second performance with Riverbend Players.

She finds joy in her fitness dance classes while beach walks with her family, and their two furry companions are a favorite.

She loves combining these strolls with collecting trash and leaving the coastline a little brighter.

Christine’s passion for her community shines through at her job at 1st Security Bank in Manzanita.

CRIMES OF THE HEART:

This darkly comedic play by Beth Henley delves into the messy lives of the Magrath women, each grappling with their own “crimes of the heart.”

Under a searing Mississippi sun, the Magrath sisters’ fragile lives shatter when Babe, the youngest, shoots her philandering husband.

Summoned home, the eldest, Lenny, wrestles with small-town stagnation and dreams of escape.

Meg, the middle sister, a washed-up singer, drowns her past in whiskey, returning with secrets clinging to her like Spanish moss.

As Babe’s legal storm brews, the kitchen of their childhood home becomes a pressure cooker of buried memories and blistering truths.

Past resentments erupt, revealing the scars of their mother’s suicide and their father’s desertion.

Their eccentric cousin Chick stirs the pot, while their flamboyant lawyer Barnette offers shaky legal support and a dash of unexpected romance.

This Pulitzer Prize-winning play paints a bittersweet portrait of Southern women struggling to rise above their “crimes of the heart” and embrace the promise of a brighter future.

Tickets on sale now at www.RiverbendPlayers.org

Looking for a house/place to rent

Submitted By: curiousian@gmail.com – Click to email about this post
My wife and I are on the lookout for a long-term rental, potentially a place for sale. We have been in the area for close to 4 years (renting the same house the entire time) and recently started a business in downtown Cannon Beach.

We have a trained, kind, and loving 12-year-old golden retriever that everyone automatically falls in love with.

We are quiet, responsible (we have owned multiple houses before so we have experience with homes), handy, committed, and hoping to keep growing with the area and its community.

Our scope is broad at the moment considering the limited supply. Locations between Astoria and Nehalem, as close as possible to CB to be available for the business, are all on the table at the moment.

The ideal scenario has 2-3 bedrooms and some form of storage area.

Thank you

iMac 27

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iMac (27-inch, Late 2013)
Processor 3.5 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core 17
Memory 24 GB
3TB Fusion Hard Drive

– Wired Apple Keyboard
– Wireless Apple Magic Trackpad (battery powered)

Everything works well & is in great condition.
Located in Manzanita.

$60 venmo, zelle, and cash accepted.

email, thanks!

Self Care for ALL – February discounted sessions at Cosmic Healing NW

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Hello BBQ Community-
Happy LOVE Day! It’s also World Sound Healing Day!!!!
It seems like a good day to remind you that I’m offering 10% off all 60 minute RISE sessions in February, for any client who refers a friend! Your friend will also receive 10% off of their first visit! This discount will also apply to any new client who schedules within the month of February, without a referral. YAY! Self Care for ALL! Share the LOVE
(RISE Sessions include but are not limited to Reiki, Crystal, and Sound therapy for deep energetic healing and nervous system resets – non transferable, not redeemable for cash)

Blessings of Health and Wellness to you!!

Cosmic Healing NW
35840 7th St (inside Rising Hearts Studio)
Nehalem, OR 97131
(503) 800-1092
Christy@cosmichealingnw.com
www.cosmichealingnw.com

Nehalem Bay Garden Club meeting Tuesday Feb 27 features Ketzel Levine

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The next Nehalem Bay Garden Club meeting on February 27th at 1:30 features a local favorite speaker.

Ketzel Levine will present “Strategies for Thirsty Plants: Some Just Gotta Go” After six years as director of the Hoffman’s Wonder Garden, Ketzel is ready to trade in quite a few beloved but thirsty plants for those that have particular super powers: a tolerance for winter wet and summer dry. Her presentation will offer us a look at what’s in and what’s out this coming year in the Wonder Garden.

All are welcome. The meeting is held at the Calvary Bible Church across from the library in Manzanita.

Light refreshments served.

Anyone wishing to become a member can do so by paying the annual $10 dues. It is not necessary to be a member to participate in Garden Club meetings and activities.

Tevis and Ukraine

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I read through the article by David Stockman (former Reagan director of OMB) Tevis flagged. It’s hard not to agree with some of Stockman’s points. Why should we care about a Ukraine that isn’t totally ethnic Ukranian?

Here’s a timelapse animation of European borders from 400 BCE to the present: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1i1e6h. And just for context, modern Russia has over 190 ethnic groups.

It seems a bit specious to say that borders have all that much relevance to the U.S. supporting Ukraine at this moment in history.

The main reason we have an obligation to Ukraine is that we guaranteed them a security umbrella if, after the dissolution of the USSR, they would give up and destroy the nuclear weapons remaining on their territory. They agreed and the weapons were gone by 1996. Note that Ukraine was the heart of the Soviet aerospace sector. Nukes and aerospace are never a good mix. Here’s a short history from Brookings: www.brookings.edu/articles/the-trilateral-process-the-united-states-ukraine-russia-and-nuclear-weapons/

Lastly, during Vladimir Putin’s recent “interview” with Tucker Carlson, Putin mentioned Poland 30 times and capped off his remarks by accusing that country of forcing Nazi Germany to invade Poland. Are we going to be soon saying that we should not help defend Poland because its borders fluctuated and even periodically disappeared in the last 1000 years?

Just for bonus points, you can read through the Wikipedia articles on the First and Second Chechen Wars. These wars became the model for how Russia would conduct future wars in Syria, Mariupol, and now throughout Ukraine.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Chechen_War
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Chechen_War

Gene Dieken

Testimony In Support Of Recreational Immunity

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The OR Senate Judiciary Committee had a reading of SB-1576 on Monday, 2/12. The bill would offer a temporary fix to recreational immunity until a permanent fix can be done in 2025.

If you’d like to support this bill, you can still submit written testimony in support of the recreational immunity amendment before 1 pm on Wednesday, 2/14.

The Senate Judiciary Committee has a work session scheduled on SB 1576 on Wednesday at 1 pm. They will not be hearing further testimony during the work session.

Make your voice heard on this important issue by using the link below to submit your testimony.

olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Testimony/SJUD/SB/1576/2024-02-12-13-00?area=Measures

Summer Safari to Africa

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Jambo! (the Swahili greeting)

I’m leading a 12-day private safari to Kenya this August. I have 2 seats (maybe 3) still available.

If you are interested in a vacation unlike other trips you have taken, please contact me. I’m happy to talk with you or meet with you to discuss itinerary pricing (less than most packaged tours right now) and what you need to know about traveling to Africa.

Demand is extraordinarily high this year so call me soon at 503-313-9263 if you are interested in learning more.

Community Dance this Thursdays 2.15

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Community Dance this Thursday 2.15
Theme is: Healthy Growth
Early portion will include movements from Dancing For Birth™classes then will shift into free flow ecstatic dance for the remainder.
Led by Libby Golden at Golden Key Wellness

At the White Clover Grange, HWY 53 Nehalem
6:30pm-8 (doors open at 6:00 for set up/warmup)

We’ll enjoy connecting with our creative centers, listening to our needs, desires and nourishing healthy growth from there.

This is a healing dance and movement experience where you are encouraged to dance and enjoy the event however you’d like with an intention of connecting deeper to yourself and exploring movement without words.
It’s an open space to play, celebrate life and community, practice embodiment modalities, enjoy world rhythmic music, process emotions, connect with others, and ultimately be nourished by the experience on a physical, emotional, energetic, and spiritual level. No dance experience necessary

$10 or sliding scale of $5 if you need, $15 if you can. (Kids dance for free!)
Work trades are available, be in touch.

Hope to see you on the dance floor!

Lee Blackmon Memorial on February 19th

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Please join us on Monday, February 19th at the Nehalem Elementary School Gym as we remember Lee and his life of service.

Nehalem Elementary School Gym
36300 8th Street
Nehalem, OR 97131

10:00 am – 12:00 pm

There will be donations accepted on behalf of all of Lee’s favorite charities, so feel free to bring along (if you can):

– Photo of Lee or a pet he helped you to rescue to leave on the memory wall

– Donations of food, warm clothes, pet food, toys

– Money for the donation boxes of his favorite charities

It is also Lee’s birthday, so we will be celebrating that as well.

Dems Pass Ceasefire Rez #2

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Last week, after a bit of a raucous night here in Wheeler (The City Formerly Known as Tweakerville, maybe?? if we get our shit together??) I posted on this site in the For Rent section, and then I was publicly asked a question on this here portion of the forum, and I of course felt obliged to reply. I am definitely looking for rentals on Craigslist next time.

So, hopefully, once again, this will be my last post on BBQ.

Anyway, I was thinking…oh wait a minute…I hear something…what’s that sound?? Oh! It’s a collective sigh of relief coming across the bay from Wokezanita. I though it was a flock of Canada geese taking off because an American Bald Eagle was circling overhead.

(Just playing with some creative imagery…it’s not a threat….jeez, how did ya’ll get so fragile over there?)

This past Thanksgiving I was casually checking email before going to a friend’s house for dinner. And I see an email with the headline “I am grateful for you!” and I’m like ‘awwww…’ and it felt kinda good, you know? And then I look at the sender’s name and it reads “Candace” and I’m like “Who the hell is that?” And I linger on the name for a sec, it’s kind of familiar, and then it clicks: “Oh! It’s the arcade-token scandal lady! What the hell is she emailing me for?” And it’s a personal email, to me, and it’s kinda short and dopey and she starts thanking me for helping her and I’m like “what the hell is this lady talking about?” I’m totally confused. So I stop for sec to think about it.

Here’s what happened:

Last spring or whatever a local guy posted sh*t about me on a local Facebook page or something, and I took to this here forum to reply, because while I don’t do social media, I knew that a lot of his friends use this site.

And then I was on here for a few weeks or whatever making so many of you so happy.

It was election season then, and I was reading some of the local election stuff just for fun (I don’t pay attention to local politics, I’m into geopolitics) and I’m kinda giggling and laughing a bit to myself, at the small town comedy of it all, and then I see this one post from a candidate (Candace) where she is blatantly speaking about her intent to violate election law, and I’m still laughing and thinking, in a friendly way, ‘what a bunch of clowns!’. So I come up with a dead-pan post (I’m laughing my ass-off inside) and titled it – I think – “The NCRD race and the arcade-token scandal”, and smiled as I set it off. Funny, right?

Later, I heard Candace lost that race, a race for a sorta-meaningless functionary position on the NCRD board, because not enough Democrats had enough confidence in her for that job and she was not well-liked. Erin somebody won I think.

So let me get this straight, clown world, ya’ll then elected Candace to be Chair of the Tillamook County Democrats???? Haha! (Sorry, but I’m doing that ‘LOLing’ or whatever the kids call it these days.)

After I sent the dead-pan post, a friend who was following the race said ‘you should have let her commit the offense, then she would have been knocked out of the race and maybe politics forever.’ And I replied, ‘Don’t worry bro, she’ll never win, she’s a total blah ditty blah blah.’ And I won’t translate blah ditty blah blah because then I will sound mean.

And I am not a mean person Candace, and I want to help. And in that light, in the interest of your career, I would suggest that you don’t send me any more emails. Keep sending them if you want, send as many as you want, just sayin….

And I’m glad I didn’t knock her out of the race with the arcade-token scandal, because that law is designed to combat major grift in and of itself, and that’s not what this was, it was just stupidity and incompetence. We shouldn’t elect folks based on their race, sex, gender, or the ‘D’ or ‘R’ or ‘I’ next to their name, etc., we should elect them based on their ideas and competency. And that leads me to…ahem, Republicans? You couldn’t find anybody to beat this lady? That does not bode well for your party or the people of Tillamook county.

But I don’t know who you ran, maybe it was the drunk guy from the fair.

And now the Tillmook County Democrats have presented to us their “Gaza Resolution”. Haha! (It’s that LOL thing again.)

First of all, nobody in Tillamook County, AT ALL, cares what the five of you think about Gaza. AT ALL. You are here (supposedly) to serve the people of Tillamook County, not Palestine.

If you want to do something for the people of Palestine, you should do that on your own dime and on your own time, and there is a place to do that. Every Saturday, when it’s not raining, folks gather at the intersection of Laneda Avenue in Manzanita and the intersection of Hwy 101 to protest “The Current Thing.” You can bring your signs and your pronouns and your smiles and wave to all the cars and take pictures to post on your virtue-signaling Facebook pages.

A Gaza resolution! Haha!

NEWSFLASH!

YOU’RE NOT THE STATE DEPARTMENT

(But it woulda been fun to have been a fly on the wall during that meeting, and watch ya’ll take yourselves all seriously and sh*t while drafting your Gaza resolution! Watch ya’ll play State Department like children play house. Hahahahahaha! Yeah, that woulda been some good comedy!)

REMINDER: YOU’RE SUPPOSED TO BE IN THOSE POSITIONS TO HELP THE PEOPLE OF TILLAMOOK COUNTY, NOT PALESTINE

Furthermore, your beloved Bomb’s-Away-Biden’s war-pigs, whom you ALL voted for, will NEVER hear about your resolution, nor would they give a sh*t about it if they did.

A great way for ya’ll to help Tillamook County, and the rest of the world, would be to draft a resolution asking Governor Kotek to send the Oregon National Guard (people who care about America and Oregon) to help out at our Southern Border. Not to help Homeland Security process them, but to keep them out and to keep the all the liquid heroin and sh*t out. We used to be pretty good at that. Our country has legal immigration, and of course, everyone in the world is welcome to apply for asylum, legally.

I kinda have no opinion on Governor Kotek, she doesn’t come across my radar much. Seems kinda quiet, keeps her cards close. Probably a good idea when you’re riding a dragon.

But if Governor Kotek were to send our National Guard to help at the border…whoa…I don’t know, she might just go down as the 2nd best governor in Oregon history. The first best, and ask any DEMOCRAT in Salem, was REPUBLICAN governor Mark Hatfield. (I don’t see a Mark Hatfield anywhere in the current Republican crop, just sayin that the letter next to a politician’s name shouldn’t mean all that much. Ideas and competency, remember?)

Gaza Gaza Gaza Gaza Gaza Gaza Gaza

Why is Gaza so trendy every few years?

And how come Lebanon, Yemen, Syria and Iran aren’t in your resolution, Tillamook County Democrats? Like it’s okay for you democrats to murder Muslims in those countries? It’s okay for you to destroy those Muslim lives, but not those in Gaza? (This is when the clown show isn’t so funny.)

And of course, there is nothing about Ukraine in your resolution of ‘global importance’, because deep down you all know what you did to those people in that country. 110-billion dollars murdering those people and destroying their lives, woulda been $300,000,000 for EACH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT in America. Shame on you all for that. Now I’m starting to get angry. Gonna take a break.

Continuing…

When I was a freshman at a satellite branch of the University of Connecticut, two hours north of NYC, I drove into town for a 10th anniversary memorial of John Lennon’s death. It was something to do, for fun, and a kind-of historic event, you know? There wasn’t too much happening when I was there, early in the afternoon, maybe fifty people, mulling about and placing flowers on the sidewalk outside the brownstone where John bled to death, after the CIA had him shot. A few dozen people were across the street at “Strawberry Fields”, a tiny chunk of Central Park that the City of New York turned into a memorial, some were playing guitars, etc. It was cool, I didn’t stay too long.

And that makes me think of his song, ‘Imagine’, and the part about no borders. That’s a great notion, I get it, but in reality, ‘no borders’ DOES NOT WORK. We can see this with the drugs and violence and the terrorist hit teams that are stateside, in place for their Hamas-style attacks, just waiting to see what you Woketard Dems do their friends and family back home in Iran, Lebanon, Syria, and Yemen. Or maybe its too late; we’ve been murdering so many of those people over there for so long and have been destroying so many of their lives, it may be too late. I don’t know. But the hit teams are here, lots of them. We don’t have a southern border, people over the world know that of course, and some of them out there are real pissed at America. We need a border, duh. Like, super duh.

Anyway, John’s song ‘Imagine’ is a dream, and it had it’s place it time, for sure. But in my view, the song below is not only more peaceful and loving than John’s song, it embodies more potential for cooperation than his did; it has the potential to bridge more divides than Lennon’s ‘Imagine’. It is an incredibly powerful song.

Plus, Kid Rock ALWAYS cracks me up!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyFnLqJx-uU

And this is one of my all-time favorite documentaries, seriously. The way she constructed it, how it flows, etc., super-impressive from a director standpoint. Plus, this is why we destroyed downtown Portland, remember? George Floyd? Billions of dollars of damage done, the downtown cop shop is STILL barricaded like a war zone, most former businesses are gone. Downtown has yet to come back.

Anyway, this doc is outstanding:

rumble.com/v3wz426-fall-of-minneap-olis.html

Like I said, last week I was watching a movie in bed (that I bought at the Hope Chest for a dollar! Score!), then was rousted, and then all this BBQ sh*t happened.

All the dude wanted was to watch his dvd.

🙂

Andy

BONUS!

V for Victory! V for Vendetta!

www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/san-francisco-waymo-arson-sparks-fresh-debate-self-driving-cars-2024-02-13/

This will never happen in Wokeland, do you know why? Because soon the antifa punks are going to figure out how badly the tech-whore Dems have ruined their lives, and the tech pigs know this, and they also know that antifa would burn every robo taxi to the ground. The Dems now this too. And the Dems also know that those Antifa punks, once they figure out how much ya’ll have lied to them and fucked up their lives, are gonna be real pissed, and they are serious shit, like they would scale the new downtown Ritz Carlton (gross) with ropes and roust George Soros and D.A. Mike Schmidt from a penthouse meeting, or something like that. (We’ve all seen that 30-foot banner hanging on the side of Dante’s asking Portlanders to make sure Schmidt doesn’t get reelected.) Don’t fuck with antifa, trust me, you want them on your side. And they’ll figure it out soon enough, and they are. Furthermore, there has been droid delivery in Arizona and D.C. for several years. Wokeland seems perfect for droid delivery, right? Wrong. Do you know why there isn’t droid delivery in Wokeland despite the tens of millions of dollars the city has spent on ‘bike’ lanes (actually purposed for droid delivery)? There is no droid delivery in Wokeland because of tweakers and
Antifa, but mostly Antifa. Trust me.

And just for fun!!!!!!!!!!!

Other than the fact they they filled their local fishing hole with lead, it’s great!

LIKE SUPER FUN!!!!!!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KnAzpi4avo

Self Care Community Wellness Event- February 16th, 6:30 PM at Rising Hearts Studio

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Hello BBQ Community-

Community Acupuncture- Singing Bowls – Grounding Tea

Please join Megan Lucas LAc and Certified Sound Healer Christy Kay for a special February Self Care/Self Love Community Wellness Event at Rising Hearts Studio, Friday February 16th, 6:30 PM – enjoy community acupuncture, while bathing in the sounds of healing singing bowls, with grounding tea offering to follow. Leave feeling calm, refreshed and renewed.

$50/person
Space limited- registration required app.acuityscheduling.com/schedule.php?owner=20787704&appointmentType=58532489

Meet your practitioners:
Megan Lucas, LAc, MAOM. NADA certified.
A licensed acupuncturist, Megan feels grateful to live on the north coast with her family. As a practitioner, she aims to help patients to improve their lives through deepening their relationship to their health through encouraging lifestyle changes. She offers acupuncture, bodywork, shiatsu, breathwork and recommendations on diet, movement, and herbal medicine. Her treatments focus on
the goals of the patient and the connection to their healing journey. As someone who has gone through intense illness and trauma, she understands the challenges people may face in their healing
journey.
She enjoys hiking, foraging, hunting, fly-fishing, writing, floating the river or collecting wild herbs for salves and tinctures, often alone and often with her family. She continues to work toward being a
beacon of light for others so they may more easily navigate the storm of life, and is looking for new opportunities to reach the community to offer services.

Christy Kay is a Vibrational Medicine Practitioner who lives on the North Oregon Coast. She has been studying health and wellness most of her life, in an effort to overcome chronic illness, including several autoimmune diagnoses. After a serious car accident over 10 years ago, she found herself with a traumatic brain injury, a broken back, and PTSD. With training and certifications in over a dozen healing modalities, she found the greatest relief through Energy Medicine. Sometimes it is hard to become unstuck. Using an array of energetic practices, her passion and gifts lie in facilitating healing on a deep energetic level for clients who want deeper peace, health, and wellness in their lives. When energetic flow is brought back into balance, we are more able to move forward and step into our Divine Self. Christy knows that healing the whole person, in all realms, will create more happy, vibrant souls who will create a better, more peaceful world. She has a private healing practice, Cosmic Healing NW, working one on one with clients since 2017. She opened Rising Hearts Studio in 2020 to be able to offer healing arts events to her community.
Christy is a Reiki Master/Teacher, Certified Sound Healer, Certified Crystal Therapy Practitioner, Registered Holistic Health Practitioner, and Registered Metaphysician who blends a large array of healing modalities together to help you truly heal!
Visit www.cosmichealingnw.com for more info on Christy Kay

Please join us for this Healing Community Event!

Pacific Pawns and Knights Chess Club Dates!

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Chess club will meet on the following Sundays at the Pine Grove from 4-6pm. Mark your calendars.
Feb. 18th (This Sunday)
March 17th
April 14th
From experienced to beginners, so far we have had a range of community members join us. Find your match and come play some chess!

CRIMES OF THE HEART OPENS MARCH 1st! MEET THE CAST: MARISA HACKMAN AS BABE BOTRELL

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CRIMES OF THE HEART OPENS MARCH 1st
Tickets at www.RiverbendPlayers.org

MEET THE CAST: Marisa Hackman

From classroom compassion to stage lights, Marisa’s a bright star on the rise.

This theater enthusiast (since childhood) channels her creative spark as a Special Ed TA but also paints vivid worlds, writes melodies that sing, and finds peace under starry skies while camping.

Special thanks to her boyfriend Russell, who cheers her on as she makes her Riverbend Players debut.

CRIMES OF THE HEART:

This darkly comedic play by Beth Henley delves into the messy lives of the Magrath women, each grappling with their own “crimes of the heart.”

Under a searing Mississippi sun, the Magrath sisters’ fragile lives shatter when Babe, the youngest, shoots her philandering husband.

Summoned home, the eldest, Lenny, wrestles with small-town stagnation and dreams of escape.

Meg, the middle sister, a washed-up singer, drowns her past in whiskey, returning with secrets clinging to her like Spanish moss.

As Babe’s legal storm brews, the kitchen of their childhood home becomes a pressure cooker of buried memories and blistering truths.

Past resentments erupt, revealing the scars of their mother’s suicide and their father’s desertion.

Their eccentric cousin Chick stirs the pot, while their flamboyant lawyer Barnette offers shaky legal support and a dash of unexpected romance.

This Pulitzer Prize-winning play paints a bittersweet portrait of Southern women struggling to rise above their “crimes of the heart” and embrace the promise of a brighter future.

Tickets on sale now at www.RiverbendPlayers.org

Ash Wednesday and Lenten Soup Supper gatherings

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Lent is a wonderful opportunity to go deeper; to look at what aspects of our lives are not serving us or those we love. It’s a time to let some things go, change some habits, and cultivate love where it feels weak or absent.

It’s a lovely thing to do this IN COMMUNITY with others who are also choosing to go deeper.
Saint Catherine’s begins the season of Lent with an Ash Wednesday Service (half hour with imposition of ashes), which begins at 12 noon on February 14th.

Then, we will gather every Thursday at 5pm until Easter, for Soup Suppers to share the lenten journey together with soup, reflection, conversation, prayer and support for the changes we want to bring to our lives and relationships, with God’s help and grace.
All are welcome.

Love, Dye, Felt and Sweat-Crafty Spa Day this Saturday

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Calling all my Crafty Dragons!

Last Friday’s new moon opened the Dragon’s Gate.

Hold onto your hat- it’s gonna be a wild ride.

Speaking of hats…. did you know there’s a 3 day weekend coming up?

This Saturday (Feb. 17th) North Fork 53’s hosting our first art workshop of 2024.

And because Dragons requires fresh fashion and style- this one is going to be all about color and creativity.

I hope you can make it!

Grab your spot at the link below:
www.northfork53.com/events/what-color-is-love

The very talented artist and teacher- Iris Sullivan Daire is coming down from Astoria to teach us how to add color and texture to wool.

She’s bringing steaming kettles of her beautiful plant based dyes grown from her gardens (think indigo and madder root).

You’ll get to hand dye a merino wool cap in whatever color you like and then learn to needle felt a design onto it.

While your hat steeps in the dye pot, you’ll get to relax in the wood fired sauna- because crafting/ spa days are pretty much the best combo ever.

Then you’ll come back to our cozy kitchen studio and learn to needle felt your own personal touches to your hat- a dragon, a heart, an ocean wave- whatever your look is for 2024.

You’ll leave the workshop with a one of kind merino wool hat that only you could create!

What better way to spend a late winter day?

All materials for the class and sauna are provided including tea and snacks!

Sign up with link below:
www.northfork53.com/events/what-color-is-love

Hope to see you out here soon,
xoxo
Ginger