Author: North Coast BBQ

Submitted By: jettkeyser@gmail.com – Click to email about this post

Perhaps this reflection aged too rapidly given our times…but it is offered in a spirit of leaving no one out…written in the days following No Kings III

Oh Noble Love

We hear their cries as our cries.

Holding and deepening intention,

banners rise, reach into the darkness

of dreams, a percussion gathering

noble commitments. But as we return

to the daily carnage, we understand

these wounds will require more than

mindful attention and a deeper release.

Our freedom, known now as a birthright,

is historically rare, a privilege paid for

in blood offered and renewing sacrifice.

The unity of neighbors, strangers, and

friends, citizenship, will always serve.

But as our spirits degrade and the water

table drains, we must now ask, with care

discern: What is called for, what are we

to do? This emperor requires no clothes.

Perhaps, we can become clear and live

the ancient scroll: Only a deep love

will heal our profound ignorance. Can we

hear their cries as our cries, finding a way

together?

Submitted By: wingsforwisdom@gmail.com – Click to email about this post

Hello Community,

I am a local Health and Movement Coach. I focus on longevity and cancer prevention in particular to women’s breast health. You may know me from classes at NCRD such as Functional Fitness for Seniors, Qigong/Tai Chi, and Joy Lymph Flow or workshops I hold at Sea Dream in Nehalem. I also provide reflexology and health coaching services. I believe in strong community ties leading to good health and I serve on the board of directors for the Nehalem Bay Health Center and Pharmacy. I’m working to open a wellness sanctuary in Nehalem called Bethany. More details about that in the future. Today I’m here with an offer and request. I’m seeking founders club members to help me pay for an Acupressure Teacher Training. This is a program with live virtual classes alongside the person I’ve followed for the past 20+years, Michael Reed Gach PhD of www.acupressure.com As soon as I’m ready, I will hold classes at NCRD, other local venues and my coming wellness sanctuary. I received a partial scholarship for the training taking $1000 off the price making it $950! On my current self-employed income, that’s still a lot at once and I’ve just invested in a trip and training for another part of my work in the world of birthing and maternity care.
I have the following founders club offerings in exchange for your early support:

$49 – 1 class and 1 class pass to share with a friend!
$99 – 2 class passes and 2 to share…
$143 – 3 class passes and 3 to share… or one 1hour personal health coaching session.
Gratitude comes with all of the above!

This teacher training will help me deepen my skills for my own healing as I live for longevity and continue to empower myself in preventing breast cancer recurrence. I will also be sharing local classes to share quality and quantity of life for those interested. Life is a precious gift and we can all feel better and lower health care costs with such good self-care. Your generosity is greatly appreciated.

Founders club offerings can be arranged through me with plenty of payment options: Zelle, Venmo, PayPal, card, cash or check..

If you wish to make a straight up donation, I currently have a GoFundMe open. Donations through them are not allowed to accept any return on investments. Please contact me to make a payment if you’d like to be part of the founders club with great appreciation. gofund.me/69bb061d6

In kindness and wellness,
Libby

Elizabeth Golden Seaver
IIN Health and Movement Coach
971.977.0166
wingsforwisdom@gmail.com

Submitted By: dixiegainer@icloud.com – Click to email about this post

If the order stands, it would likely have significant impacts on Oregon’s pioneering vote-by-mail system.

Oregon became the first state in the nation to vote exclusively by mail following a 1998 ballot measure that passed with broad support. That policy has led to the state having among the highest rates of voter turnout in the nation.

Oregon U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, a Democrat, decried Trump’s order as a “desperate last-ditch effort by a failing president to suppress American votes.”

“Oregonians have successfully voted by mail for over thirty years, and we’ll be damned if we let Donald Trump change the way our state runs its elections,” Wyden said in a statement. “My message to the White House is this: if you come for Oregon’s vote-by-mail, you’ll have hell to pay.”

I took this article from Oregon Live
I don’t agree with the last paragraph
It is time for Wyden to go
He has stayed in his position
Due to mail in voting – he might not
Make it if clean voter roles and a stricter
Voting system are put in place

Submitted By: mkuestner10@gmail.com – Click to email about this post

Patricia Marie Charles Went (“Patty”) passed away March 16, 2026, at the age of 89 at Mary’s Woods in Lake Oswego, OR., surrounded by her family.
Patty was born on November 21, 1936, in Columbus OH, the sixth of seven children in a loving, boisterous Irish Catholic family. She attended St. Mary of the Springs Dominican High School in Columbus, and then Maryville College in St. Louis MO where she received her BA. Patty met and married Burton H. Went in 1960, a union that gave them both great joy for more than 65 years.
She and Burt raised their family raised their family in Columbus, Ohio, and were active participants in the life of their Birchmont Road neighborhood and their Parish of St. Timothy. While raising their family, she returned to school to earn a Master’s Degree in Education at The Ohio State University and enjoyed a 23-year career in special education in the Worthington OH school system. She was a dedicated mother, great neighbor, and a devoted friend to many.
After Patty and Burt’s children started their lives and families far from Columbus, the two retired to Oregon and built their dream house in Manzanita’s, steps from the beach, and close to native steelhead runs. There she became involved in 4H teaching sewing through 4H, learned to make quilts, and volunteered in the local public library as well as at the Pine Grove Community Center. She took great joy in her garden, quilting, foraging for mushrooms, blackberries and huckleberries, and helping Burt pick grapes for winemaking. She was a voracious reader, was always in a book club wherever she found herself, and quick to suggest her favorites. In Manzanita, she loved hosting her grandchildren Cora, Charlie, Bridget and Isabel, and watching them grow up.
Her latest chapter brought her to Mary’s Woods in Lake Oswego, where her gregarious nature and quick wit endeared her to many in short order.
She was predeceased by her parents, her brothers Peter, James, and William, and her sister Isabel. She is survived by her sisters Josephine (McGinnis) and Sara (Charles Kennedy). She will be missed by her dearly loved husband Burton H. Went, her children Burton (Nancy Giragosian), Greg (Lauri Shanahan), Megan Cifarelli (Paul Sanchez), grandchildren Charlie and Isabel Cifarelli, Cora Wyent (Emily), Bridget Went (Peter Yaworsky), and great granddaughter Elise Wyent. She is also survived by Nancy McLaughlin Sackson (Howard, Clare and Etienne), the daughter of a childhood friend whom Patty and Burt welcomed into their home at a time of great need and continued to nurture.
A woman of many words, a ready smile, and an amazing sense of humor, irreverent personality, she will be deeply missed.
A funeral mass for Patricia will be celebrated on April 16th at 11AM in the Chapel of the Holy Names at Mary’s Woods, followed by a private burial. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations in Patty’s memory to the North Coast Land Conservancy at nclctrust.org or by check to:
North Coast Land Conservancy (or simply NCLC)
PO Box 67
Seaside, OR 97138
memo: in memory of Patty Went

Submitted By: stayhuman@tutamail.com – Click to email about this post

Dear Commissioner Mary Faith Bell, I have two simple questions:

1. Did anybody in Trump’s federal government ask or suggest to anybody in Tillamook County government or any employees of the Tillamook library to install the A.I. cameras that have been installed?

2. Is the company the county has contracted with to provide the cameras and storage in a data center an Israeli company or a subsidiary of an Israeli company or connected to Larry Ellison’s Oracle in any way that you are aware of?

These are valid questions as one of Larry Ellison’s number one supporters is Donald Trump.

And Larry has told the world he intends to put AI cameras all over America, including in public spaces, such as Tillamook County libraries:

fortune.com/2025/09/28/larry-ellison-ai-surveillance-oracle-tiktok-deal-social-media/

Larry Ellison is the number one private donor to the IDF, even as Palentir’s AI is/was choosing children, day care centers, hospitals and schools as primary targets in Israel’s genocide of Palestinians, and now Lebanese.

Larry and Trump are placing AI cameras all over America so, to quote Larry, “everyone will be on their best behavior”.

And who will be making sure you and Donald will be on their best behavior, Larry?

And what does ‘best behavior” mean to a man whose own behavior includes financially and aggressively supporting genocide and mass murder?

AI cameras and AI in general are key components of Israel’s genocide in Palestine and Lebanon.

Also, Larry’s Oracle ripped off Oregon millions of dollars years back, in a deal I suspect was rammed through Oregon government primarily by fellow Israel-firster and Ron Wyden.

Larry is currently squatting on Pele’s back (Larry thinks he owns the Hawaiian island of Lana’i), so I don’t expect him to be in this realm for too much longer. That said, I would love to see him deposed and removed from America.

Folks in France are aware of just how bad Larry is for humanity, and they understand the connection between Larry and Donald Drumf, something Israel’s propaganda machine has all but quashed in America:

futurism.com/future-society/larry-ellison-yacht-protest

From the protestors:

“He’s a big Donald Trump supporter, and a close friend of Benjamin Netanyahu,” Led By Donkeys declares in their video, as Wagner’s “Ride of the Valkyries” soars in the background. “Trump recently handed Ellison control of TikTok in the US. Almost immediately, prominent pro-Palestinian voices were silenced. Last year, the Ellisons bought Paramount, giving them control over CBS news. The channels coverage on Iran has been notably pro-war, and the Ellisons will soon take over Warner Brothers, giving them control of CNN.”

Time to stop watching the Iran war-supporting and genocide-supporting CNN and CBS, I say.

Commissioner Bell, you took the time to insert yourself into this discussion about AI cameras the county commissioners have placed in our libraries on this forum, then you disappeared when I publicly asked a dozen or so questions.

Will you please at least answer the two questions above?

Andy Norris

Submitted By: jettkeyser@gmail.com – Click to email about this post

Sitting recently in a little local shoppe, holding a
rich coffee in a hard cup, a cup cradled in both hands, I was gazing out the window and noticed a swallow sitting on an elevated city line. I have absolutely no expertise in this watching, but I have come to love and appreciate these little wanderers.

It seemed early to have returned…but there she was before my eyes.

Some years ago walking about in my community I enjoyed another Swallow moment.

Wings

Stop and behold 
the joyful swallow,
rising and releasing,
soaring upwards
and streaming back,
down to the earth,
gravity’s companion.
Like the breath 
entering and leaving, 
a joy to stop,
and simply witness 
rising and releasing, 
the in and out
of what we know
as a gift or blessing.

Love in a time of war and privilege.