Life is Grand ...if you let it be !

The end of the summer season is knocking at my door ...and I'm ready for it.

This year has been brilliant! But, too much fun ...too quick...can bring anyone to the point of exhaustion, ...and I'm right there at the finishing line.
The end of August brings many things to our 'little' town of Seaside, huge crowds, social mayhem, traffic congestion, ...and a percentage of people that have lost sight of their manners. But, this is all part and parcel to the town and the benefits that come along with it.

Seaside has always been my choice. The beautiful ocean at our doorstep, the grand array of wildlife, (both two legged and four legged), the sunsets, the frivolity of people kicking loose, families meeting up, weddings, anniversaries, and the like.

My purpose in life is to help the masses connect to their heritage and homeland of the Celtic Nations. And Seaside is perfect for that.

The public asks me on a regular basis, "Why aren't you in the city?"
My answer is consistently the same, " if I were operating my business in the city...I would see city people regularly. With me being here, ...I see people from, not only the cities close by, (in the Northwest), but people from all over this nation, Canada, and the rest of the world, that have come here, to see the Pacific NW and the ocean that slaps it's shores." Much better opportunity to promote Scotland, Ireland, and the rest.

I love what I do and could think of no better way to spend my days. The people that frequent my shop and I, have developed great relationships, where we can freely talk about (just about) anything. I've watched as young ones have grown up and left school for "the real world", and they return to keep me posted on 'what's going on' in their lives and such as: love interests they've found, college plans, jobs secured, marriages even the new generation of young ones (from belly-bump to binkies and bottles).


Thanks for all and see you soon at the beach!!!!!
Linda

Update

The shop will be closed from August 11th - August 20.
Time for a break...
parents anniversary (58th), Highland Games.

I have been asked to perform at the Whitehorse Coffee, Sutherlin, Oregon on
August 17th along with Molley's Revenge a Celtic Folk/Rock Band.

So I'll see you back in the shop on August 21st. Or at the event.

Thanks to all that have come to Seaside this Summer!
Hope to see you again soon!

The # One Enemy of Mankind

Since the beginning of civilization, the one enemy to humanity has always been the same. The public sometimes has a very hard time recognizing this dark foe, because it wears a different face every time it seems to come to the surface. Though cloaked in varying shades of skin and clothing, using tongues of many separate lands, and having a variety of ever improved weapons at it's disposal, it always carries one particular driving force and end-goal to their actions. Actions carried out against those of the common folk, the masses, the population, or whatever else you wish to refer to them as.

Some people would and have labeled this entity as the devil, some as King, some as one political leader or another. But, this is not an energy that holds an office or takes the throne or leads an army....it's much more of the realm of human nature.
These souls that we see and blame are but the vessel ...the carrying agent, ...the one that holds "it" too close to their heart, and then uses it to justify this game they play out on humanity.

We don't want to name "it", because we ALL possess "it", and have to come to terms with "it" in our own lives ....at one time or another. Hopefully!

It is GREED!!!!!
Greed is the basic driving force that keeps this game going. And until humanity can
come to terms with calling "it" what "it" IS, and taming "it" by evoking the rights they have:
To speak clearly,
Think things out,
and not allow "it" to take roost in the business and political arenas of their own lands, ....sadly ...
All will remain the same.