Yachats Oregon Writer Rick Schultze

When I sit back and take a look and things going on around me these days I have to smile a rye smile. I spent years in the music business where things run at a frenetic pace and there are more crises daily than in a week on a good soap opera. But you get used to that and literally roll with the punches and go with the flow.

However a few years ago I decided to leave that chaotic world behind and re-locate to my home state of Oregon and the village of Yachats to pursue other ventures. The calmness of the Oregon coast, the pleasure of knowing great people and having super neighbors and enjoying the peace and quiet of Yachats has an allure that is hard to beat. As one who wanted to be a writer this is a perfect place and it’s afforded me the treasured hours to quietly work uninterrupted. Of course I also am aware that there is a “real” world out there that is still churning along and that events; militarily, economical and political, occur on a daily basis but it seems to me, and maybe it’s just me, that recently the “real” world has become somewhat tilted! Of course there was the phenomenal flurry of political re-alignment that keep us all buried with junk mail and commercials, then following that was the deepening economic crisis that has touched each and every one of us. The war and the debates over bailouts and stimulus programs fill the airwaves and have worked their way into even the simplest conversations. Those are some heavy bombs that are ready to blow and just when you try to take cover you get bombarded by the continual sales events in conjunction with the holiday season. It’s a paradox; supposedly no one has any money yet there are more sales than ever including a special cyber day where online merchants are offering deep discounts. It’s like being in a boxing ring with a super fast puncher. You’re watching out for the right hand then the left one pops you!

I don’t think the sales this year are going to have the participation they have had in the past but when I went to the market today it was one busy store. Everyone I ran into seemed to be on a mission similar to mine. Let’s get our stuff and get on back to the home front where for a little while we can enjoy the peace and tranquility we came to Yachats and the surrounding communities for. Just for once let the bombs quit falling for a little while so we can enjoy life on the Central Oregon coast and pass on some goodwill to our families, friends and neighbors.

To reach Rick Schultze email:yarick@pioneer.net