ù —
*
HI
^— 4
^»c»< K w 3 '* l Cflfd'flvcd
-4 M ' 1 5
ibî : wwi
’ "
r i t * J ?'>'p ’ -v
r e to n :« » u p
K
i l HKX:
• ..' "
• td*L • *hâ-
• a*AO lâ f * i
• »,»# ’A ll«
ifcert m fi l o a ’ ’
w>
I X U R U ^ Defvwg ail nddj ’ hr cre?tive
¡u re j are flûviûfc In
v n h the odd:
je u # c i
fiiy ht? of hiltoncre v ü l be
Lope le « 'Vfcîdle, but t o peroenttgej f u . v
'hron? h < ’ h a rr* j are <oc*l t o t business and
tovr v ü l blur nicely this month you could v u d
up sleepm? w h tj# hot? oi /o n e into business
vn h w u r lus» object It co'üd kfltl to pain and
MdnMJ bat then v t o ’ d<»jn'f
xiuj
T
■V
j
• • « » •»•-■♦•
«
. '• «# ■•-
» • . 4
l ’* i »
V • ‘•»tue •
• •> -ai »
I’- - r * r * J to f
S l l 'k P U i The
«tk '• v w karma
u shekel than a parr of eels in a ’ tick«' J ’ ns*
’his month Forwnaielv i» s your * e j# * Uv* s
L s ’ rut’ vou Remembei the’ u r d l« ir <
ano<ar«'e indomitable self rtth * . wre-ss ard
obnoxious egotism that make up y w n og tout
■’itarm' t ’os’ tto m o if boubtoh and rerrember
it's a long gto.r D on'’ uv pushmg any ropes
Find comfortable '•«ve r 11
stone to 'he
closed poswo:. and io n ” lea-e tü you remember
vho vou are
a
I »1 * 1 IN I You should hsvi r 'I# Irek ?enr
iiabbuin
lapeb and jhiiefcin*; 3o out and
ptov ’ You v* been good.
tos vo'u v o rk ,
A-d
deserve ? dav a» the track It v .u ld be
of ideas to lake your jta rto r w n you
With luck the smoldering d & co n tnt v ill be
"ooled before I# or s ir to? to fo „j.jr ie your
p nkin head for
mansr: i v>- w l too
much for ?ranrd Take no# v h r h ?id* vow
bread is fcuttrred cn and vh o does yew
hflkuc
mw
m
o
u
to >* j ’
-... ’
—j'T> -lu "*» À
a
g #*.»
j
v h c -ïp u < H m
j . v i t h m e r e h u a w«i »(
.•’U ’Z fll Ask vourreli tf Toa' -re h r *
i f .r e
ir#ii m
o
m r«di cto v
»Vf« C iV U ^ UV»r SJiùt f . lu x l
> i
tu v .#
T
ttr
jo
h X l i I J ) X R l U h N ’ 'he month " k iige
around in
ba th r he eating Eon-bo ns J i f f
we m i f but M>u hav» to go pick 'tom up
Put c u rs e d into t e v corotructs ar«; , # v
proup? frame •|rw prtnre in the v rid eutstde
Do not hoveve.. grasp at jtra v s E thav~.
like ’his is beneath you. sece the moral h ifh
ground v o rk for »he benefit of ’her: ard den ’
leap ” fiim oons A vud peepir v*anr»f Puka
stolis ard d.Tvmg leased convertibles
mw
I «4*d I V
Tto .«tar? v ill h* v » r' surprised if
route tor# tins month
don't look at vhat you
lau$hin£lvrflll youi b?v* hie and » v ‘ Bov ’his
is pretty stupid ‘ Resist the ta je to hold on to
somethin; ’hat's no’ ’here Roll w h the
punches and come to gnps v ith vow
motjvfluons T to v rrufh’ surprise ww
Remember the old sav
can either have a
relationship or talk abet” r’ and then if m » r
If there vas ever a tune for truth telling voa’ re
looking at 1»
m >
u
i X R R I l v f c V Isn ’ tpnrorr. t funr.v vord
v to n you sav l' v jt ic id It might sound fun to
ca m 'o n as usual t o k ir ; v o -rd s 'nd p to w r;
revenge -• tu t vhat vou need to du u get ou:
aid mix it up vr»h human? vou don ’ »nts’
Jptak. vow mud aid v a v h
v d le t Be
t*’ id and remember »to’ no’hinr tnrhidinç
lis a s * i con#s to those vho dun » try Work
goes much totter than relationships an are? in
Vhich W l Sto uld L'y not to behave like a
puppv En»oy yourself if only to ke*p from
Staking someone else .mserable
m
o
u
m
oui
L U ? : You are one lucky rascal Venus (p la » ’
o f cosnuc kissv kissv) contmues to cuddle «L
month You couldn't be more ehaimusj
maf netx and rust basically cuter than a
sperkled pup if vou tried ■and ve both k r o v
vou v o n t) For vha’ i»'s vo rth everyone
thinks you're ’he best thing since the mvennon
ol lig h t-a id phoiey humility aside. vou ie
honer than a rvo dollar pistol Be sure yotar
heart u good, ’hen seat tl# old carpe diem as
’hev JJV It vou vasfe tune fondant
re v rv ? you could mis? having vow earlobe
leallv nibbled bv fa *
X O U X R H IS AS if VOU lieA«i*d
encouragement 'to” v c ’iid lo v e il »hi? month
to bronden vow to run re If n o th in else n
evokes chaos ’t o only order vou're ever
satisfied v r h Pair* to differen' drimmers b»x»
stick v ith vow paitnri Tins shouldn’ t be hard
Who» rrugh’ to hard is p m r< ’to t w of you
apar? king enough to get fed ard valued While
you re jnoodlirn. make awe vou're not using
vow love as a security blanket jn e stoo d *, t
use love ter ar.v’hiru' The tuu'rerse doesn ’ like
to t
V l k l U '; Happv birthdav. nitpickers aid
v o rrv freaks yo u 're on a roll Define a ?oad,
ktok o il a nev obsession, buv a co vbov hat if
’he stars aren't kidding arourd, ard the- 're not.
you le in tl# harvest mode
good Ume to
check out y w cashflov m r h in r r y - ’ttneups v *
much more fun ’io n overhauls--but don't get
bowd up in pictures of dead presdentr You
mav ired to explain tins to someone vh o vouid
love you much more if vou Lad money Take
everything that's offered and give everything
you have TT*at v a y the books balance
the ms* Ives
F l h l l h : A good month foi rish people
Work ( t o t porton of
hie v?w ignore in
tavor uf voting brooding poetry) goes v e il- - »
v e il in far», t o ’ rornanc- could blossom bv t o
v » » r coolei of life HopHuIiv tins v ill to
enough to distrac’ you from making financial
decisions ’to» coud ma*r t o ¿fc.L bailuu» seem
like a la vn p ary stay inside le» no one take
advantage o! vow cosmic vish w a sh n e ss ard
consider t o dance of action’ reaction Y ou
s to u d also avod ducks Don'* «ok
wjj
a
To do q re d t and im p o r ta n t ta s k s ,
= ¡ 4 = - ----------------
nbv
i
5
the beach tquatlron* o l
create lin t» o l bole» and pile»
o l »and. w hich ca»l dark »hadow» again»! the brightening
light from the ea»t
I forget to face the tea. forget to tla n t m> weapon »eaward
I actng the tea. according to In to « gun*, ha» to do with
angling th r gun in the tame d irection a» the clam angle» and
th e rrh » avoiding breaking the «hell, flet there m at he a more
profound meaning at well, for if there i* anything I hate
learned in life it it alw ayt to keep to u r face toward the
danger "Sever lu m your hack on the t u r f ' i t a h a t« canon
of body tu rfin g and tide pool observing alike, and there are a
good many other danger» that are better faced directly, let!
the big wave come and harvett you
I he real trouble w ith Oregon 1» that ttranger» keep coming
from every point of the compat«. and thote who live here are
unprepared to k ill them before they reproduce Nature
abhor» not jtttt a vacuum hut a lto an unpopulated place or
u n filled niche N or can I quarrel w ith that for not only were
the C hinook and the fld»«w»M*• and my editor newcomer»,
hut my father ai well, w ithout whote wettenng I would
probably he a natrve of C incinnati Vk e are all immigrant»
here, or the d e u e n d a n tt of immigrant», e icept the clam t
I uted to com plain about the con*tant im m igration U e
tk e g o m a n i are among the gre a le ti lover» o f empty »pace
Having ourvelve» arrived to fill the local empline»» we
in»tantly turn and demand that no one el»e be allowed
entrance to I den
the la o of the Oregonian it this that nowhere elec on
earth are there *0 frw people occupying *0 much »pace in
tuch a hurry to declare that »pace alreadt loo fu ll of people
Irv e tplatnm g that lu»t fo r Militude to. for ecample. k tta n t I
uted to try. in South Korea and tu ch place», and receive o n li
p u rrle d »tare» for my trouble* fh e t wondered wh» anyone
w ould want to live in tuch an empty, and therefore obvioutlv
in h o tp ita b le . place
lh a t leave« me on the edge of a continent aero»» w hich my
ancestors have been w ettenng fo r »everal generation*, facing
the tea and gunning down razor clam» My face ma» he to the
ocean, hut my hack 1» to the real danger to M other Oregon
those incom ing wave» of o u ila n d e rt who come here pnm ed
to build h u tin e tte t. run for office and to edit new »paper»
dedicated to protecting Oregon and it» citizen» from all the
danger» Planet Earth provide». I tcept ourtelvec
Meanwhile, on the da rklin g beach, it turn« out that I can
«pot clam dimple» w ith the hett of them Im o t ma» he a
h o a lvr or tw o ahead and the beach a» fu ll of people a» a
hermit"» nightmare of a Vkashington * I »ay Sale, but we both
teem likely to catch our fu ll 24-clam lim it, a» the sky turn»
from red Io crimson, orange and gold, and 1» an enriched
blue out over the tea
Demography is o u r real problem W e may argue all we
want about damm ing the Grande Hnndc saving the
Detchute«. or paving paradite to put in a parking lot. hut. a»
long a» the people keep pouring in. the hmtphere mu»t
biodegrade
Ihe demography of clam» and men alike »eeni« profoundly
inevitable, a» we get o u r lim it of little clam* at I ittle Beach
N or may one return »mall clam» to the »and. fo r once moved
they cannot live M e are told that the future of da m dom is in
our hand», and m u tt not he ahu»ed. w hich 1» at once true,
and a lie Ihe great clam bed in the »ea w ill replenith the
despoiled clam bed» near the land if it 1» clam m ily pcmible,
but winter» and their raging ttorm» w ill do far more damage
to tho»e »and» bed» than we mere m o rta l, can ever do I a»l
w inter lore out the beach Io bedrock and »cooped »and by the
ton »eaward, decimating the in tertidal bed», and probably the
off»hore one» a» well.
I count on newcomer» to Oregon to battle to »a»e the
beautiful country \» for m t. I w ill prohahl, continue to
rem ind myself of fight» I fought in younger day», and victories
won or lost lh a t is the Oregon way. I think Ihe first
generation com et in, fu ll of retolvc to »ave, preserve and
modify, w hile the native», a bit loo comfortable, »imply enjoy
the place Searching for my 2«th and final razor clam. I
contemplate the fact that, in all my years of w riting. I have
ne»er dealt w ith an editor who was bom here l'»e w ritten for
editor» from hack I a»t and down South, and been edited by
persons from O hio and I ngland and such places, who seem
to me to lack an ra r for the Oregon sound I am represented
in the le g isla tu re by a woman from New York, on the (. tty
Council by a woman from Montana, and in the count» h» a
man who ju»t barely am ved from all over America I suspect
lhat w ill continue Oregon offsprings either flee the
blackberry swamp, or. like me. »las and learn Io enjoy the
land, hut newcomer» are the one» who change and mould the
place, in an image of what they th in k Oregon 1». or ought to
be
I conclude that the ecological warrior» are right in every
respect but one Ibey do not know
perhaps they cannot
know
that the true I ao of Oregon 1» merely to be here
now l o enjoy and learn the place, and let the future come
over the mountain« a» it always ha», wave after wave Ihe
Oregon that can be saved 1» not the true Oregon, as a I aoisl
would put it I thank them for their efforts, and go on living I
don’t think they » ill save my Oregon from inundation, nor do
I believe that Oregon w ill be much
if any
better, for
clam or man. than New lerscs lm» personal metaphor for
Desolation Row )once the human beings have fille d it up. as
they assuredly w ill All places fill, in time, for humans and
razor clams alike hase reproductive resources equal to their
task, and the task of every creature, realized or not. it to fill
the ecological niche lo the brim m ing point
All this i t terribly cynical, and make» me hungry, vo we
»lop in Seaside for breakfast Seaside, lhat Coney Itla n d of
the N o rth Coast, i t what all Oregon w ill e»rntuallv look like
I hen hack lo Amo»’ .« b in to stand in unaccustomed sun.
cleaning clams Cleaning clams is not half to much fun as
digging them, but is no le t* philosophical, and in the evening
we w ill eat them, which is at least as much fun at cither I hen
the "lao o f clam and clam digger w ill merge, and we w ill go
-w 4»î .« • - S : -
v -» %r~
.’ ’■••»H to d
r h à j r f l »nu
t»ip »-■ . v
T to u rk e L •*• l î » le 6
L, -
‘
‘ •
a -
the .-And
c i» ! w ’ u t o r r z , . t i re n r» the o x v
to # ’ J û « # . .# v h o J k . î t o v «jV * MOU lu c k H lu
p a ’* x j ‘
... t o :» • -
!«■ !’ ".*?Ul»r Ui '»•'IJ
M -u . ; u u # ' ■!
vto »’ f l û l i» - '’tk f!
. *> ’ •h»* •
’i ï * .T Û Î H * T tt.
» '. j ll
u V u t l d V f. »A d in V » JJ# U.
m } uj f v e
» / r j « r» ..t;, t
i ! 7 # i» w
to ü n e » .
. i k l ’t o .«»•*> - ‘ »C l 4 XiOT
-:r-?
.
n w
tw o th in g s o re n p fp s s o rtj: a plan
and not q u ite enough tim e .
forward together into the fu tu re
flnon
N IH A ltM BAY V ID fO
In Manxanita. Wbeoler & Nehalem
368-5538
T
Noon to 8 p m . Sunday through Thursday
Noon to 9 p m , Friday and Saturday
GRATEFUL DEAD
HEADQUARTERS
F O R Q U A L IT Y V I D E O
S E L E C T I O N & S E R V IC E !
h
e
T
h
i r d
ô
y
e
-Tohoccoi A Pipes
Handicraft A Im poru
-C r y tta li A Jewelry
Finest Selection of
-B o a ts A Zine«
T ie -D y e d Clothing m
-P lo tu rt
the Northwest
-HertoaJ Smoking Mixture»
M o n . * S a t . 11-8
, 3950 51. Hawthorne Blvd. Sund,)' 117 232-3EVE
WE'RE TRADING MORE MOVIES •
SO CHECK OUT
OUR INVENTORIES!
T
H
3
n
3
o
s
^
L
m
ccjsnck
II C E I M S E D A v A A S S A O e D t k A H I S T
C M O O N A A A ir< M t .IO N
In Cannon Beach
-fliiatis.
436-0436
PO
I22«a
C A M M O T S I t*i A C M C * V Z IIO
bom
Noon to 9 p m Daily
(5 0 3 1
l(o
u r rtK
u
n
m
t
s t r u
m
1 ^5
A
4 3 6 -2 4 2 5
•