Finally, a new Oregon Coast Trail story is ready for you to read on my blog. It's about the staggering beauty of Neahkahnie mountain. It's about how the trail is always pulling your forward. It's also about a wrong turn that ended up delivering a profound lesson...
Read it here: https://seasonsofjason.com/hiking-the-oregon-coast-trail-day-8-part-1-neahkahnie-mountain-the-wrong-turn/
Hey Oregonians 👋
Please contact your Oregon senator and representative (not US level, state level) to ask them to support this bill.
Don't know who they are? See link in reply!
"New bill aims to support Oregon immigrants excluded from federal food benefits"
“No one, no matter their background, their zip code, or their circumstances, should ever have to go to bed hungry"
Mist inspires silence.
Perhaps because it hides detail, blurs the sharpness of lines, de-focuses our view -- mist confuses us because it alters what we expect to see.
But it adds a touch of magic to the moment -- and it is, indeed, only a moment, because mist is temporary, transient, evanescent, ephemeral, something that we cannot grab and hold, grasp and hoard.
Blue Mist art print -- https://2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/featured/blue-mist-steve-henderson.html?product=art-print
#art #artwork #mastoart #fediart #buyintoart #nature #hiking #oregon #travel #blue
I send thanks to the buyer from Nevada who purchased a canvas print of
The Way That It Should Be -- https://2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/featured/the-way-that-it-should-be-steve-henderson.html?product=canvas-print
May the image take you to a special place, a memorable day, a hope and a dream and a joy.
#love #romance #romantic #art #artwork #mastoart #fediart #buyintoart #ayearforart #fedigiftshop #beach #ocean #travel #couple #together #artist #sale #decor #oregon #ocean
We focus on that which is important to us, at the moment.
For the mother, it was the child's hat. A strong breeze could easily blow it into the surf.
For the child, it was something off in the distance, something fascinating and magical that the mother, if she looked up, would not see.
Such is the world of a child.
Beachside Diversions framed print -- https://2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/featured/beachside-diversions-steve-henderson.html?product=framed-print
#beach #ocean #nostalgia #retro #art #artwork #mastoart #fediart #buyintoart #family #love #oregon #travel
I send thanks to the buyer from Tennessee who purchased a throw pillow of
Oregon Coast Afterglow -- https://2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/featured/oregon-coast-afterglow-steve-henderson.html?product=throw-pillow
May both the pillow and the artwork upon it take you to a place of rest, calmness, serenity, and peace.
#beach #ocean #oregon #travel #sunset #nature #art #artwork #mastoart #fediart #buyintoart #ayearforart #pillow #decor #sale #fedigiftshop #gift #artist #color #colorful #glow
Today is the 40th anniversary of my arrival in Oregon. So I'm going to pass on the political nonsense for a day of celebration. It'll be there tomorrow, I'm sure.
🎂🎈🎉🎊🦫🦆
Perhaps the first thing one noticed was the singing of the birds -- a happy, gentle chirping that filled the air with merriness.
Or maybe it was the scenery itself, the undulating hills filling one's sight with their strength and timelessness.
Or perhaps it was both, since one can hear and see at the same time . . .
Midday at Joseph Canyon art print -- https://2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/featured/midday-at-chief-joseph-canyon-steve-henderson.html?product=art-print
#nature #oregon #travel #canyon #art #artwork #mastoart #fediart #buyintoart #ayearforart #artist #landscape
Travel with me as we revisit every step of the Oregon Coast Trail! The deep dive into my journey starts right here.
https://seasonsofjason.com/backpacking-the-oregon-coast-trail-day-1-high-hopes-stinging-rain/
#Oregon just became the first state to end private equity and corporate control of doctor and clinical practices.
This is huge. I do wish California and other states would follow suit, but the corporate money is so entrenched in politics here that it would take a miracle for it to happen.
I send thanks to the buyer from Washington who purchased a canvas print of
This Was Our Shangri-La -- https://2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/featured/this-was-our-shangri-la-steve-henderson.html?product=canvas-print
May the artwork take you to a place of deep thought and contemplation.
#art #artwork #history #mountains #nature #oregon #mastoart #fediart #buyintoart #ayearforart #decor #women #sale #artist #spring #humanity #freedom
The enormity of what I’m about to do feels so daunting. The anxiety of the unknown mixes with the excitement of adventure, and it’s hard not to start spiraling.
Maybe it’s biting off way more than I can chew, but I feel driven to at least take this journey as far as I can.
I hit the trailhead tomorrow.
"‘The SAVE Act isn’t about preventing fraud.’ Oregon representative gives fiery speech as House approves changes to voter registration"
“The SAVE Act isn’t about preventing fraud, it’s about preventing participation in our elections" - Rep. Maxine Dexter
#USPol #Oregon #Elections #Voting #SaveAct #VoterSuppression #Resist
Some local coverage for the Oregon #HandsOff protests from OPB:
https://www.opb.org/article/2025/04/05/hands-off-protests-oregon-washington/
“Hands Off” protests began in Tigard in Southeast Portland Saturday morning, with dozens more planned in Oregon, from Gold Beach to Astoria, to Hood River, Enterprise, Redmond and Klamath Falls.
Bake Sale this weekend in Beaverton, Oregon! 🧁
Neighbors Together Bake Sale
Saturday April 12 & Sunday April 13
Noon - 4 PM
11705 SW Denfield St., Beaverton OR 97005
Proceeds go to the International Rescue Committee.
Contact: Lorie.Rose@gmail.com
#Oregon #Beaverton #Food #Fundraising #Charity #Refugees #DoSomething
#Oregon picks of the day:
➡️ @OnwardRoseCity - Podcast for fans of Portland Timbers & Portland Thorns soccer teams
➡️ @philmeyer - President of Southern Oregon PBS
➡️ @pdx2600 - Hacker meetups in Portland
➡️ @brewsite - Long-running beer blog based in Oregon
➡️ @beer - Craft beer news & events in Oregon, Idaho, Washington etc
➡️ @sasquatch - Providing networking & self-hosted hardware to small businesses in Oregon
➡️ @CascadiaRail - Non-profit org campaigning for high speed rail in PNW
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The human touch: how it speaks.
"I love you. I will protect you. I am with you. You are mine, as I am yours. We are together.
"Come, let's explore our world."
Hand in Hand canvas print -- https://2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/featured/hand-in-hand-steve-henderson.html?product=canvas-print
#love #romance #romantic #beach #couple #art #artwork #decor #mastoart #fediart #buyintoart #sea #ocean #oregon #travel #honeymoon
It was not a landscape through which you could quickly move, power walk over, run across, rush past.
But then again, it was not a landscape that you wanted to spend little time in. It invited -- nay, demanded, in a friendly, open fashion -- you to linger.
"Must you," it murmured, "always be in a hurry?"
Coastal Wilderness canvas print -- https://2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/featured/coastal-wilderness-steve-henderson.html?product=canvas-print
#nature #travel #hiking #oregon #art #artwork #buyintoart #mastoart #fediart #ocean #beach #explore #discover #decor #artist
It’s time to break new ground in my hiking journey, and I want to bring you along for the ride. Here’s why I’m choosing the Oregon Coast Trail as my first thru-hike, and how you can follow my journey!
https://seasonsofjason.com/backpacking-the-411-mile-oregon-coast-trail-a-prologue/
I send thanks to the buyer from Florida who purchased a canvas print of
Sea Breeze -- https://2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/featured/sea-breeze-steve-henderson.html?product=canvas-print
May the artwork take you to a gloriously perfect day on the coast, filled with wonder, joy, contentment, and peace.
#art #artwork #mastoart #fediart #buyintoart #ayearforart #decor #ocean #beach #oregon #vacation #travel #nature #seascape #artist #sale #pacific #USA
I send thanks to the buyer from Colorado who purchased an art print of
The Land of Chief Joseph -- https://2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/featured/the-land-of-chief-joseph-steve-henderson.html?product=art-print
May the artwork take you to a place of majesty and silence, one in which both the grandest mountains and the smallest wildflowers thrive.
#art #artwork #oregon #mastoart #fediart #buyintoart #travel #nature #hiking #USA #ayearforart #landscape #mountains #wildflowers #view #vista #panorama #artist #decor #sale #spring #sun #light #sunlight
What are we to believe, in a world in which we are told so many, many lies?
I start by finding some small thing that I know to be true, some element of beauty or goodness that is so right, so precious, that there is no ugliness or deceit in it.
And I build upon that.
Bold Innocence art print -- https://2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/featured/bold-innocence-steve-henderson.html?product=art-print
#beach #ocean #truth #art #artwork #mastoart #fediart #buyintoart #nature #sea #oregon #beauty #god #child #believe #question
Despite a $1.3 billion investment that Portland said would improve the safety of homeless people, deaths in Multnomah County have quadrupled — from 113 in 2019 to more than 450 in 2023.
"What a view!" I thought.
I felt as if I had purchased tickets to the balcony, where I watched the show and heard the symphony. Light touched both the surface of the cliff and the foam of the surf, a timeless pageant of majesty that intoxicated without any need for wine.
Cascade Head framed print -- https://2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/featured/cascade-head-steve-henderson.html?product=framed-print
#nature #travel #oregon #ocean #art #artwork #mastoart #fediart #buyintoart #ayearforart #USA #artist #seascape #painting #decor #water
May you get out there, often, to that beautiful place where you feel inspired, relaxed, calm, creative, and free to be who and what you are.
That's how good things get done on this planet -- by individual people who express themselves through who they are, and what they love to do.
Sea Breeze art print -- https://2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/featured/sea-breeze-steve-henderson.html?product=art-print
#nature #oregon #travel #ocean #vacation #art #artwork #mastoart #fediart #buyintoart #ayearforart #beach #coast #artist #quiet #peace #decor
