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In a year that’s been filled with ups and downs and everything seeming topsy turvy, we elected to focus our two-part Gift Guide on two things that most people could use a good dose of this year: First, Comfort. Second, Joy. The “Joy” portion comes in this week’s edition, where we’ve rounded up a (far-from-comprehensive) list of joyful gift options you can get locally, and even buy online. With the outdoors being among the few (relatively) unrestricted places we can go these days, you’ll find lots of options to foster a love of places wild and unpopulated. For my own part, getting out for my first Nordic-ski session of the season brought lots of joy—and also, inevitably… the need for comfort in the way of warm fires and hot drinks. Enjoy the week, Central Oregon!

OPINION Bend’s Poor Rating in LGBTQ Equality Can Be a Roadmap to Inclusivity and Continued Economic Prosperity

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his week, the Human Rights Campaign, the country’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer civil rights organization, released its Municipal Equality Index, which rates U.S. cities based on cities' LGBTQ policies. The 506 cities named were rated on things including whether the city has a human rights commission, whether a city’s employees have access to transgender-inclusive health care benefits and whether a city requires its contractors to have employment non-discrimination policies that include sexual orientation and/or gender identity, among other metrics. The national average score was 64 out of 100; Bend scored a 58. By contrast, Gresham scored a 70; Salem 90 and Portland 100. Among the eight cities rated in Oregon, only Ashland scored lower than Bend, at 55. Not only do municipal policies create a more supportive and welcoming atmosphere for LGBTQ people, but they can also have economic benefits. Drawing from an October 2019 City Lab report titled, “The Geography of Tolerance,” HRC notes, “A growing body of research shows that openness to diversity and inclusiveness is not a byproduct of communities that achieve economic prosperity, but rather a key element in the formula that leads to economic growth.” What’s more, as HRC’s report detailed, “Businesses actively take into account local laws and policies when making decisions about cities in which to headquarter, relocate, or expand. In fact, the nation’s top businesses are becoming increasingly vocal in their support for laws and policies that protect all of their employees and their families at home, in the workplace, and in their communities.” As Bend continues to grow and diversify, these should not be passing considerations; they should be part of an ongoing conversation about how the city grows into the best version of itself. Bend clearly has room for improvement as it pertains to LGBTQ equality

and opportunity—though it’s also important to note that the ratings were reviewed by the individual cities back in March. As the country continues to grapple with the pandemic and racial justice, something that happened nine months ago can seem like years ago—and in this case, those nine months have also brought progress not reflected in this rating. It’s instructive to point out that some of the points that Bend missed out on have since been remedied. The city received zero out of five points for having no Human Rights Commission; but it started the process of creating one this summer. Bend received zero out of two points for an “enforcement mechanism in Human Rights Commission.” Bend’s new Human Rights and Equity Commission, in the process of forming right now, has the potential to enact some type of enforcement or remediation process. Bend also received zero out of five points for the lack of an LGTBQ liaison in the city executive’s office; again, perhaps an area of opportunity for the HREC. The City received zero out of two points for lacking openly LGBTQ elected or appointed leaders; with the election of Rita Schenkelberg to the Bend City Council it can gain those back. It could also gain five more points, for which it got zero this time around, if the city’s leadership communicates a public position on LGBTQ equality, and another 10 for creating an LGBTQ police liaison. In the potential for more services for homeless LGBTQ individuals and LGBTQ youth, it has the opportunity for gaining even more points. Yet while points can serve as a marker and a motivator, it’s crucial to remember that what is really gained is support and acceptance for some of the city’s most marginalized. Reports like the one HRC just issued serve not as a repudiation for cities, but a clear roadmap to improvement. With a new class of city leaders beginning its tenure in the new year, this is a road Bend can and should get on.

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Bend is growing rapidly, and one of the problems is a shortage of affordable housing for low-income residents. One of the strategies floated to reduce housing costs is to waive Bend Park & Recreation District’s system development charge program for low-income housing projects. The BPRD has already done this for nearly 400 units. These fees are a one-time fee placed on all new housing. SDCs can only be used to expand park infrastructure necessary to accommodate new growth. SDCs cannot be used to pay for operations, maintenance or repair or the development of administrative facilities. Since SDCs were implemented they have fully funded the acquisition or development of 27 neighborhood parks, 15 community parks, Riley Ranch Nature Reserve, Shevlin Park, Larkspur Community Center and several significant trails, including the South Canyon Trail Bridge, portions of the Deschutes River Trail, Central Oregon Historic Canal Trail, Larkspur Trail, Coyner Trail and other trail segments. I believe Bend’s abundance of local and regional parks is one of the factors that make the city an attractive place to live. While I am sympathetic to the difficulty for low-income residents to find reasonable housing, I do not believe short-changing Bend’s park acquisition and trails is the way to solve this problem. Indeed, the policy of infill is rapidly eliminating back lots, undeveloped lands and natural spaces. Housing now covers two empty blocks of sagebrush, grass and juniper/pine that once existed just down the street from my house when I bought it. Now the only partially natural and open space is my local neighborhood park. Throughout the city, these empty spaces and little patches of nature are being eliminated. While I support the infill policy, we must recognize that these open spaces are being eliminated year by year and will never be replaced—unless we strategically purchase land for parks and nature reserves. Of all of Bend’s residents, low-income people need open space, parks and trails

more than anyone. Most low-income housing is characterized by limited yard and green space. Lots are small to non-existent. Children need open space close to home to play in and learn about nature. The fees that the district charges builders do not significantly raise the cost of housing. For instance, the one-time charge for a single-family home is approximately $8,600 and $5,800 per multi-family unit. A builder that might charge $300,000 for a home would at most be adding another $8,600 to the total price tag. Amortized over a 30-year mortgage, it only adds about $40 per month to the cost of homeownership. It is hard to imagine that $40 a month would prevent someone from purchasing a house. Of course, the larger point is that developers and realtors price houses for sale based upon what the market will bear, not based on their costs to build (including SDCs and other fees, permits, etc.). They sell their product for the highest price at which it will sell. Undoubtedly Bend is going to be more congested, with more infill and fewer patches of natural space. All residents benefit from parks, but low-income residents need them as much or more than others. —George Wuerthner is an ecologist and author of 38 books dealing with environmental and natural history topics. His most recent book is “Protecting the Wild: Parks and Wilderness the Foundation for Conservation.” He resides in Bend.

AN OPEN LETTER TO GOV. KATE BROWN AND ODE DIRECTOR COLT GILL, REGARDING SCHOOL TESTING AND OPENING

Dear Governor Brown and Director Gill, Thank you for your tireless advocacy on behalf of Central Oregonians. We are confident that your efforts since March have saved countless lives and mitigated the spread of COVID-19. Without your leadership, we would surely be in an even direr situation. We are writing to formally request that you further prioritize in-person K-12 education in Oregon, by overhauling current criteria for school reopening to recognize improved scientific understanding of COVID spread among children and opportunities to contain infection through

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screening and testing. Please consider (1) allowing elementary school students to return to in-person instruction on January 4, 2021, and (2) mobilizing available resources over the next 30 days toward a systematic testing approach focused on testing/screening students, teachers, and staff who choose to participate in in-person learning to prevent major outbreaks in schools and communities. Our community, like most of Oregon, is encountering the darkest hour of the pandemic to date. But there is no more important institution in our community than education. We see this as an opportunity to refocus on centralized proactive testing as a way forward out of the current phase of the pandemic. Families and teachers have supported these measures across the country. This is a dynamic public health crisis. The science is young and challenging for us as policymakers to digest and act on quickly. But data now show that elementary schools do not significantly contribute to spread of COVID-19. To that end, we ask that you: • Centralize and emphasize community testing of students, teachers, and staff at elementary schools, striving to match or exceed New York City Department of Education goals of testing 20% of students, teachers, and staff who choose to participate in in-person school on a monthly basis. • Open K-5 elementary schools on January 4, 2021, independent from county test positivity or county case rate, in consultation with public health authorities. • Allocate and advocate for funding to ensure schools are as safe as possible for children and safe workplaces for teachers and staff, including ensuring that schools have the funding necessary to reduce class sizes in order to meet spacing and other health and safety requirements and funding for solutions and measures for teachers and staff unable to work in the classroom. • Continue and strengthen, as needed, science-based restrictions and contact tracing on gatherings, businesses, and other sources of the spread of COVID-19 that have resulted in significant outbreaks. • Implement measures to ensure older children can return to school safely as soon as possible after January 4, 2021. • Prioritize opportunities for vaccination for teachers and staff as vaccines become available. Kids from all backgrounds are suffering disproportionately from the lack of in-person education. But school closures are exacerbating the privilege gap, which is particularly concerning in communities like ours, where we struggle to serve our most vulnerable kids and families. Workers and small businesses and families who depend on them will also continue

to struggle if we fail to open schools, both now (as parents stay home to teach their children) and in the future (as we fail to adequately educate a generation of Oregonians). Solving the current and growing economic crisis hinges on whether we can meet the current public health crisis. You have been presented with an exceedingly difficult situation and led us admirably. We owe it to Central Oregon children and teachers to act on the data now available to us—to pivot from “treating schools like they are uniquely dangerous, when in fact they are uniquely essential.” We are confident that working together, if this effort proves misguided, we can nimbly adapt as Oregonians have done throughout this pandemic. Thank you for your leadership. Sincerely, —Sally Russell, Mayor of Bend, Anthony Broadman, Bend City Councilor-elect, Melanie Kebler, Bend City Councilor-elect, Megan Perkins, Bend City Councilor-elect, Rita Schenkelberg, Bend City Councilor-elect, Gena Goodman-Campbell, Bend City Councilor, Justin Livingston, Bend City Councilor, Bruce Abernethy, Bend City Councilor, Chris Piper, Bend City Councilor, Bill Moseley, Bend City Councilor, Barb Campbell, Bend City Councilor, Phil Chang, Deschutes County Commissioner-elect, Rep. Cheri Helt, HD 54, Carrie Douglass, Chair, Bend-La Pine School Board, Amy Tatom, FNP, Bend-La Pine School Board, Caroline Skidmore, Bend-La Pine School Board, Julie Craig, Bend-La Pine School Board, Shimiko Montgomery, Bend-La Pine School Board, Katy Brooks, CEO, Bend Chamber

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Community leaders: As journalists, trained to be witnesses and mirrors of our community, we have spent the better part of this year seeing and telling the stories of often-conflicting concerns and challenges wrought by this pandemic. We support our Governor’s leadership. We respect the scientific process of inquiry and discovery—and inquiring and discovering yet again when new information becomes available. And, as we synthesize it all, we also have come to the same conclusion as those signing this letter. As an editorial board, our position is in line with this letter, and we award Letter of the Week to this group. For those who disagree, your input is always welcome on this page, which is dedicated to the ongoing, diverse and spirited dialogue that moves communities forward. —Nicole Vulcan

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regon health authorities expect “somewhere in the neighborhood” of 100,000 vaccines to arrive in the state by the end of the month. Fewer than 2,000 of those will be headed to Deschutes County, said Deschutes County Health Services Director Dr. George Conway at the Regional Public Health Update Dec. 3. The two vaccine frontrunners from Pfizer and Moderna will go before the Food and Drug Administration’s Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee for emergency approval on Dec. 10 and Dec. 17, respectively. If the vaccines are approved, people could start receiving vaccinations a couple days later. The state hopes to first vaccinate “a very small number of very high-risk individuals,” Conway said. “Primarily frontline health care workers that are serving persons that either have COVID or at risk of COVID. So, people in things like hospitals, emergency rooms, potentially first responders.” This group also includes staff and patients of long-term care facilities because of the high mortality rates associated with those cases, he said. Deschutes County Health Services expects “a very rapid ramp-up” in January—especially if Moderna’s vaccine receives approval. Pfizer’s vaccine requires ultra-cold storage—meaning minus 70 degrees Celsius. For context, dry ice is at about minus 79 degrees Celsius. That means the average freezer just can’t cut it. “[Moderna’s vaccine] is a little more straightforward as far as shipping and handling goes,” Conway said. “It doesn’t require the extreme cold.” Both vaccines do require two doses, however, which complicates vaccination efforts. With a vaccine on the horizon, Deschutes County Health Services is pleading with people to continue to follow recommended COVID-19 guidelines. “This isn’t going to be an endless, total change to everybody’s life; this is time-limited,” Conway said. “I think sometime in the spring, at the latest in the early summer, we’re going to see a major change moving much more back to normal life.” Central Oregon nurses: Cautiously optimistic about COVID-19 vaccine Nurses in Central Oregon have received the vaccine news with “cautious optimism,” Kevin Mealy, communications manager for the Oregon Nurses Association, told the Source. “In many ways, nurses are being forced to run a multi-year marathon,” Mealy says. “It’s encouraging to see an aid station up ahead, but there are still a lot of miles left to go because we know that this rollout will take time.” Along with the complicated logistics of getting two doses of vaccine to

everyone in the world, he sees vaccine hesitancy as a potential challenge. “There is a natural questioning point when it comes to a new medical development that’s being developed very quickly,” Mealy says. “It is incumbent on the health care community to be open about the risks and benefits and to share information and work with trusted partners to make sure people have enough information to make the right decision and get a vaccine that is safe and effective.” And he says it’s clear that the benefits of an approved vaccine will far outweigh the risks. As an additional safety precaution, Oregon joined California, Nevada and Washington to form the Western States’ Scientific Safety Review Workgroup. The panel will review the safety and effectiveness of any COVID-19 vaccines that receive emergency FDA approval. While people wait for a vaccine, Mealy asks for continued support for nurses. “For a nurse working on the COVID unit seeing patients deteriorate in hours, it’s a challenge. When you’re doing that type of work, you see the impacts in a way that others don’t,” Mealy said. “A vaccine is a long-term solution, but we do have effective short-term solutions, and that includes wearing your mask, remaining socially distanced, washing your hands. Those can be extremely effective if we have good buy-in and leadership from our local elected officials.” The current increase in Deschutes County’s infection rates and hospitalizations means nurses continue to struggle with safe working conditions. They need adequate personal protective equipment, contact tracing, and appropriate COVID sick leave, along with better testing, Mealy said. “In this interim where we don’t have a vaccine, and we won’t have a vaccine for health care workers—even those in direct patient care—for a while yet, implementing regular testing for nurses and health care workers on the COVID units and for those in potential exposure cases is going to be critical,” Mealy said. “If you look at what California did: they just required testing weekly for providers in the hospital setting, and I think that’s a wise move. It ensures that you’re not bringing COVID into the hospital.” Getting the COVID-19 vaccine to Central Oregon The Oregon Health Authority’s phased approach asks county health officials to partner with local organizations to get the vaccine to where it’s needed most in an equitable manner—paying special attention to historically underserved populations. For that, Deschutes County Health Services could lean on

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previous vaccination partnerships. “We partner annually with organizations serving underserved populations to provide free flu vaccinations,” Morgan Emerson of Deschutes County Health Services said via email. “We also coordinated with the Latino Community Association this year to provide free flu vaccines. These partnerships have been valuable in allowing public health to meet people where they are to provide important public health services.” Deschutes County is in the early stages of planning a local rollout, but assuring equitable access to the COVID-19 vaccine is an important part of the framework, Emerson said. Gov. Kate Brown established an equity framework that calls for communicating to underserved communities through trusted local stakeholders and community-based organizations. With its successful flu vaccine clinics in the past, the LCA could be an ideal candidate. Joanne Mina, volunteer coordinator with the Latino Community Association, says the Central Oregon nonprofit has already been working throughout the pandemic to mitigate the effects of COVID-19 on the Latinx community, while building the trust with health officials that a successful COVID vaccine rollout will require. “Since May we’ve been giving out boxes of fruits and vegetables and also masks and information,” Mina said. Later in the year, LCA received grants to support local health departments with contact tracing, and provided education on how to self-quarantine and effectively use masks. The nonprofit also supports community members suffering from COVID by delivering groceries to their doors and providing financial assistance while they’re healing. “Now we’re also able to do testing clinics in partner with Mosaic Medical and our

local health department,” Mina told the Source. “That is a way in which we are proactively laying the groundwork and making the community aware and comfortable connecting with our local health department.” Mina says the health department understands “there’s no quick fix” to addressing community concerns and the systemic issues driving them. For example, as part of its COVID-19 response, the agency appointed a Health Services Navigator to help guide community members through the healthcare and social services system—providing information and support. But it won’t be easy. “There are many fears that the Latinx community is feeling because of COVID,” Mina said. “There’s a fear that any service you receive will be public charge. There’s the fear that your information will be shared, and you could put yourself in a vulnerable situation where you could experience family separation. There’s also fear of retaliation if you ask too many questions of your employer, if you don’t show up to work. All these things are weighing on people on top of the fear of losing their homes, not being able to provide for their children, losing loved ones, being sick themselves.” In its Dec. 2 COVID-19 report, OHA stated that “persons of Hispanic ethnicity” account for 13% of Oregon’s population but 40% of cases to date—for those cases in which the person’s ethnicity is known. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated a report in July explaining such disparities. Along with discrimination and inequitable access to health care, BIPOC community members are more likely to serve as essential workers in health care facilities, farms, factories, grocery stores and public transportation, which puts them at greater risk for infection.

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A finales de este mes, las Autoridades de Salud de Oregon esperan administrar la vacuna contra COVID-19 a las personas consideradas de alto riesgo. Escrito por Ashley Moreno Traducido por Jéssica Sánchez-Millar personas involucradas en hospitales, salas de emergencia, posiblemente el personal de intervención inmediata.” Debido a las altas tasas de mortalidad relacionadas con esos casos, este grupo también abarca el personal y pacientes de lugares de asistencia a largo plazo. Los Servicios de Salud del Condado Deschutes esperan “un muy rápido incremento en enero--especialmente si se aprueba el uso de la vacuna de Moderna. La vacuna de Pfizer requiere almacenarse en lugar ultra-frío--lo cual quiere decir 70 grados centígrados bajo cero. Ambas vacunas requieren de dos dosis, lo cual realmente complica los esfuerzos para la vacunación. Con la vacuna a la vista, los Servicios de Salud del Condado Deschutes están suplicando a la gente que siga las pautas recomendadas de COVID 19 recommended COVID-19 guidelines.

as Autoridades de Salud de Oregon esperan que “en algún vecindario” lleguen al estado 100,000 vacunas a finales del mes. Durante la actualización de Salud Pública Regional del 3 de diciembre, el director de servicios de salud del condado Deschutes, el Dr. George Conway, dijo que menos de 2,000 vacunas serán enviadas al condado Deschutes. Los dos pioneros en vacunas, Pfizer y Moderna, se presentarán ante el Comité Asesor de Vacunas y Productos Biológicos de la Administración de Fármacos y Alimentos (por sus siglas en inglés FDA) para la aprobación urgente durante el 10 y 17 de diciembre respectivamente. Si se aprueban las vacunas, las personas pueden comenzar a recibir las vacunas unos días después. Conway indicó que el estado espera vacunar primero a “un muy pequeño número de personas consideradas de muy alto riesgo. Principalmente los proveedores de salud que atienden personas con COVID o que están en riesgo de contraer COVID. Así que las

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le pide a las autoridades de salud asociarse con organizaciones locales para hacer llegar la vacuna a donde más se necesite de manera justa--poniendo atención especial a las poblaciones históricamente marginadas. Morgan Emerson de los Servicios de Salud del Condado Deschutes dijo lo siguiente por correo electrónico., “Colaboramos anualmente con organizaciones que brindan servicio a poblaciones marginadas para ofrecer vacunas gratis contra la influenza (flu). Este año también nos coordinamos servicios junto con Latino Community Association (LCA por sus siglas en inglés--Asociación para la Comunidad Latina) para ofrecer vacunas gratis” La gobernadora Brown estableció un marco de equidad-equity framework que llama la atención para comunicarse con las comunidades marginadas por medio de representantes locales de confianza y organizaciones basadas en la comunidad. Con el éxito habido anteriormente durante las campañas

de vacunación contra la influenza, LCA puede ser un candidato ideal. Joanne Mina, Coordinadora de Voluntariado para Latino Community Association dijo, “Desde mayo hemos estado dando cajas con frutas y verduras y también cubrebocas e información.” LCA también recibió subsidios para apoyar a los departamentos de salud locales con el rastreo de contacto y para ofrecer educación de cómo llevar a cabo la cuarentena y usar el cubreboca de manera eficaz. La organización sin fines de lucro también apoya a los miembros de la comunidad que están sufriendo de COVID al llevarles víveres a la puerta de sus casas y al apoyarlos con ayuda financiera mientras que se recuperan. Mina le dijo a el Source que “Ahora también podemos hacer pruebas clínicas en asociación con Mosaic Medical y con nuestro departamento de salud local. Esta es la manera es que estamos trabajando proactivamente y hacer que la comunidad este consciente y se sienta cómoda al relacionarse con el departamento de salud local”

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City of Bend is Accepting Applications for the New Human Rights and Equity Commission Bend establishes a permanent Commission focused on inclusivity

he City of Bend is now accepting applications for the new Human Rights and Equity Commission. The Commission was formed to help ensure historically marginalized and underrepresented people in Bend have a voice in City decision-making, as well as the opportunity to express concerns and complaints about discrimination and equal access to local programs and services. Initially, members of the Commission will serve staggered

two- and four-year terms and will help the City Council implement the Commission’s action plan. City leaders hope to appoint members who reflect Bend’s diverse communities that have been underrepresented in policymaking in the past. The Commission grew from the City Council’s 2019-2021 commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion within the City of Bend. In the fall of 2019, the City partnered with

Allyship in Action, a Central Oregon collaborative advancing equity and social justice, to interview community members from a range of underrepresented communities. In October, the City Council voted to establish a longterm, permanent Commission based on the partnership’s findings. The City Council will work collaboratively with the Commission on its goals and sees opportunity to partner with other committees that intersect

with issues of inclusivity, including the City of Bend Accessibility Advisory Committee, the Affordable Housing Advisory Committee and the Environment and Climate Committee. Online applications are due by 5 pm on Jan. 4. Instructions for completing the application are available in Spanish and other languages. The City Council hopes to appoint selected Commission members by late January or early February.

What’s ‘Extreme Risk,’ Anyway? An Explainer of the New COVID Risk Guidelines in Oregon Want to know when we can get out of the latest lockdown? Here’s a primer By Nicole Vulcan

his week, people in 25 of Oregon’s 36 counties learned that their counties fell under the “extreme” risk category in Gov. Kate Brown’s newest framework. The new framework charted out what restrictions businesses and individuals would be subject to, based on the severity of COVID-19 in their areas. Businesses in counties in the “extreme” category, for example, are limited to only outdoor dining, while those in the “high risk” category can return to indoor dining at 25% capacity. Indoor recreation and fitness centers stay closed under extreme risk and can open at 25% capacity under high risk. We know that Deschutes, Jefferson and Crook counties are among those in

Courtesy Oregon Health Authority

the “extreme” category—but what does that mean, exactly... and what needs to happen to see us move into less extreme categories? This info may help. Sorting out what’s what has been a bit confusing, even for us, who get the pleasure of sorting through charts, tables and press conferences on the subject almost daily. But here’s what we know: • Counties with populations over 30,000, including Deschutes County, that are in the extreme risk category need to see a case count average of fewer than 200 cases per 100,000 over 14 days to move down to the next level of risk—OR a test positivity rate of less than 10%. If one metric would put Courtesy Oregon Health Authority

How risk levels are assessed for counties of varying sizes in Oregon.

A look at the metrics for Deschutes County, from the most recent data used to determine risk categories for Oregon counties. Risk categories will be re-assessed every two weeks, according to OHA.

a county in one category versus another—such as if the cases per 100,000 showed worse outcomes than the test-positivity rate, for example, the state would keep that county in the higher-risk category. • Counties with 15,000 people, and up to 30,000 people—which applies to both Crook and Jefferson counties—will be evaluated based on the total number of cases or the test positivity rate, with the higher (or worse) metric being the one that puts a county in one category or another. Counties with fewer than 15,000 people will be assessed based on the number of cases over a two-week period. According to the most recent data from the Oregon Health Authority,

Deschutes County clocked in at 374.1 cases per 100,000 people, with a test positivity rate of 7.1%—putting it squarely in the extreme category. Crook County had 63 confirmed cases during the same time frame, with a 6.5% test-positivity rate, and Jefferson County had 150 cases, with a 13.5% test positivity rate. State officials will publish new data on county case counts every week, but will only re-assess risk levels every two weeks. With these numbers being so crucial for seeing businesses in Central Oregon and the wider state reopen, we’ll track and publish the latest information in our daily newsletter, Cascades Reader, every day.

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By Ashley Moreno

Oh, Joy—it's holiday time again! While this year has brought plenty for most of us to think about and deal with, the end-of-year time is also a period when we can (hopefully) reset, recharge and focus on what we want to manifest in the coming year. This edition of our two-part Gift Guide is designed to focus on that little thing we all seek... Oh, hi, Joy! Welcome back.

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Items compiled by Katie Prince

For Him Beer’d Men’s T-shirt from Cascade Cottons, $24.95 909 NW Wall St., Bend cascadecottons.com

Bone-a-Fide Fitted Hat from Boneyard Brewery, $32 1955 NE Division St., Bend boneyardbeer.com

Whiskey Club Membership from McMenamin’s, $75 annually 700 NW Bond St., Bend mcmenamins.com

Scorpion Bottle Opener from The Workhouse, $35

“The Practical Astronomer” by Will Gaiter from Roundabout Books, $24.99

50 SE Scott St. #6, Bend theworkhousebend.com

900 NW Mount Washington Dr. #110, Bend roundaboutbookshop.com

Recliner Crew Fleece from Revolvr, $69.95 945 NW Wall St., Bend revolvrmens.com

Echo Base Fly Rod from The Patient Angler, $99.99 822 SE 3rd St. B, Bend patientangler.com

BBQ Steak Turner from the Workhouse, $35

Hot Air Balloon Ride from Big Sky Balloon Co., from $250

50 SE Scott St. #6, Bend theworkhousebend.com

1250 NE Wilcox Ave., Terrebonne bigskyballoonco.com

For Her

Single Stone Bar Necklace from The Workhouse, $30 50 SE Scott St. #6, Bend theworkhousebend.com

Heirloom Bend Ornament from Lone Crow Bungalow, $59 937 NW Wall St, Bend lonecrowbungalow.com

35 NW Bond St., Bend seahorsechocolate.com

Shelli Walters Painting from Tumalo Art Co., $285 387, 450 SW Powerhouse Dr. Unit 407, Bend tumaloartco.com

Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Astral Tri Mesh Hiker from Outside In, $125 845 NW Wall St., Bend outsideinbend.com

Housecleaning Service from Pine Country Cleaning, $150 and up pinecountrycleaning.com

Flower Subscription from Flower Girl Farm, $200 Flowergirl.farm

Staycation from Pine Ridge Inn, from around $200 a night 1200 SW Mount Bachelor Dr., Bend pineridgeinn.com

Sunflower Mug from Lost Season Supply Co., $15 635 NW Colorado Ave., Bend lostseason.co

Pilates Class from Bend Pilates, classes from $20 (virtual sessions available) 155 SW Century Dr. #104, Bend bendpilates.net

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Chocolate Sampler from Seahorse Chocolate, $18

For Kids

Spooner Board from Leapin’ Lizards, $49.99 953 NW Wall St., Bend leapinlizardstoys.com

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Ice cream Sundae Bag from Goody’s Chocolates and Ice Cream, $20 957 NW Wall St., Bend shop.goodyschocolates.com

Ukelele from Sunday Guitars, $54.99 759 NE Greenwood Ave. Ste. 1, Bend sundayguitars.com

Anti Hero 7.81-inch Skateboard from Solsk8s, $63 484 SE 9th St. #150, Bend seedoflifeskateboards.com

Pandemic Board Game from Modern Games, $44.99 550 SW Industrial Way #150, Bend moderngamesbend.com

Weekly Private Music Lessons from Cascade School of Music, starting at $145 a month 510 NE 3rd St., Bend cascadeschoolofmusic.org

Slingshot Toy from The Workhouse, $26 50 SE Scott St. #6, Bend theworkhousebend.com

For Pets

Speedpass (two races, t-shirt and a membership) from K1, $50

Koi Watercolor Set from Layor Art + Supply, $33.49

20795 NE High Desert Ln., Bend cascadeindoorsports.com/family-fun/k1-speed

1000 NW Wall St. Ste. 110, Bend layorart.com

Pig-N-Poke from Wild Chewz, $13 wildchewz.com

Catnip Toy from Bend Pet Express, $5

Sport Launcher from Bend Pet Express, starting at $8

420 NE Windy Knolls Dr.; 133 SW Century Dr., Bend bendpetexpress.com

Qwizl Treat Toy from Bendy Dog, $16 114 NW Minnesota Ave., Bend bendydog.com

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St. Charles Center for Women’s Health Dr. Laurie Doyon received her bachelor’s degree in biology from the University of Southern Maine in Portland and her medical degree from the University of New England in Biddeford, Maine. She then completed her OB-GYN residency at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, Mass. Outside of work, you’ll find Dr. Doyon exploring Central Oregon with her husband through running, hiking and backpacking. She also enjoys traveling, exploring new food venues and working on a good crossword puzzle. To schedule an appointment with Dr. Doyon, call 541-526-6635.

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Open for Patio Dining, Take-Out and Doordash delivery available

Dine and enjoy a margarita or

stay home and order in! Thank you for the pleasure of serving you!

Buck the Ordinary! El Rancho Grande

Mexican Restaurant

(in Cascade Village across from the Fountain Plaza) 541.312.2022 • dinewithdiablo.com

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Fall glasses sale 50% OFF complete pair of prescription eye glasses (after insurance)

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CARTRIDGE sale SATURDAY $10 when you Buy off 2+ Jolly sticks *Discount applies to Dr. Jolly's brand cartridges only

new-in store specials daily SEE WEBSITE FOR DETAILS: jollybend.com/specials

JOLLYBEND.COM • 415 SE 3rd St, Bend, OR 97702 • @dr.jollys.bend • 541-508-2708 Do not operate a vehicle or machinery under the influence of this drug. For use only by adults twenty-one years of age and older. Keep out reach of children.

SOURCE PICKS WEDNESDAY

12/9

TUESDAY

12/15

TH HDCM 13 ANNUAL GALA ONLINE CONCERT AND SILENT AUCTION!

This virtual event will take a look back at what Heart of Oregon has accomplished over the last 20 years. The special event will include awards given to current youth participants and a time to discover what’s next. Wed., Dec. 9, Noon-1pm. facebook.com/ events/384959679206280/?active_tab=about. Free.

THURSDAY

12/12

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The annual event supporting High Desert Chamber Music is going virtual this year. Join in the fun this weekend with a special concert featuring two members of its Spotlight Chamber alumni and a silent auction that lasts all week long. Sat., Dec. 12, 7pm. highdesertchambermusic.com/events/benefit-gala. Free.

SATURDAY

12/12

WRITERS WRITING: WHEN THE MUSE STANDS YOU UP INTERACTIVE WRITING WORKSHOP

Discover tested techniques and insider tips for writing short stories from the heart. Author Kirin M. Kahn presents this interactive event to help writers stay in touch with their muse. Sat., Dec. 12, 1:30-3pm. deschuteslibrary.org/calendar/event/60848. Free.

SATURDAY

12/12

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ZOOM AUTHOR EVENT: CABIN 135 BY KATIE EBERHART COMING OF AGE IN REMOTE ALASKA

Join in this online event as Katie Eberhart dives into the story behind the story from her book Cabin 135. Follow along as she discusses how her world changed as she grew up in that remote cabin home. Tue., Dec. 15, 6-7pm. roundaboutbooks.com/event/zoom-author-event-cabin-135-kaite-eberhart. Free.

TUESDAY

12/15

HOLIDAY STUDIO SALE SHOP LOCAL ART, SUPPORT A GOOD CAUSE

Book a private showing at the LTA Gallery to check out the holiday studio sale. Reduced prices on all art with a portion of your purchase going toward the Oregon Food Bank. Tue., Dec. 15-Sun., Dec. 20. Lighter Than Air Gallery, 611 NE Jackpine Ct., Redmond. Free to schedule. Courtesy High Desert Museum

HIGH DESERT MUSEUM VIRTUAL BURNING MAN: UP IN FLAMES CLOSING OUT THE VIRTUAL EXHIBIT

Join the High Desert Museum as it says farewell to the Burning Man exhibit, which closes Jan. 3. Take part in a virtual celebration of new beginnings. Thu., Dec. 10, 7-8:30pm. highdesertmuseum.org/events/ up-in-flames. Free.

THURSDAY-SATURDAY

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SCALEHOUSE GALLERY PRESENTS: SHABAZZ LARKIN “FRAGILE BLACK MAN” ON DISPLAY NOW

Check out the first exhibit in this new space featuring Shabazz Larkin, an African American artist and author. His “vandalized” photographs reveal his intention to explore societal issues of race, justice and religion. The exhibit runs through Jan. 30. Thu., Dec 10-Sat., Dec.12, 1-6pm. Scalehouse Gallery, 550 NW Franklin Ave., Bend. Free.

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TAKE BACK THE NIGHT YOGA CLASS ONLINE CLASS PRESENTED BY NAMASPA Petit Davina leads this online event benefiting “Take Back the Night.” Give what you can and join in this 75-minute power flow class and take a stand against sexual violence. Sat. Dec. 12, 9:30-10:45am. Namaspa.com/classes-workshops. Free.

SUNDAY

12/13

CANINES & COCKTAILS VIRTUAL HOLIDAY LOUNGE PARTY SUPPORTING FENCES FOR FIDO

An online celebration for anyone who loves pups and cocktails. Hear heartwarming stories, watch inspirational videos and follow along for virtual themed cocktails! Sun., Dec. 13, 5-6pm. fencesforfido.schoolauction.net/cocktailsandcanines. Free.

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KNOW FELIZ: ONLINE HOLIDAY COCKTAILS DEMONSTRATION VIRTUAL HOLIDAY BOOZE FUN

Treat your guests or yourself to perfectly balanced seasonal cocktails. Learn how to make perfectly spiced Sangria or light and easy margaritas in this online event! Wed., Dec. 16, 6-6:30pm. deschuteslibrary.org/calendar/event/60933. Free.

depends on you! Text “Tower” to 44321 to give a gift today.

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HEART OF OREGON CORPS VIRTUAL CELEBRATION SUPPORTING CENTRAL OREGON YOUTH

SATURDAY

12/9 – 12/16

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Meet Lupine

Get to know local singer/ songwriter Ella Peterson and then listen to her new song, “Over The Edge” By Isaac Biehl Courtesy Ella Peterson

ALL DAY

THURSDAY

DEC. 31 $25 ticket gives all day access to classes, music,

Silent Auction and benefits the Namaspa Foundation.

6 yoga classes & meditations plus live music from Zia McCabe of the Dandy Warhols, Michalis Patterson, Lilli Worona and Pete Kartsounes. Over 100 local items in the online Silent Auction.

Purchase online at: namaspa.com/ nye-celebration

VISIT US ONLINE AT: WWW.NAMASPA.COM

You can find Lupine’s latest music on Bandcamp, Spotify and Apple Music.

end local Ella Peterson releases folky, bedroom-pop songs under the name Lupine. I stumbled across her music at the beginning of the fall while searching for new tunes from Bend on Bandcamp—and I was super excited with what I found. The 17-year-old only had two songs and an EP titled, “Clover,” released at the time, but that was more than enough to be sold on Peterson’s talent. Her writing is exceptionally strong and vivid; whether she’s detailing the nature around her or singing about the powers of anxiety, everything in her music comes through as if it was your own experience. It seems Peterson has a strong attention to detail and a knack for picking up on all of life’s metaphors and symbols, as she’s able to write out moving songs that are personal to her, but relatable for us all. Peterson’s voice possesses a unique tone as well, one that she just used to crush a cover of Miley Cyrus’ “Hate Me” that you can find on Instagram. All of this is what makes Lupine an exciting artist to keep an eye on in Central Oregon. Read our Q&A with Peterson below as we talk about her and her music, plus the latest Lupine song, “Over The Edge.” Source Weekly: You released your first project back in July, but how long have you been making music? And were you excited to put that out? Lupine: I was really excited to release it because it was something new and exciting to do. I’ve been making music ever since I could remember. I started playing piano when I was four and I was in band in middle school. I learned how to play guitar and bass in

middle school as well, and that’s really when I started to write my own music. SW: What made you choose the name Lupine? Lupine: I chose the name Lupine because it felt like a name that fit me well as a person, and the flower is pretty common here in the PNW so I thought it would work well as my “stage name.” SW: I love the meaning behind your song “Strangers In My Backyard.” Can you elaborate on that idea of how growing up changes your surroundings and what the backyard represents to you? Lupine: The song is actually about my yard growing up. I used to have a huge backyard with tons of wild flowers and grass. I would chase my dogs around and we spent the summer outside running around in it. The lot that it was on has been sold, and a house is being built on it so the song has a literal meaning as well as a message about how you grow up and watch things around you change without being able to stop it. SW: You’re releasing a new song on the 10th, and in your Bandcamp message you mentioned that it is “angry-ish.” What’s the song called and what is it about? Lupine: The song I’m releasing is called “Over The Edge.” It’s about being let down by people you wouldn’t expect it from, but knowing not to trust those people anymore. It embodies my experience through work, school and anything in between where I’ve trusted someone I probably shouldn’t have. Listen to “Over The Edge” and the rest of Lupine’s music on Bandcamp, Spotify and Apple Music.

LIVE MUSIC & NIGHTLIFE

CALENDAR

Tickets Available on Bendticket.com Megan Burton

10 Thursday “Third Seven” Cello Performance Get lost in this transformative and intriguing cello performance. Experience the full-bodied performance from inspirational artist Billy Mickelson. 6-7pm. Free.

ARTS & CRAFTS

Bridge 99 Brewery Thursday Trivia at Bridge

have been hard at work all year creating unique items and are now ready for your shopping pleasure. Please visit the online shopping brochure to find a special item that is perfect for your home or for gifting this Holiday Season. newcomersclubofbend.org Nov. 16-Dec. 20, Midnight-11:59pm. Contact: ncob.president@gmail.com. Varies.

99 Thursday trivia is back! This is an outdoor event, weather permitting, so bundle up and get ready to play! Bridge 99 pint specials and great food truck grub. Mask up and keep your distance. Free to play, win prizes. 6-8:30pm. Free.

Silver Moon Brewing Trivia on the Moon

Trivia on the Moon is back once again at Silver Moon Brewing! Trivia will be held on our socially distanced patio. Teams are welcome to show up in groups up to 8 people. We also offer seating reservations for each table. We will see you and your team there! 7-9pm.

12 Saturday The Old Iron Works 10th Annual Craft-O! Holiday Bazaar Safely shop in person. 50+ Artist and Makers!Cocktails! Food Carts! Fun!Libations from Oregon Spirit Distillers, Tacos from El Sancho and Poptarts from Rawmonas Kitchen Masks required! Physical distancing in play. Sat., Dec. 12 & Sun., Dec. 13, 9am-5:30pm.

13 Sunday River’s Place Trivia Brunch Edition! Yummy

new brunch options from the food trucks and of course Mimosas from the tap house. Free to play and prizes to win! Due to state mandate, seating is strictly outside. Come early and grab a seat at one of our many heated and fire pit tables. 12-1:30pm.

Silver Moon Brewing The Return of Naot

Cho’ Grandma’s Bingo: Presented by Choose Joy Not Cho’ Grandma’s Bingo is back at Silver Moon Brewing! We are so pleased to have Choose Joy as our non-profit partner and host of this wonderful event! We will be bringing back our Bloody Mary Bar, Mimosas, and a new updated breakfast menu! 10am-Noon. $1-$5.

MUSIC HDCM Online Silent Auction Take care of

your holiday shopping or treat yourself to some of our incredible items - beautiful handmade items, art works by local favorites, wine packages, luxury vacation to Diamante Cabo San Lucas. View all our items online! Dec. 10-15, Noon. Contact: 541306-3988. info@highdesertchambermusic.com.

HDCM Thirteenth Annual Gala

This online event will be free to attend in the comfort of your own home. Bob Shaw returns as host. Special concert featuring Isabelle Senger. Dec. 12, 7-7:30pm. Contact: 541-306-3988. info@highdesertchambermusic.com.

Know Feliz - Dennis McGregor Solo Performance Kick back and enjoy old and new songs, plus illustrations from his upcoming book. Well known for his poster illustrations, Dennis also teaches songwriting at The Americana Song Academy, Sisters Folk Festival’s Nationally recognized song camp. Dec. 16, 4-5pm. Contact: 541312-1029. laurelw@deschuteslibrary.org. Free.

The Ultimate Oldies Show A locally-produced, syndicated, weekly, thematic two-hour

2020 NCOB Artisan Showcase Artisans

Call to Artists A unique opportunity to join

the Artists’ Gallery in Sunriver Village. Looking for fine art and crafts, 3D art, 2D oil watercolor, encaustic and woodwork. Through Dec. 9. Artists’ Gallery Sunriver, 57100 Beaver Dr. Suite 19, Sunriver. Contact: 541-593-4382. info@artistsgallerysunriver.com. Free.

Call to Artists The award winning Red Chair Gallery is looking for an artist who makes wearable art or accessories in fiber or leather. If interested, pick up an application at the gallery, located at the corner of Bond St. and Oregon Ave. in downtown Bend. Through Jan. 31. Red Chair Gallery, 103 NW Oregon Ave., Bend. Contact: 541-410-6813. thewayweart229@gmail.com. A Christmas Carol Countless adaptions have

been made of this timeless story and we are proud to present this family-friendly holiday favorite with a new twist. Sundays, 2-4pm and Thursdays-Saturdays, 7:30-9:30pm. Through Dec. 19. Cascades Theatrical Company, 148 NW Greenwood Ave., Bend. Contact: 541-389-0803. ctcinfo@cascadestheatrical.org. Adult- $27 Senior/Student- $23.

December Local Art Showcase We are

hosting several local artists inside the cafe for a month long mini art market for your gifting needs. You can support a local small business and local artists in one stop. Thursdays, 9am-5pm. Through Dec. 31. The Commons Cafe and Taproom, 875 Northwest Brooks Street, Bend.

DIY-Cabinets Full description at DIYcave.com Dec. 13, 10:30am-1pm. DIY Cave, 444 SE Ninth St. Suite 150, Bend. Contact: 541-388-2283. info@diycave.com. $99. DIY-Handmade Beard or Hair Comb Full

description at DIYcave.com Dec. 14, 5:30-8pm. DIY Cave, 444 SE Ninth St. Suite 150, Bend. Contact: 541-388-2283. info@diycave.com. $69.

DIY-Handmade Cutting Boards Full de-

scription at DIYcave.com Wed, Nov. 11, 5:35-8:05pm and Fri, Dec. 11, 5:45-8:15pm. DIY Cave, 444 SE Ninth St. Suite 150, Bend. Contact: 541-388-2283. info@diycave.com. $79.

DIY-Intro to TIG Full description at DIYcave.com Mon, Oct. 19, 6-8:30pm, Mon, Nov. 16, 6-8:30pm and Mon, Dec. 14, 6-8:30pm. DIY Cave, 444 SE Ninth St. Suite 150, Bend. Contact: 541-388-2283. info@diycave.com. $79. DIY-Lathe Turning Basics Full description

at DIYcave.com Mon, Oct. 26, 6:30-9pm, Tue, Nov. 10, 6:30-9pm, Mon, Nov. 23, 6:30-9pm, Tue, Dec. 8, 6:30-9pm and Wed, Dec. 16, 6:30-9pm. DIY Cave, 444 SE Ninth St. Suite 150, Bend. Contact: 541-388-2283. info@diycave.com. $79.

DIY-One Day Railroad Spike Bladesmith Workshop Full description at DIYcave.com Sat,

Nov. 14, 10:30am-3:30pm and Sat, Dec. 12, 10:30am3:30pm. DIY Cave, 444 SE Ninth St. Suite 150, Bend. Contact: 541-388-2283. info@diycave.com. $249.

Stay toasty warm by the fire pits at Crosscut Warming Hut while sipping discounted beers and ciders every Tue!

DIY-Welding Holiday Art Full description

at DIYcave.com Tue, Nov. 24, 5:30-8pm and Tue, Dec. 15, 5:30-8pm. DIY Cave, 444 SE Ninth St. Suite 150, Bend. Contact: 541-388-2283. info@ diycave.com. $60.

Holiday Studio Sale Reduced prices on all original artwork. Portion of proceeds going to the Oregon Food Bank. Please schedule appointment for your private showing. Dec. 15-20, 9am-5pm. LTA Gallery, 611 NE Jackpine Ct Suite3, Redmond. Contact: 503-888-1266. dkaostudios@gmail.com.

PRESENTATIONS & EXHIBITS High Desert Museum Virtual Burning Man: Up in Flames Each year as

Burning Man comes to a close, Burners gather to watch the Temple burn. It is a time of catharsis, contemplation and new beginnings. Join us online as we prepare to say goodbye to Infinite Moment: Burning Man on the Horizon, which closes on January 3. Dec. 10, 7-8:30pm. Contact: 541-382-4754. bburda@highdesertmuseum.org. Free.

Scalehouse Gallery Presents Shabazz Larkin: Fragile Black Man

Shabazz is most known for his portraits that capture the beauty of resilience in black culture. We will follow updated State guidelines and allow six people in the gallery at a time for the health and safety of our community, volunteers and gallerists. Please wear a mask and practice social distancing. Dec. 4-Jan. 30. Scalehouse Gallery, 550 NW Franklin Ave, Bend.

A Year in Oregon’s High Desert Feeling

stressed? A dose of natural beauty could help. If you could use some healthy distraction, plan to check out this virtual exhibition featuring 24 stunning images from public lands in Eastern Oregon, including both grand landscapes and close-ups of the plants and wildlife that give Oregon’s sagebrush steppe its pulse. Nov. 16-Jan. 8, 5:30pm. Free.

COPA Holiday Video Lighting Event

Central Oregon Pediatric Associates (COPA) is presenting each night a holiday video lighting event at their location in the Northwest Crossing neighborhood in west Bend. Motorists can view the projection on the corner of Mt Washington Drive and NW Crossing Drive by driving through the roundabout, or parking and strolling through the NW Crossing business district. Animated video

Submitting an event is free and easy.

scenes include playful animals, a twinkling night sky, flickering candles, and inspiring messages, with new scenes added weekly, ending with a spectacular finale Nightly through December 20th. Northwest Crossing Neighborhood 5 pm - 9 pm.

THEATER Know Feliz - A Christmas Carol Readers Theater We’re looking for 22 people to

take part in a virtual reading of A Christmas Carol. We’ll send you the script and randomly assign roles and then spend an hour with Scrooge. Dec. 13, 3-4pm. Contact: 541-312-1032. lizg@deschuteslibrary.org. Free.

WORDS Classics Book Club We will discuss Things

Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe. Please visit roundaboutbookshop.com for Zoom link. Dec. 9, 6-7pm. Contact: 541-306-6564. sara@roundaboutbookshop.com. Free.

Mystery Book Club We will discuss The

Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman. Please visit roundaboutbookshop.com for Zoom link. Dec. 16, 6-7pm. Contact: 541-306-6564. sara@roundaboutbookshop.com. Free.

Nonfiction Book Club We will discuss Aloha

Rodeo: Three Hawaiian Cowboys, The World’s Greatest Rodeo and a Hidden History of the American West by David Wolman and Julian Smith. Please visit roundaboutbookshop.com for Zoom link. Dec. 11, 1-2pm. Contact: 541-306-6564. sara@roundaboutbookshop.com. Free.

Not Your Average Book Club We will discuss Under a Painted Sky by Stacey Lee. Please visit roundaboutbookshop.com for Zoom link. Dec. 14, 6-7pm. Contact: 541-306-6564. sara@roundaboutbookshop.com. Free. Writers Reading: The Green Revolution in Nepal Jonathan Stewart describes

the Peace Corps volunteers’ efforts to bring the Green Revolution to the jungled hills of Nepal. Dec. 15, 7-8pm. Contact: 541-312-1063. paigef@deschuteslibrary.org. Free.

Writers Writing - When the Muse Stands You Up We’ll use lists, tricks, and

experiments with structure, shapes, and points of view to create the raw materials of a short story. Dec. 12, 1:30-3pm. Contact: 541-312-1063. paigef@deschuteslibrary.org. Free.

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Online Only: Know Feliz-Billy Mickelson

radio show highlighting the music, artists, producers, musicians and cultural touchstones of the late 1940s through the late 1960s. Fridays, 6-8pm. KPOV, 501 NW Bond St., Bend. Contact: mikeficher@gmail.com. Free.

CALENDAR Zoom Author Event: Cabin 135 by Katie Eberhart As a young adult, Katie

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Eberhart moved to Cabin 135, a house on a knoll in remote Alaska. Over the next decade, growing up and growing into her home, she found herself thinking through her ever-changing ideas about aging and place. Please visit roundaboutbookshop. com for Zoom info. Dec. 15, 6-7pm. Contact: 541306-6564. sara@roundaboutbookshop.com. Free.

ETC. Mommy and Me: Breastfeeding Support Group in Bend Calling all new moms

and babies! Come visit “Mommy and Me” for social hour and breastfeeding support. We have two locations: Redmond - Tuesdays, 12-2pm at the Center for Women’s Health and Bend - Thursdays, 1-3pm at Central Oregon Locavore. See Facebook for details! Free.

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GROUPS & MEETUPS Canines & Cocktails Virtual Holiday Lounge Party! To celebrate the holiday

season & support Fences For Fido’s life-changing work, please join us for our first-ever virtual Holiday Lounge Party! Dec. 13, 5-6pm. Free.

Heart of Oregon Corps Virtual Celebration Celebrate 20 years of investing in

Central Oregon youth. Join us on Facebook live to look back at what’s been accomplished in the last two decades at Heart of Oregon, give awards to youth, and look forward. Dec. 9, Noon-1pm. Free.

FAMILY & KIDS Adoption Information Session Monthly

Offering vaccinations, deworming and microchips at our walk-in wellness clinic. Saturdays, 9am2pm. Bend Spay & Neuter Project, 910 SE Wilson, Suite A1, Bend. $10-$30.

adoption information session brought on by A Family for Every Child. Learn more about the process of adoption from foster care with some of your local adoption workers! Second Thursday of every month, 6-7:30pm. Through Dec. 10. Deschutes Downtown Bend Public Library - Meyer Room, 601 N.W. Wall Street, Bend. Contact: 541-343-0295. adoption@afamilyforeverychild.org. Free.

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perience challenges on our journey of life. Together We uplift and encourage as we connect and share. Saturdays, 9am. Through Jan. 9. Free.

VOLUNTEER Call for Volunteers - Play with Parrots!

Volunteers needed at Second Chance Bird Rescue! Friendly people needed to help socialize birds to ready for adoption, make toys, clean cages and make some new feathered friends! Located past Cascade Lakes Distillery, call for hours and location. Contact: 916-956-2153.

Citizens’ Climate Lobby Bend Chapter Monthly Meeting The Citizens’ Climate Lobby

Bend chapter gathers monthly to further our outreach and education efforts on solutions to global warming that can be put into place at the federal level. To get the link to the Zoom monthly meeting, please email info@citizensclimatebend.org. Second Wednesday of every month, 5-6:30pm. Through Dec. 9. Contact: 541-389-5400. info@citizensclimatebend.org. Free.

Volunteer Opportunity Are you a Jack/Jill of all trades? There’s everything from small engine, fencing, troubleshooting in a barn/rescue facility that require TLC repairs. Seize this opportunity; volunteer at Mustangs To The Rescue. Please call and leave a message. Mondays-Sundays, 9am-6pm. Mustangs to the Rescue, 21670 McGilvray Road, Bend. Contact: 541-330-8943. volunteer@MustangstotheRescue.org.

Volunteer with Salvation Army The

Salvation Army has a wide variety of volunteer opportunities for almost every age. Ongoing. Contact: 541-389-8888.

fiddle! For high school students of all ability levels. Mondays-Wednesdays, 5pm. Through Dec. 16. Sisters Art Works, 204 West Adams, Sisters. $95.

Baby Ninja + Me Each of these classes will

include soft obstacle ninja warrior courses, yoga and fun. Adults will enjoy, meeting other parents, yoga stretching and learning ways to interact with their babies! Wednesdays, 11-11:45am. Through June 2. Free Spirit Yoga + Fitness + Play, 320 SW Powerhouse Drive, Suite 150, Bend. Contact: 541-241-3919. info@freespiritbend.com. $99 per Child.

Camp Fire Afterschool A flexible and fun option for families looking to balance afterschool care with enrichment opportunities and social-emotional skill development. Mondays-Tuesdays-Thursdays, 1:30-5:30pm. Through Dec. 18. Sons of Norway Hall, 549 NW Harmon Blvd., Bend. Contact: 541-382-4682. info@campfireco.org. $120 per 7 week session. Camp Fire Nature Days An all-day enrichment program with nature-based themes to support family and youth during current distance learning. Wednesdays, 9am-3:30pm. Through Dec. 16. Sons of Norway Hall, 549 NW Harmon Blvd., Bend. Contact: 541-382-4682. info@campfireco.org. $55 per day. Christmas in the Pines Drive through Prineville’s lighted wonderland at the Crook County Fair Grounds. Entrance with non perishable food and/or pet food or cash donation. Enjoy the live nativity and also visit the Grimes Christmas scene. Fridays-Sundays, 5:30-9pm. Through Jan. 3. Crook County Fairgrounds, 1280 S Main St., Prineville. Contact: 541-408-6930. gmerritt@prinetime.net. Unsplash

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We will have some interactive stations set up for you and the family including: horse grooming and painting activities, horse-treat making and more! Dec. 11, 4:30-6:30pm. Healing Reins Therapeutic Riding Center, P.O. Box 5593, Bend. Contact: PennyC@healingreins.org. Free.

LEGO Robotics Join Camp Fire’s First LEGO League Robotics club for 4th-5th graders. This club is all about problem solving, getting creative, exploring new ideas, and having fun! Mondays-Wednesdays, 3:30-5:30pm. Through Feb. 10. BendTECH, 1001 SW Emkay Dr, Bend. Contact: 541-382-4682. info@campfireco.org. $80/month. Mini-Ninja + Me Kids will develop important

coordination skills, balance, and confidence as they explore ninja warrior obstacle courses. Adults will enjoy doing yoga stretching and will learn to interact with their kids in an active/playful manner. Wednesdays. Through Dec. 16. Free Spirit Yoga + Fitness + Play, 320 SW Powerhouse Drive, Suite 150, Bend. Contact: 541-241-3919. info@freespiritbend.com. $99 per child.

NorthWest Crossing Holiday Tour of Lights NorthWest Crossing Community business-

es and residents have teamed up to create a socially distanced way for us to celebrate the holiday season together. See the lights! Drop non-perishable food items for Salvation Army at participating businesses. Dec. 1-20.

Online Art Activities for Kids Join Camp

Fire for virtual art activities designed for K-5th graders but open to all! No registration required. Tuesdays, 4-4:30pm. Contact: 541-382-4682. info@ campfireco.org. Free.

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Fire for virtual STEM activities designed for K-5th graders but open to all! No registration required. Thursdays, 4-4:30pm. Contact: 541-382-4682. info@ campfireco.org. Free.

Sunriver Lodge Holiday Light Show Grab a Hot Toddy or Hot Cocoa at The Merchant Trader Cafe and join us in the Backyard for our Holiday Light Show, happening three times every evening. Enjoy your favorite holiday songs as thousands of lights dance to the beat. Nov. 25-Jan. 3, 5:30, 6:30 and 7:30pm. Sunriver Resort, 17600 Center Dr., Sunriver. Free. Winter Festivities with the Millers Winter

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Tuesdays are Local’s Day. Every Tuesday enjoy $1 off regular size draft beverages. Come by the Warming Hut and hang out by the fire. See you soon, Bend! Tuesdays. Cross Cut Warming Hut No 5, 566 SW Mill View Way, Bend.

Growler Discount Night! Enjoy $2 Off growler fills every Wednesday at Bevel! Wednesdays. Bevel Craft Brewing, 911 SE Armour Rd. Suite B, Bend. Contact: 831-245-1922. holla@bevelbeer.com. Free. Know Feliz: Online Holiday Cocktails DemonstrationTreat yourself

or impress your guests this holiday season with the perfect cocktail. Learn how to make a Skinny Margarita, Boulevardier and Sangria. Dec. 16, 6-6:30pm. Contact: 541-312-1063. paigef@ deschuteslibrary.org. Free.

Locals' Night Monday is the day to be at Silver

Moon Brewing! We offer $3.00 Pints of our core line up beers and $4.00 pours of our barrel aged beers all day. Silver Moon Brewing, 24 NW Greenwood Ave., Bend.

Locals’ Day Come on down to Bevel Craft

Brewing for $4 beers and cider and $1 off wine all day. Outdoor dining is open now! The are also food specials from the food carts located out back at The Patio! Tuesdays. Bevel Craft Brewing, 911 SE Armour Rd. Suite B, Bend. Contact: holla@bevelbeer.com. Free.

Travel to France with The Good Drop Wine Shoppe Join The Good Drop June 10-17th, 2021 on a cruise of the Rhone River. Embark on a 7-night river cruise from Avignon to Lyon. Contact: 541-410-1470. beckie@goooddropwineshop.com.

ATHLETIC EVENTS Bend Area Running Fraternity The group will run, maintaining social distance, along the Deschutes River and then receive discounted drinks from the cidery after the run! Mondays, 5pm. AVID Cider Co. Taproom, 550 SW Industrial Way, Bend. Contact: bendarearunningfraternity@gmail.com. Free. Bend Pilates Bend Pilates is now offering a full

schedule of classes through Zoom! Sign up for your class on Mindbody.com and download Zoom. Prior to start you will receive an email invitation to join class. Be ready with mat, weights, roller, and/or band and login five minutes prior to class time. Ongoing. For more information visit bendpilates.net/classes/.

can be a cold, dark time in the High Desert. The Millers will share how they keep the cabin cozy during the winter months! Dec. 12, 10:30am12:30pm. High Desert Museum, 59800 S. Highway 97, Bend. Contact: 541-382-4754. bburda@highdesertmuseum.org. Free with Museum admission.

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DIRKSEN DERBY 13 Build It - Ride It - Post It! This year’s event will be a judged video contest where you build your own course, film a run through the course, and then post it on Instagram to WIN! Entry into the event is free of charge. Simply post your 30-second video to your personal Instagram account before Dec. 13, 2020 and tag #DirksenDerby13 to enter. Nov. 24-Dec. 13.

songwriting workshop series via Zoom held on Mondays, 7pm. Through Dec. 14. $150.

FOOD & DRINK Feast for a Cause Craftfully prepared by

Bowtie Catering, our elegant and festive dinner packages take the prep-time out of your holidays allowing you more time to celebrate! All proceeds from your purchase support our high school sports medicine program - helping us keep kids safe in sports. Nov. 18-Dec. 11. $400-$550.

BEER & DRINK EVENTS $1 Off Your Beverage We are teaming up The annual Dirksen Derby event is going virtual this year! Build and film your own setup for a chance to win. The last day to enter is this Sun., Dec. 13.

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InMotion Weekly Workout InMotion Training

Studio in Bend is offering free weekly workouts via their Facebook page, Facebook.com/inmotionbend. Additionally, those that register will receive daily education and the ability to check-in and stay accountable. www.landpage.co/inmotionfreeworkouts. Free. Ongoing, 4-5pm. Free.

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OUTDOOR EVENTS accommodation and receive (2) Hoodoo Ski Lift tickets per day of your stay for FREE! Every (2) Hoodoo Ski Lift tickets can be traded for (4) Autobahn Tubing tickets. ($118 value per (2) Hoodoo Ski Lift tickets). Dec. 5-Jan. 23. Black Butte Ranch, 13899 Bishops Cap, Sisters. Contact: 855-257-8435.

HEALTH & WELLNESS “Take Back The Night” Yoga Class w/ Petit Davina Take a stand against sexual vio-

lence through this donation based yoga class! This event is a national, collective breath of strength, support and healing for survivors. All proceeds go to Take Back the Night. Petit Davina, leads a 75 minute Power Vinyasa Flow class, live via Zoom. Dec. 12, 9:30-10:45am. Contact: 541-550-8550. namaspayoga@gmail.com. $0 donation.

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Morning led Primary class. We will have many chances to modify the postures and adjust to meet the needs of all that attend. Please email ahead of time so that I can get you a waiver and take care of payment. Sundays, 7-9am. Through Dec. 18. Contact: cclauren.cruz@gmail.com. 20.00.

Capoeira: A Perfect Adventure Become your own hero. The Brazilian art form of Capoeira presents opportunities to develop personal insights, strength, balance, flexibility, musicality, voice, rhythm, and language by tapping the energy of this rich cultural expression and global community. Text 541-678-3460 for location and times. Mondays-Wednesdays-Fridays, 6pm. Contact: 541-678-3460. ucabend@gmail.com. $30 intro month. Intuitive Life Coaching Discover exactly what

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Learn to Love Your Backbends Yoga Workshop Do backbends seem out of reach?

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power of the Divine to help you reach your highest aspirations. Use Tarot as an advisor to identify your blocks to success. Saturdays, 2pm. Through Dec. 26. Bend, RSVP for address, Bend. Free.

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LIVESTREAM VIN + YOGA NIDRA EVENT A perfect way to end your weekend. Class begins with a flowing and replenishing Vinyasa practice. Then fully relax your body and unwind mind with Yoga Nidra - guided deep relaxation to drain the unconscious mind in an extended Savasana. Sun, Oct. 18, 8-9:15pm, Sun, Nov. 15, 8-9:15pm and Sun, Dec. 13, 8-9:15pm. Contact: 541-241-3919. info@freespiritbend.com. $12.

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Mail Your Letters to the North Pole Through Dec. 19 Two special mailboxes are at the Old Mill District throughout December for those looking to reach Santa this season. All letters dropped off will receive a special response! Find more info at oldmilldistrict.com/holiday-happenings.

Redmond Northern Lights Every Fri. & Sat. Through Dec. 19, 6-9pm Bring some light into your holiday with this drive by event. Watch a magical elf bring some holiday mischief and cheer in an animated short broadcast on the Redmond City Hall. Join the fun in the weekends leading up to Christmas! Redmond City Hall, 411 SW 9th St., Redmond. Free.

Craft-O! Holiday Bazaar Sat., Dec. 12 & Sun., Dec. 13 Shop local this season at this seasonal shopping event! Over 50 makers and artists will be featured along with cocktails, food carts and more. Sign up for your time slot to safely shop in person at this one-of-a-kind event! Get your tickets at bendticket.com/events/109335331/ craft-o. All ticket proceeds go towards benefitting those whose communities were impacted by this year’s fire season. $5.

Menorah Lighting Thu., Dec. 10 4:30pm Join Rabbi Yitzchok Feldman for this season’s annual menorah lighting at the Old Mill District. View the event from a safe distance in your vehicle and receive a special Chanukah treat! Join in at the Old Mill District, 450 SW Powerhouse Dr., Bend. Free.

Patrick Lamb’s “Charlie Brown Christmas” Fri., Dec. 11 & Sat., Dec. 12 at 7:30pm A festive performance featuring saxophonist Patrick Lamb alongside his quartet and members of a Central Oregon children’s choir! Huma-long to Charlie Brown’s classic holiday tunes blended with songs from Patrick’s album, “With A Christmas Heart.” Live at the Tower Theatre with COVID-19 precautions in place. $32.

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ty scene. Bring the whole family down for free candy canes, treats for furry family members and live actors. Donations will be accepted during the event for the Prineville Pregnancy Resource Center. Powell Butte Christian Church, 13720 SW Hwy. 126, Prineville. Free.

Santa at The Old Mill Weekends Through Dec. 19 Watch Santa retrieve the important letters addressed to the North Pole at the Old Mill. With a little help from his friends in Bend, Santa will be driven through the district, giving him the chance to wave and interact with on lookers safely. Old Mill District, 450 SW Powerhouse Dr., Bend. Free.

Hot Chocolate Runs Dec. Run Canceled, Jan. & Feb. Still On! Run or walk a four-mile marked course with friends and pups. Enjoy hot cocoa or coffee after the run while you warm up outside. Bring your mask! LOGE Camp, 19221 SW Century Dr., Bend. Free.

“Know Feliz” with Deschutes Public Library Events Throughout Dec. Make new holiday memories and celebrate the season. From a collaborative performance of “A Christmas Carol” to getting to know festivities around the world, join in on a variety of seasonal events! Find the full list of online events at deschuteslibrary.org/about/news/ news?newsid=9328. Free.

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Anthology Sets: Elton John: “Elton: Jewel Box”–The meat to this eight-CD set is three CDs of demos, the vast majority being unreleased songs recorded between 1965 and 1971. They illustrate the early growth of Elton and Bernie Taupin as a songwriting team. Quite a few solo demos sound like they would have blossomed in the studio, while some full-band demos, including the trippy and catchy “Regimental Sgt. Zippo,” the horn-filled “When the First Tear Shows” and the rollicking “Thank You For All Your Lov-

Briefly…These anthologies also deserve your attention. The Allman Brothers Band: “Trouble No More”–This five-CD retrospective hits the highlights of each era of the group while not duplicating that much of the 1989 box set, “Dreams.” The Boys: “On Safari”–A five-CD set captures this overlooked power pop band at its peak from 1979 to 1981, with three full albums, 22 demos and outtakes and a 10-song BBC live set. Various Artists: “Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival 2019”–What It Is: This three-CD set features great performances and one-of-a-kind on-stage collaborations from this all-star guitar-centric festival. Courtesy Jeff Katz

Two 1987 concerts highlight the Prince “Sign O the Times” boxset.

ing” are well worth hearing. Three other discs contain lesser-known album tracks, while two discs of b-sides are another big selling point. Shoes: “Elektrafied: The Elektra Years 1978-1982” –This four-CD set chronicles the period after the acclaimed 1978 album, “Black Vinyl Shoes,” when the Shoes got a major label deal with Elektra Records. This box set includes the Shoes’ three Elektra albums, band demos for each album and a fourth disc of non-album rarities. It makes for a comprehensive dive into the Shoes’ major label years—and some of the best music this power pop band has made during a long, impressive and still ongoing career. Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels: “Sockin’ It to You: The Complete Dynavoice and New Voice Recordings”–This three-CD set collects the songs Ryder recorded while fronting the Detroit Wheels (1965-1968). The famous songs are here (“Jenny Take A Ride” and the combo of “Devil With a Blue Dress On/Good Golly Miss Molly”) plus a good share of prime cuts

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that didn’t become major hits (“Shakin’ With Linda,” “Breakout” and “I Can’t Hide It,” to name a view).

Elvis Presley: “From Elvis in Nashville”–This four-CD set collects songs Presley recorded in Nashville in 1970 with the ace musicians known as the Nashville Cats and shows Presley had grown into a superb and versatile singer and stylist. Joni Mitchell: “Archives Vol. 1: The Early Years (1963 to 1967)”–This fivedisc set is loaded with unreleased songs and several concerts. They show Mitchell’s evolution from singing folk standards into a songwriter who was already showing major talent and a unique style that would take her well beyond folk. Album reissues for 2020 It’s been a busy year for deluxe reissues of notable albums. Here are several that stood out this year. Prince: “Sign O The Times”–This eightdisc box set reissue comes with the landmark original album, 45 (!!) previously unreleased studio tracks—many of which could have made up another good Prince album or two, plus two lively 1987 concerts. The Replacements: “Pleased to Meet Me”–The Replacements’ best album

Elton John’s “Jewel Box” contains a bevy of unreleased material.

gets supplemented by dozens of b-sides, outtakes, alternate versions, demos and rough mixes. Quite a few of the songs left off of “Pleased to Meet Me” would have been keepers for other bands. Wilco: “Summerteeth” – This fourCD deluxe reissue starts with the original “Summerteeth” album and then adds a disc of demos, outtakes and some of interesting alternate versions of “Summerteeth” songs, plus a complete 1999 concert that’s a fine live document of Wilco at its early peak. Briefly…Here are some other noteworthy reissues… Tom Petty: “Wildflowers and All the Rest”—This four-CD reissue features nine songs left off of Petty’s 1994 solo album, “Wildflowers” and some cool home recordings and live performances. Elvis Costello: “Armed Forces”–This expanded version of Costello’s classic third album has loads of outtakes and an energetic unreleased 1979 Pinkpop Festival concert. Rolling Stones: “Goat’s Head Soup”–This two-CD reissue of the 1973

album adds three versions of the unreleased funky rocker “Scarlet,” including one with Jimmy Page guesting, and the fantastic 1973 concert from Brussels, Belgium. Paul McCartney: “Flaming Pie Archive Collection”–The unreleased home recordings, demos and studio outtakes are nice additions to the fine “Flaming Pie” album. U2: “All That You Can’t Leave Behind”–This 51-track reissue has nine b-sides and outtakes that are mostly keepers and an excellent 2001 concert. Tears For Fears: “Seeds of Love”–The deluxe reissue of this ambitious album features early versions of several songs that differ from the finished versions. The Cranberries: “No Need to Argue” –This two-CD reissue includes several worthy b-sides and demos, plus some live tracks. Rush: “Permanent Waves” –This twoCD reissue supplements one of Rush’s best albums with 11 live tracks. Lou Reed: “New York”—Crisp live performances of “New York” tracks are added to Reed’s best album of the ‘80s. Submitted

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or all the things that went horribly wrong in 2020, it was a good year for deluxe box sets and album reissues – all good options for Christmas gifts. Of the dozens of such sets that arrived this year, here are some recommendations.

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A QR code, short for Quick Response Code, is a type of matrix barcode originally created for use in the automotive industry in 1994. Today, patrons can use them to order food and stay socially distant.

nce viewed as a marketing gimmick, QR codes are now becoming widely adopted and accepted thanks to the coronavirus pandemic. In larger cities throughout the country, many restaurants have shifted to digital menus, using QR codes for menu viewing and sometimes even ordering. Rather than physical menus, eateries can have diners scan a QR code to see online menus. But let’s back up a minute. QR codes, or quick response codes, are those small black-and-white squares that can be scanned with a phone to pull up a website. They were invented back in the 90s as a way to track vehicles during production and to scan components quickly. It used to be that you had to have a special app for scanning the codes, but thanks to operating system updates a few years ago, smartphone users can now scan the codes using a phone camera and nothing more. Just hover over the code, hit the shutter button and click on the link that pops up! Restaurants in bigger cities across the U.S. are embracing the socially distant, low-touch service provided by QR codes. Using the codes eliminates the need for disposable menus, saves printing costs, aids restaurants operating with less staff and is waste-free. Digital menus can also be liberating for a

chef who doesn’t have to hesitate about introducing a new dish that requires a menu overhaul or doesn’t have to worry about disappointing customers when a dish runs out. What about Central Oregon restaurants and diners—are they making the digital switch? A call around to several establishments just prior to the most recent, mandated shutdown showed a mixed bag. Drake in downtown Bend and Washington in Northwest Crossing (both locally owned by Ted Swigert) have switched to QR codes. 10 Barrel Brewing on Bend’s west side is also using the codes. Pub Manager Bostyn Adams is a fan of the codes and says, “Guests seem to like using the QR code, with the only downside being the older generation that doesn’t have a smartphone—but we give out single-use menus for those situations.” A couple of other longtime Bend favorites, 900 Wall and McKay Cottage, are manually disinfecting menus between uses. 900 Wall offered a QR code option earlier in the year, but a high percentage of their customers weren’t interested in using it so they decided to drop it, according to Dining Room Manager Melanie Lamb. On the other side of town, Worthy

Brewing was back to its regular menus after using QR codes throughout the summer (they’ve shut down food service during this current shutdown, however). Assistant Manager Jeff Hoverson said the brewery is adapting to winter with the installation of plexiglass at the bar and reverting back to their full-service menus citing that their older clientele loves the socialization that comes with sitting and chatting at the bar. At Rockin’ Dave’s Bistro & Backstage Lounge, owner Dave Flier is excited about a new online ordering system that he’s signed up for that will provide QR codes. “All of our menus are also online as usual,” he said. With the uncertainty brought about by the resurgence of COVID-19 cases across the country and in Oregon/Central Oregon in recent weeks, restaurants are in a precarious position overall, some closed completely, others able to offer carryout and limited outdoor seating. With a stronger emphasis than ever on safety, predictors claim that the codes are here to stay. While the days of lingering over a menu may not be gone for good, for now, choosing a meal from a pop-up menu on a phone may sometimes be the option your favorite local dining establishment offers to keep diners and staff as safe as possible.

ith COVID-19 restrictions changing to allow up to 50 people to gather outdoors, we checked in with some well-known local spots offering outdoor events, deals on takeout or continued local night specials. Cross Cut Warming Hut No. 5: Snag locals’ day deal on Tuesdays, get $1 off all drafts, all day long. Snuggle up by a heater or fire pit while waiting for grub. Bridge 99: Trivia is back and outdoors! Keep an eye on the weather for potential cancellations, otherwise mask up, dress warm and enjoy specials on pints, prizes and food truck grub. River’s Place: Offering outdoor eating, drinking, trivia and fire pits to help keep you from going stir crazy this winter. Outdoor TVs, so you never miss a game and brunch trivia every Sunday. Boneyard Beer: Patio is open with four fireplaces and several patio heaters. They’re also offering Locals Day deals every Wednesday featuring $1 off “Crowlers” and pints, $2 off Growlers and pitchers for only $15. Takeout and delivery on beer and food available. Bevel Brewing: Open for outdoor dining with a covered tent, fire pits and tabletop heaters! Free delivery in Bend and pick-up options available. $4 beers and ciders every Tuesday and $2 off growler fills on Wednesdays. Grab some grub from the food trucks! Worthy Brewing: Currently only open on the weekends for drinks on the patio. No food, but $4 pints every day they are open, all day long. Silver Moon Brewing: The upgraded patio provides plenty of space. Locals’ night is still on every Monday featuring $3 pints of their core lineup beers and $4 pours for barrel-aged brews. Trivia returns on Thursdays and Bingo on Sunday mornings with brunch. On Tap: Over 30 tap handles, delicious food trucks and beer garden with a view. To keep patrons warm, they have a newly enclosed covered patio with heaters, two large outdoor fire pits and a lawn to sprawl and play outdoor games. Locals can enjoy $1 off all drinks all day long on Mondays. Initiative Brewing: Redmond’s Initiative Brewing has a great outdoor dining space with fire tables and pits to keep you warm. While they had to suspend their weekly trivia, they are still offering tons of great eats and brews.

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In Pod We Trust: The biggest thing I’m trying to recapture this holiday season is my nostalgia for Christmas. I don’t necessarily need to have the same relationship with Christmas as I did when I was a kid since I don’t have the same obsession with presents or ham, but I want to find a middle ground where I can enjoy the holiday for what it is. “Christmas Past” has been helping with that, because it’s filled with the backstories for random Christmas traditions that I’ve never thought made much sense. Seriously, the episode about sugar plums will blow your mind. Host Brian Earl brings so much warmth to the show that he really makes it feel like Christmas all year round.

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“Five Tree Christmas” is also a delightful breakdown of what makes the holidays such a specific joy. The show does five-minute reviews of Christmas movies, some of which are literally the worst-sounding movies of all time. Check out the review of “Never Kiss a Man in a Christmas Sweater” and hopefully you’ll giggle as much as I did. Now Streaming Every year a few hundred new Christmas/seasonal movies get released with maybe one or two of them being somewhat decent. While there have been a few I’ve enjoyed, nothing this year (so

far) has even come close to the animated masterwork “Klaus” from last year. That film knew how to distill the magic of Christmas into something tangible and pass on some of that wonder to the viewers. With that said, “Happiest Season” was a really wonderful surprise. Kristen Stewart and Mackenzie Davis as a loving couple is about the best casting I could imagine, and the story of coming out to conservative parents during their holiday party is a solid one. That, combined with a supporting cast featuring Dan Levy, Alison Brie, Aubrey Plaza, Lauren Lapkus and Victor

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ello, lovelies. I’m partially writing this from the emergency room, as I just recently slipped on some ice and ripped open my elbow, so pardon me if I ramble because blood loss and hunger are combining to make me something of a blubbering mess. I gotta tell ya, I’m not feeling the holidays this year. I already was feeling the humbuggery before shattering my aged body, but now I just want to spend the next three weeks under a comforter while my cat slowly begins to eat my feet. But I know my family won’t let me go full hermit, so I’ve been listening to holiday themed podcasts and watching as many Christmas movies as I can in hopes to find the spark of Noel buried deep in my bruised and battered person. Here’s a few things that I’ve enjoyed so far, just in case you need a boost like I do.

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n an ever-expanding digital shopping universe, Amazon is the black hole swallowing local retailers’ market shares. In a 2017 Retail Dive article, Neil Stern noted that from 2006 to 2017, Amazon saw nearly 2000% growth in market value. How can smaller retail planets without the gravitational pull of Amazon supernovas maintain autonomy? “Omnichannel, seamless retailing, bricks and clicks…Physical retailers must embrace digital retailing as a means to further their presence online, drive traffic into stores and create better customer experiences,” explained Stern. And if you can’t beat them, get online and join them.

A quality customer experience—plus e-commerce That’s exactly what local downtown retailers, including Angela Salido, did this summer. Her brick and mortar, Outside In, supplies a stash of high quality functional and fashionable outdoor lifestyle goods— high-demand commodities in Bend. “We live a very unique lifestyle here in Central Oregon. Locals want products that can easily be worn on the trails and in downtown,” explains Salido. Her eye for an appropriate outdoor look is highly attuned, having spent much time sourcing products and researching brands. “We take the time to touch and try on all the items before bringing them into the shop,” Salido said. And as of summer 2020, the store has also expanded its website’s e-commerce section. Salido notes online sales are a great option for her loyal customers who live outside of the area, or for friends and family shopping out of the area for gifts intended for locals. To combat retail giants like REI, Outside In offers a no-cost loyalty program and price matching, and doesn’t raise prices above suggested retail price. “We also partner with brands who will not allow their products to be sold on Amazon, because they realize that Amazon isn’t able to represent their brand’s integrity or protect their prices. Many small companies want to be more than just a mass-produced product. They want to have strong brand recognition and be sold by retailers who know how to fit the product and proudly represent their company values.” Drop shipping: A viable option for small retailers One digital half-step toward online for local retailers is drop shipping. For

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customers, it’s essentially the same experience as “regular” ecommerce, but for retailers, the process allows them to move products directly from a brand’s warehouse to their customers. James Good, owner of Good Bike Company in Prineville, said this approach has worked well for his bike shop, especially in the midst of COVID-19. “It’s been a crazy and wild journey working in COVID times. Our sales are up year to date,” he said. “With the ability for drop shipments from our distributors to our customers' front door, it has helped increase sales. We can work with our customers over the phone and have their parts and accessories sent directly; no need to meet in person at the retail store. We’ve made many sales like this, both locally and nationally. It’s allowed us to open up our customer base well beyond Central Oregon. Once we gain a customer, they keep reaching back out to us looking for more products and services. It’s been a real eye opener for sure.” And like Salido in the lifestyle apparel and goods game, Good feels

his shop’s ability to shine brightly in a galaxy with Amazon or REI is because, “We don’t compete. Instead, we focus on what we can do, which is excel in hospitality and back that up with topnotch service. Our team has three to four decades of experience in the bike industry. Amazon cannot sell the service or the experience our customers get once at the shop. Then, once our customers are at the shop, they see the inventory and products we carry and realize we have a lot of what they are looking for; they don’t need to order everything from the online giants when they have Good Bike Company.” “As Amazon grows bigger and bigger, people value unique and independent downtowns,” Salido added. “We don’t want every city and street in America to look the same and be owned by a few people. Shopping small supports makers, start-ups and keeps our communities innovative. It’s healthier for the environment and truly keeps our dollars local. In a world where we can’t control much, choosing where we spend our dollars in a powerful and meaningful way to make an impact.”

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Geoff Babb and the AdvenChair are Ready to Roll Locally produced all-terrain wheelchair provides opportunity for those with limited mobility to explore the outdoors—and it’s finally available to buy By Damian Fagan adventures. “The AdvenChair fits nicely into this, where the chair is the enabling part, and by telling stories of adventures that will encourage and inspire people,” said Babb. The trip into the Grand Canyon proved to be more than the chair could handle, breaking an axle 2 miles down. What could have been a major setback instead led to the inspiration for a newly designed chair—more like a mountain bike, less like a wheelchair. “Dale [Neubauer] brought in his design engineer, Jack Arnold, into my project,” said Babb. Utilizing technologies associated with bi-skis and mountain bikes, the group developed AdvenChair version 2.0 with an adjustable sit-ski seat, adjustable handlebars, larger 27.5-inch mountain bike wheels and high-grade aluminum mountain bike components. Neubauer, who owns Blue Moon Designs and developed Courtesy AdvenChair

The AdvenChair and company take on Smith Rock State Park.

Thus, the AdvenChair 1.0 was born. “My friend Dale Neubauer, who was a helicopter mechanic, helped us modify my regular wheelchair with beefier tires, a detachable front wheel, handbrakes on the handlebar and a harness which would allow a small team of helpers to guide me up and down the trail,” said Babb. With this new chair, Babb and his family and support team explored trails in and around Smith Rock, Mt. Bachelor, Crater Lake and Mt. Rainier. “We had some great adventures in my original AdvenChair,” said Babb. “These adventures prepared us for a trip to the bottom of the Grand Canyon in 2016.” To support this undertaking, Babb created the Onward Project, LLC, in 2016 to inspire, encourage and enable people to have active outdoor

the HeliLadder, a maintenance platform designed specifically for helicopter mechanics, also brought in local vendors to manufacture parts for the AdvenChair here in Central Oregon. “Adaptive sports equipment is one of the most critical components to remove barriers to the outdoors for individuals with disabilities,” said Pat Addabbo, Oregon Adaptive Sports executive director. “Geoff’s AdvenChair fits the niche of providing an all-terrain adventure wheelchair for someone who needs more assistance.” Isaac Shannon, a student at Central Oregon Community College, has test run the AdvenChair several times. “I have a mitochondrial disease, which is a genetic disorder that makes me tire easily,” said Shannon. “Before the AdvenChair I hadn’t hiked in over 15 years,

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n Nov. 10, 2005, Geoff Babb, a retired Bureau of Land Management fire ecologist and avid outdoor recreationalist who loved to ski and mountain bike, was rushed to the hospital after having a brain stem stroke. The near-fatal stroke left Babb with limited mobility. His recovery, aided by his wife, Yvonne, and then twin 12-year-old sons, Cory and Emory, would lead them and others on a journey down an unfamiliar trail. Babb’s desire to enjoy outdoor activities eventually connected him to sit-skiing with Oregon Adaptive Sports and adaptive horseback riding with Healing Reins Therapeutic Riding Center. Babb discovered that it wasn’t his body restricting him from getting outdoors, but more the limitations of his wheelchair. Unable to propel himself due to his stroke, Babb needed assistance getting his wheelchair down a trail.

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An excrusion to Mathieu Lake with a crew of friends and supporters.

but now I feel free and independent in it. This chair really brightens up that opportunity for those of us who have physical limitations.” Helping individuals who have had a stroke get back outdoors is a critical aspect. “For someone who has had a stroke, there’s so much overwhelming change at first that they often hunker down and isolate,” said Carol-Ann Nelson, physical therapist and executive director and founder of Destination Rehab. “The AdvenChair opens up the possibilities for getting farther down the trail, and even getting out of the chair and doing therapy in nature.” Along the path to redesigning the AdvenChair, Babb had another stroke. “Twelve years to the day of my first stroke, I had another one,” said Babb. “It was pretty obvious after having my second stroke I wasn’t going back to work.”

Babb took his retirement from the BLM and now focuses his energy on the AdvenChair and the Onward Project. Though the group was ready to roll with production of the AdvenChair about a year ago, along came another bump in the trail: the pandemic. “We decided to pull the chair until things settled down,” explained Babb. But now, as of Dec. 1, the AdvenChair is on the market and Babb is taking orders through Feb. 15, or until they have 10 orders. The introductory price is $9,950 plus shipping. More than a dozen years in the making, Babb hopes his AdvenChair will fulfill a niche with its off-road capabilities and inspire people worldwide with limited mobility to access the healing power of nature and to “boldly go where no chair has gone before.” Find out more at advenchair.com. Courtesy AdvenChair

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The ever-evolving list of considerations when viewing property In addition, keep the showings concise. With so many places closed or operating in limited capacity, it is entirely possible that the home’s occupant is parked somewhere, with the kids, the dogs and doing a Zoom call or a Webex class from the car. Now is not the time for touring homes for the sake of touring just in case. If the neighborhood or the style and size of the house, for example, are not what meets the requirements, perhaps it’s a good idea to focus on seeing only the properties that do. It’s key to also have consideration for one’s realtor. The National Association of Realtors and the local associations are suggesting limited contact between clients and brokers. That means riding in separate cars to showings and forgoing in-person meetings to virtual meetings and digital document signings. While real estate brokers are not considered frontline workers, every time a realtor steps out with a client they are interfacing with people who are not part of their everyday pod. They, too, may have elderly parents they are caring for or a member in their household who has a compromised immune system. Also, be respectful of sanitation and mask requirements. Always wash hands frequently, wear booties and sanitize hands prior to entering a property. Wear a mask! When entering someone else’s home, this isn’t a choice. It’s mandatory. Aside from the fact that it is a statewide ordinance, this is someone’s home and sanctuary. When inside the house, refrain from touching anything. Opening the cabinets, turning on the water and the various other things I have seen clients do over the years is not appropriate right now. Videos can be taken of the interior of linen closets or cabinets. Keep in mind may people have cameras and other devices around their home. Disrespectful behavior not only reflects poorly on the person viewing the property, but also can lead to liability issues for a real estate broker. It is best to mind one’s Ps and Qs. Finally, it goes without saying that if one is not feeling well or has been exposed to someone who has tested positive for COVID-19, reschedule the showing. We are no doubt in one of the most trying times this country has seen in over a century. And now more than ever we need to demonstrate kindness, respect and consideration. This goes for not only real estate showings, but for our community members as a whole.

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t’s no secret that the real estate market is one sector of the economy where the effects of coronavirus have had the opposite influence than on the vast majority of the U.S. economy. From the start of the pandemic, the real estate industry in Oregon has been considered an essential business/industry. In fact, the real estate market has soared all while facing a global pandemic. Demand for housing remains extremely high even during what is typically considered a slower season for realtors in Central Oregon. Buyer demand remains high and as such, so do the showing requests. With the recent surge in coronavirus cases both nationally and locally, it seemed a good idea to revisit safety protocols and considerations. Unlike many other businesses, real estate involves people’s homes, one of the most intimate places for people. It is their sanctuary, their safe place, and now their schools—and for many, their place of employment. For many, their home has become the only place during this pandemic where the guard can come down and a relaxing breath of safety can be inhaled. Respect and consideration for others’ health and safety is of critical importance when viewing property, especially now. Pile the holiday season on top of an already interesting time and voilà– real estate showings can get a little complicated. The first and most crucial thing when looking at properties is consideration for others’ time and space. It may become more difficult for people to leave a home for a showing during certain hours because of homeschooling requirements, or perhaps they work from home and are on Zoom meetings and conference calls. They may need 24 hours’ notice to pick up the house, pack up the kids and the dogs and reschedule that Zoom call, all while waiting for the Webex class to finish so they can dart out the door in time for the showing. In other cases, like tenant-occupied properties, the residents did not choose to put their home on the market and may not be so receptive to having to do the above routine and allowing strangers in their home. It’s important to be flexible with timing. While the goal is to find the perfect property, sometimes it requires waiting a couple hours or working around someone else’s schedule. In terms of punctuality, now may not be the best time to arrive to a showing 15 minutes early. There may be other showings before one’s scheduled appointment, or the resident is threading the needle on timing between those classes and Zoom calls.

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I broke up with my boyfriend because he didn’t prioritize our relationship and wouldn’t commit. He now wants to get back together and has been sending me cards and letters for weeks. Is it foolish to give him another shot? —Red Flag? A man who’s all, “Forget the Tinder randos! I need you!” is a man whose sexual freedom means less to him than being with you. It’s basically like a lion knocking on the door of the zoo: “Got a cage for me?” Still, it’s natural you’re giving his pleas to get back together the side-eye: “Hmmph. So...I wasn’t good enough for you before, but I’m suddenly good enough for you now?!” However, his unwillingness to commit may have had little to do with you. There’s this myth that you just need to find “the right person” and then you and Senor Perfecto ride off into the sunset together to Happily Ever After. In fact, clinical psychologist Judith Sills explains that you need to find not just the right person, but the right person at the right time: when both you and he are ready to commit. “Readiness” doesn’t strike lightning bolt-style; it develops. It’s a psychological shift that acts as a “catalyst for commitment”: for the intimacy, vulnerability, and responsibility for another person that commitment entails. Evolutionary psychologists David Buss and David Schmitt observe that having sex can ultimately cost women vastly more than it costs men: nine months of pregnancy plus a squalling kid to feed versus a teaspoon of sperm plus a wave goodbye. So, for men, “a shortterm sexual strategy” -- casual sex with a variety of women -- has “reproductive benefits,” allowing them to leave more descendants carrying their genes (in contrast with a “long-term sexual strategy,” commitment). However, which strategy is optimal for an individual man or woman is context-dependent. Contexts that motivate a man to commit include wanting a family, a meaningful partnership, and/or a “highly desirable woman” who can afford to put her foot down: “Relationship or bust, Bob.” Chances are the “foot” scenario is behind your previously blase Bob’s transformation (probably along with how we don’t always realize what we have until we’ve lost it). Tell him something soon -either that you’ll hear him out or that it’s over. If it’s the latter, knowing now will allow him to go out with dignity -- before he scrapes bottom on chick flick lines to

poach for his letters and decides begging for love can be genderfluid: “I’m also just a girl, standing in front of a boy, asking him to love her.”

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I’m a 32-year-old woman with a pattern of getting into relationships and then not wanting to have sex. I’m really into sex when the relationship’s new. But about a year in, I stop wanting to have sex, even when the emotional part of the relationship is good. Why does this happen, and is it preventable? —Dismayed Over time, everything gets old. Even Amy Alkon men and women who are into the freakiest sex eventually look over at their partner all, “Ugh. Not another night of the same old-same old in the sex dungeon.” Where men and women tend to differ is in their motivation for having sex once they’re in a relationship. There’s an assumption that, in relationships, women’s sexual desire will work just like men’s -- that is, rise up out of nowhere (like teenage boys’ inappropriate erections). Sexual medicine specialist Rosemary Basson, M.D., finds that this “spontaneous hunger” to have sex is a thing for women in the initial dating stage and for some women in relationships, especially if they and their partner are apart for a few weeks. But many women in long-term romantic partnerships stop having the physical craving to get it on -- the urge for sexual “release.” However, they might still be motivated to have sex for other reasons, like to feel close to their partner. Unfortunately, like you, they and their partners often assume their sexual desire is dead and gone. But Basson explains that a woman’s desire is probably arousable, meaning triggerable. (It just needs waking up.) In practical terms, if a woman who wants to want sex starts making out with her partner, she’s likely to get turned on. This becomes the springboard to her feeling that physical urge to have sex. However...this assumes she was seriously attracted to him to begin with and didn’t just succumb to advice to be “open-minded” about a great guy she found sexually meh. Initially, excitement over what’s new (new guy!) is often mistaken for the excitement of finding somebody hot. However, if actual attraction wasn’t there at the start, there’ll be nothing to revive once the early sexual disbelief -- “How do you even do that? Are you double-jointed? In Cirque du Soleil?” -- erodes into “Cirque du So Tired Of This.”

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): I’m envision-

Capricorn novelist Patricia Highsmith (1921–1995) once made the following New Year’s Eve Toast: “To all the devils, lusts, passions, greeds, envies, loves, hates, strange desires, enemies ghostly and real, the army of memories, with which I do battle—may they never give me peace.” Right now I suspect you may be tempted to make a similar toast. As crazy-making as your current challenges are, they are entertaining and growth-inducing. You may even have become a bit addicted to them. But in the interests of your long-term sanity, I will ask you to cut back on your “enjoyment” of all this uproar. Please consider a retreat into an intense self-nurturing phase.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20Feb. 18): In the French city of Strasbourg, there’s a wine cellar built in the year 1395. Among its treasures is a barrel filled with 450 liters of wine that was originally produced in 1472. According to legend, this ancient beverage has been tasted on just three occasions. The last time was to celebrate the French army’s liberation of Strasbourg from German occupation in 1944. If I had the power, I would propose serving it to you Aquarians in honor of your tribe’s heroic efforts to survive—and even thrive—during the ordeals of 2020. I’m predicting that life in 2021 will have more grace and progress because of how you have dealt with this year’s challenges.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): There are too many authorities, experts, know-it-alls, and arrogant ideologues trying to tell us all what to do and how to do it. Fortunately, the cosmic rhythms are now aligned in such a way as to help you free yourself from those despots and bullies. Here’s more good news: Cosmic rhythms are also aligned to free you from the nagging voice in your own head that harass you with fearful fantasies and threaten you with punishment if you aren’t perfect. ARIES (March 21-April 19): According to Taoist scholar Chad Hansen, “Western philosophers have endlessly analyzed and dissected a cluster of terms thought to be central to our thinking,” such as truth, beauty, reason, knowledge, belief, mind, and goodness. But he reports that they’ve never turned their attention to a central concept of Chinese philosophy: the Tao, which might be defined as the natural, unpredictable fl ow of life’s ever-changing rhythms. I think that you Aries people, more than any other sign of the zodiac, have the greatest potential to cultivate an intuitive sense of how to align yourselves vigorously with the Tao. And you’re in prime time to do just that.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): What’s the cause of the rumbling at the core of your soul? How do we explain the smoke and steam that are rising from the lower depths? From what I can discern, the fire down below and the water down below are interacting to produce an almost supernatural state of volatile yet numinous grace. This is a good thing! You may soon begin having visions of eerie loveliness and earth-shaking peace. The clarity that will eventually emerge may at first seem dark, but if you maintain your poise it will bloom like a thousand moons.

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CANCER (June 21-July 22): What would it take for you to muster just a bit more courage so as to change what needs to be changed? How could you summon the extra excitement and willpower necessary to finally make progress on a dilemma that has stumped you? I’m happy to inform you that cosmic rhythms will soon be shifting in such a way as to make these breakthroughs more possible. For best results, shed any tendencies you might have to feel sorry for yourself or to believe you’re powerless.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Novelist Tom Robbins says you have the power to change how you perceive the world. You can change reality—and how reality responds to you—by the way you look at it and interpret it. This counsel is especially useful for you right now, Leo. You have an unparalleled opportunity to reconfigure the way you apprehend things, and thereby transform the world you live in. So I suggest you set your intention. Vow that for the next two weeks, every experience will bring you a fresh invitation to find out something you didn’t know before. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi was re-elected in 2019. During his campaign, the Virgo-born politician arranged to be photographed while wearing the saffron robes of a Hindu priest and meditating in an austere Himalayan cave. Why did he do it? To appeal to religious voters. But later it was revealed that the “cave” was in a cozy retreat center that provides regular meals, electricity, phone service, and attentive attendants. It will be crucial for you to shun this type of fakery in 2021, Virgo. Your success will depend on you being as authentic, genuine, and honest as you can possibly be. Now is an excellent time to set your intention and start getting yourself in that pure frame of mind. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): When author Ernest Hemingway was working on the manuscript for his novel A Farewell to Arms, he asked his colleague F. Scott Fitzgerald to offer critique. Fitzgerald obliged with a ten-page analysis that advised a different ending, among other suggestions. Hemingway wasn’t pleased. “Kiss my ass,” he wrote back to Fitzgerald. I suggest a different approach for you, Libra. In my view, now is a good time to solicit feedback and mirroring from trusted allies. What do they think and how do they feel about the current state of your life and work? If they do respond, take at least some of it to heart.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Mistletoe is a parasite that grows on trees, weakening them. On the other hand, it has been a sacred plant in European tradition. People once thought it conferred magical protection. It was called “all-heal” and regarded as a medicine that could cure numerous illnesses. Even today, it’s used in Europe as a remedy for colon cancer. And of course mistletoe is also an icon meant to encourage kissing. After studying your astrological potentials, I’m proposing that mistletoe serve as one of your symbolic power objects in the coming months. Why? Because I suspect that you will regularly deal with potencies and energies that could potentially be either problematic or regenerative. You’ll have to be alert to ensure that they express primarily as healing agents.

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ore likely than not, the cannabis lover in your life already has their favorite dispensary—and dispensary products—well in hand. Putting a container of edibles or flower under the tree this year will be sure to make them smile, but if you’re looking for something besides product to wrap up and give this year, here are a few ideas available at local dispensaries. “Bong Appetit Cookbook,” available at Dr. Jolly’s. $30

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