Lisalivesnorth

Super special when you’re out on a walk with friends & you stop in a market & there’s your coffee on the shelf✨
Extra special when that same coffee is the in house coffee served daily in the in house Deli & in their additional Coffee Shop! ✨
Working this baby every single day & night.
Taking the steps one by one by one to build this with integrity & strength. Giving back to something bigger than myself.
Come along with us!
If you haven’t tried TAKOTA COFFEE yet please do! I’ve placed a first time buyer discount code up on the site just for you! ✨
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Join us in giving back to Native American programs here in America💖
If you are interested in wholesale we welcome you to reach out to us via [email protected] ✨
Many Blessings ~
Lisa

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Jeff & I, TAKOTA COFFEE & BACKFIRE STATION WELCOME YOU TO THE PENDLETON ROUNDUP!!!
We’ve partnered up with BACKFIRE STATION to keep ya’l hydrated morning to night!
We’ve got plenty of fresh roasted coffee!
Serving up HOT BREWED & ICED COLD BREW & COLD BREW LATTES!
And BACKFIRE is here to ad a shot or 2 of whiskey if you’d like!
We’ve got the giant theater screen on & great music to boot!
Come say “Howdy” & “Let’er Buck”

At the entrance into the incredibly ‘gorgeous’ Columbia Gorge here in Oregon is a lil historic town named Troutdale. Where once the Wild West was abound & a tiny spicy Native American woman ran the town. Clara Latourell, Troutdale mayor 1913.
There is soo much history here & sitting on the west end of the historic Columbia River Hwy in Troutdale is a lovely shop curating all kinds of beauty & gorgeousness highlighting Pacific Northwest & local artisans.
Welcome to Artistree NW You will find a plethora of amazement here including our TAKOTA COFFEE!

I read a beautiful write up Wednesday morning about animal husbandry.
(Thank you Allison Porterfield)
For those of you who aren’t familiar with that term in a nut shell it’s about loving & caring for your animal to the point that you do what’s best for them & not suckle your own emotions & selfish desires.
It’s about having the bigger heart to let go when you don’t necessarily have the inner emotional strength to do it.
It’s about sucking up what puddle of tears you might submerge into & making yourself swim even simply tread water to last until their last breath all the while you’re barely able to inhale &/or exhale yourself.
And of course this beautiful write up just ‘happened’ to find me via Facebook (Thanks Alli!) while I’m lying on the kitchen floor at 6 am stroking the brow of my 15+ year old Australian Shepherd as he’s leaning into his own time of transition.
The one where he will cross over the rainbow bridge to his eternal resting place.
This water I’m treading created by tears of memories of a good & faithful friendship is HARD EXHAUSTING!
I wanna run away.
I wanna tuck myself in every second of blanketed escape but it’s not possible.
Not for even a F’n minute.
He deserves better.
He deserves to lean into the love & warmth of our bond.
I’m trying not to lose it!
Cuz I swear if I do I’ll be like a Turkey who drowns himself in the beautiful rain he’s watching fall from the sky!
Yes! They do that!!!
I know if I allow this damn dam to break there’ll be no turning back!
I’ll be gone! Swept away to drown in my own selfish emotion to keep him here!
The reason I decided to share this window peak into my heart with ya’l right now is just in case to help anyone out there who might be hurting when it comes to their own dog &/or animal love heart.
Its also what i do. I write.
Its a form of therapy so to speak for me.
I don’t want anyone to tell me what to do or say what they did or what they think.
I don’t wanna share these moments, in his presence these last times with him with anyone.
I’m not a super selfish person at all accept when it comes to selfish love.
I’m using the free card right now.
The one that says this is my call.
I get to decide.
This is my dog. My best friend.
And I will do whats right for him, for us.

I am NOT doing very good in this particular puddle of tears.

You’d think for as much death as I’ve experienced around me in this life I’d be stronger.
I’m just a complete internal mess with snot sniffing backwards streams of tears pouring down my face.
I’ve held the hands of grandparents, my parents, my sister, beloved aunt, best friends, even strangers before they cross.
I’ve loved on the warm skin of a precious 3 month old baby girl while she took her last breaths.
Yet with this old guy I AM A MESS!
This old man & I have been through so much together in the last 15 + years.
We’ve went through huge incredible adventures & tragic heartache.
He’s been on some of the craziest hikes & climbs, swam in the ocean, lakes & rivers, danced through fresh rain puddles & plowed through puddles of mud over & over with complete & utter abandonment. Both he & his predisessor have been the go to ranch hand for gathering up the steers & bring’n em back where they belong safe & sound. And in turn thats what this old dog has done for me too over & over throughout these years of our bond together.
He has certainly round me out & reeled me back in whenever I’ve needed his lead. Good & faithful friend he is.
We’ve ridden quite the journey.
I get it buddy. My joints hurt too.
I’m tired.
Wish we could make this journey together.
I wanna be beyond the vale too.
I wanna go back where no one spouts off their mouths in disrespect or pushes their agendas. Where hard work is part of your makeup & grit to turn em out & get’er done are days well spent.
I wanna go beyond to that place where peace abounds & caring & love for one another comes first, comes easy.
In reality buddy I’m happy for you.
I envy where you’re going & how you’ll feel when you arrive.
I’m so thankful we got to accompany each other for awhile on this journey through this place.
There are actually moments I give thought to the fact that ya, I would have made it on my own, I coulda chose that route but you’ve made me such a better person because of having you in my life.
Let’s make a solid pack.
Let’s set our sites on our reunion!
That exhilarating moment when the arrival mayhem parts & I see you running from the top of that hill to greet me in that lush green valley.
More monumental…
Even bigger & better than when Chance, Sassy & Shadow showed up in Homeward Bound!
Let’s do that!
Or I swear I’m just gonna die right here with you in this cavern of tears.