While President Trump continues to prove he’s totally inept. Portland is making national news for all the wrong reasons. Personally I think Mayor Wheeler is rather ineffectual and he could be doing a much better job handling the current protests. However it doesn’t mean that the Feds need to come in an ratchet up the…
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COVID-19 Wk 17: In for the Long Haul
Health officials in Oregon are expecting “exponential growth” of coronavirus cases in the coming weeks. Yet watching the news and traveling about town for errands it appears that nobody cares. People are still gathering in groups and some of my neighbors are having parties. I totally understand that people are frustrated, fed up and want…
COVID-19 Wk 13: Getting Social(ish)
Mia is the only person I have done any sort of outdoor activity with since late February. While I had plenty of plans between then and now it goes without saying that COVID screwed it all up. (how many times have I written that in a blog post now….?) I finally loosened my self restriction…
COVID-19 Wk 10: Not the Original Plan
Family tradition pretty much demands that Mia and I should have been going someplace for Memorial Day Weekend. In the 19 years we’ve been together we’ve done everything from Bar Harbor, Hershey Park, Jackson New Hampshire, Sisters, Bend, Walport/Yachats, Cannon Beach, Redwood Forest, and a heck of a lot more. Her birthday usually falls around…
COVID-19 Wk 9: Calm Before the Storm?
For me personally this week was pretty nice because I felt it was probably the first “normal” work week since this all began. In the previous eight weeks a core group of us have implemented a citywide COVID leave plan, a federal emergency sick leave plan, numerous changes to our timesheet program for both the…
COVID-19 Wk 7: Still Going
Well week seven of the coronavirus pandemic is behind us. When this all started I was hoping that maybe it would be five to six weeks and we’d be back to some semblance of “normal” life. Well that theory got blown out of the water. Over the weekend Governor Brown extended Oregon’s state of emergency…
ON & OFF RHODES 