My Cup Runneth Over

Today, August 13th, is the first time since July 19th that I have had the pleasure of spending time with just Mia. Now don’t get me wrong, I have been having A LOT of fun the past twenty five days but man oh man has it been busy and slightly exhausting. On July 19th, after…

That’s More Like It

After bitching about the weather in my last post things have started to slowly improve. Mia and I had pre-booked an April weekend in Sisters months ago. Regardless of the weather on the west side of the Cascades you can be fairly certain that it will be dry on the east side. Ironically enough the…

Rhodes Trip 2022 – Halfway(ish)

We’re about halfway through our month long trip. It is amazing how fast the time has flown by. We did some fairly big mileage days just to get from Oregon to New Hampshire but we did manage to sneak in a few of the sights along the way. Not long into driving on day 2…

Mom

When I saw a phone call from Paul last night at what would have been 9pm east coast time I had that sinking feeling that it wasn’t good news. Sometimes it really sucks to be right. My mom had passed away. It didn’t really come as a shock because of a text from Steve the…

COVID-19 Wk 15: RIP Grammy Dot

It is with a heavy heart that I write of the passing of Mia’s grandmother Grammy Dot. She was 103 years old and to me epitomized the feisty French Canadian women that Manchester and Nashua are known for. She loved her Boston Bruins and a good card game of scat (31). She took no prisoners…

Rhodes HQ – The Original

I refer to Mia and my home here in Oregon as Rhodes HQ.  I’ve even tagged it in Facebook and use it as my “location” when posting things from home.  The original Rhodes HQ, hell the center of the Rhodes Universe, is in Bow, NH.  Today Paul sent me the listing that it is for…