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…
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COVID-19 Wk 12: Some Me Time
The whole COVID-19 thing came screaming into Oregon in the middle of March. Mia and I had just spent three days in Cannon Beach while there was a big push to finish off the repairs to our house from the Great Laundry Flood of 2019. Since that time we have both been flat out at…
COVID-19 Wk 11: Another Extension
Good news and bad news (well more annoying than bad) for me personally this week. My county, Washington County, enters Phase 1 of “reopening” starting Monday June 1st. There is some trepidation on my part. Are people going to go crazy? Will people be considerate and follow the rules? Given my feelings on humanity in…
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 8: Keep Keeping On
Here we are again (still?). Ending another week of hands down the strangest time of my whole life. Oregon is still seeing cases of the virus but at least no new deaths in the past 24 hours. Plans are also taking shape for the opening of businesses again. It’s easy to see that people are…
ON & OFF RHODES 