Very long time, blogging is not my thing. Mostly Instagram posts, but this past weekend for the Summer Solstice we ran a virtual relay “RAGNAR” style for the Alzheimer’s Association challenge of the Longest Day “The day with the most light is the day we fight”. 10 of us Scattered throughout MA and NH, and…
COVID-19 Wk 14!!!: Summer Solstice
Fourteen weeks since COVID-19 wreaked havoc in Oregon. In hindsight this amount of time almost seems trivial. Many of us had the mindset that this would last maybe 5-6 weeks and we’d resume some kind of “normal”. Truth is at this point I’m resigned to just going with the flow and dealing with things as…
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 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…
ON & OFF RHODES 