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…
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COVID-19 Wk 16: Hiking Again
For the past several years I have set a goal to hike with Codi at least 100 miles a year. While riding my bike(s) is generally my main objective, Mia and I try to hike at least once a month if at all possible. We were off to a decent start in 2020 with almost…
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…
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…
ON & OFF RHODES 