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Month: March 2020

Long Period of “Solar Distancing” Begins Monday!

Long Period of “Solar Distancing” Begins Monday!

I hope ALL of you are keeping safe and keeping apart from other human beings, this week.  Wow….it’s incredible how this COVID-19 virus has upended our entire social order in a matter of two weeks.  Exactly two Saturdays ago I was at a basketball game between the Blazers and the Kings.  But I seriously doubt we’ll be able to do that again, for the next several months at least! This pandemic is horrifically serious business.  At this point it’s pretty…

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“Winter In March” Recap

“Winter In March” Recap

Greetings!  What a week it has been.  I’m not going to delve into the COVID-19 pandemic here; you’ve probably heard enough by now that you’re canceling plans left and right, and preparing to isolate for a couple months. Moving on…I’ve been joking the past couple days, that some weather gods must have caught the coronavirus.  We’re just finishing up one of the most unusual patterns possible for mid-March:  lowland snow and cold east wind out of the Columbia River Gorge. …

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Unusual Mid-March Cold Snap This Weekend!

Unusual Mid-March Cold Snap This Weekend!

Hi everyone!  It’s been a fun early March for me.  During a short vacation from work, I got to go to a Blazers basketball game last Saturday, against the Sacramento Kings.  It wasn’t a very good game overall; the defense sucked and Damian Lillard wasn’t having a good night at all.  But the experience was still fun. Also on Monday night, I got to enjoy some dancing at the Madhouse PDX show downtown.  Not everyone understands house music; it really…

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