"Cuss words on Mondays and Hymns on Sundays" was what my grandmother always told me with a little chuckle at the end when she would be baking bread for dinner. She had been saying that ever since I can remember and it never bothered me till I grew u...
Constant movement, parties on the weekends - drugs, alcohol, cruelty.
Run-down neighborhoods, shacks, loss of hope. South Town called the ghetto. My childhood began here. Racing bikes down abandoned driveways. Exploring, our kingdom of the wetlands. Frogs, salamanders, snakes. And the flies.
Farms.
Country-side.
Open fields.
North Corvallis resides here.
I grew up here on this side of town at my family's church.
I discovered who I was then.
I found who I really am now.
Wild animals and domestic animals share the grass-covered hills.
Rabbits, cougars, goffers, raccoons.
Horses - healthy and holding on for life, once domestic cats,
Dogs, pigs, sheep.
Downtown.
Home to shoppes, restaurants, bars.
Corvallis History- Library, Courthouse, Benton County Jail.
Home to Corvallis' Chinatown.
Balut1. Tibet House. History of the railroad.
Footnotes: 1 - Balut is a very popular street food in the Philippines, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam. Balut is a cooked duck embryo inside of the egg that is enjoyed at 14 to 21 days fertilization. Full incubation is typically 28 days.
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