An amazing world out here…
June 22, 2009 at 6:23 PM (03 - June '09) (author, business, children services, comment, families, fight, helium, Hello, help with writing, husband, imagination, jase, jealous, klamath falls, limited, money, move, moving, need help writing, prompt, Prompts)
I look outside and though sometimes it is cloudy, it is amazing. The winds blow different here than from Klamath falls. It is almost as if Coos Bay is a completely different world. The foliage is the same, yet different,. The weather is the same, but different.
For example, in Klamath Falls, the winds blew from the lake. The winds would reach our house from a northern direction. Here, the wind comes off the ocean, always carrying a briny smell, which hits us from the west. In Klamath falls, the trees are more pine than anything else, except in the city limits, where you have the oaks, elms, and willows. Here… I haven’t even begun to recognize half the plants. I mean, there are still the pines, but there are numerous other trees that I have not been around very often and have yet to memorize.
In Klamath falls, you drive north for a half hour and you are in the forest. East, you end up in high desert (see my facebook for pics). West is another city. South… well, that’s California. In Coos Bay, north, you see the coast. West, you are on the ocean. South, you are on the coast. East, you are in the mountain range.
The people are so much nicer here, too. Everyone has a warm smile and a welcoming hello. People go out of their way to help others it seems. In Klamath Falls, you are much more likely to see averted faces and eyes and hear mutterings behind your back.
Is Coos Bay the nicest place in Oregon? Maybe, maybe not. I haven’t seen enough of Oregon to give you a definite answer. But Coos Bay is a wonderful place to visit if you love the coast and happy people.
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#6 Prompt
June 22, 2009 at 6:13 PM (Prompts) (author, business, comment, helium, Hello, help with writing, imagination, limited, need help writing, prompt, Prompts, tv, work, world, writer, writers, Writing, writing prompts)
6. The tv series, Star Trek, has created numerous devices that are currently used in today’s society. From sliding doors to cell phones. What other special device is being made due to the creativity of the series? Is there any other television series that has revolutionalized the world?
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# 5 Prompt
June 15, 2009 at 10:47 AM (1)
5. Your job was to investigate reports of a special creature that lives in a small town. Only there is much more going on in the small town that just a special pet. The man who owns the pet has his own…
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#4 Prompt
June 9, 2009 at 12:00 PM (Prompts) (author, business, comment, help with writing, imagination, limited, need help writing, prompt, Prompts, whatever, work, world, writer, writers, Writing, writing prompts)
The sound was loud enough that it shook the entire house. S/he rushed into the den, only to find that…
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Coos Bay Houses
July 5, 2009 at 11:35 AM (04 - July '09) (author, business, comment, families, husband, imagination, limited, money, move, moving, packing, paying, rent, roomie, roommate, u-haul, whatever, world)
Ok. This title doesn’t seem like much. However, I have seen some seriously amazing houses in Coos Bay and North Bend.
Technically, we live in North Bend, which is a block away from the Coos Bay border. Don’t ask me, I just live here. North Bend, on average, has the new-fangle homes that look a lot like the houses next door and down the street. You know the type, made from the same building plans except for the odd one in between (I suspect that those were either accidents, already there, or houses that had burned down and rebuilt) with that little touch that makes them different. Such as the house being built like someone was looking in a mirror at the first house, or the one that moves the front window over by two feet.
Well, yesterday, I took our roommate, Jessica, down to the park in Coos Bay so she could visit her son. I didn’t really notice anything on the way there since I was doing my damnedest to keep the few sights I did notice in order so that I could find my way back. On the way back, however, was a completely different situation. I glanced around in awe, and yes, almost got lost. The houses were magnificent. You have not only colonial style, but ranch (and it looked like a real log home) and everything in between. There was at least on 20th century home that looked completely modernized the whole front of it was nothing but one huge window.
Telling my parents of my discovery, I found out that they had originally looked at a house, more in the country, for 1200 a month. (Maybe one day we will afford that, but it was nice to look at.) Apparently it was huge, four bedrooms, a bit of acreage – not too much, but enough to play with. High ceilings. Spacious kitchen. The whole-9-yards. I wish I could have seen it.
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