+COVINGTON LOUISIANA+
(>home of walker percy<
>and other fine artists<)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>is a charming old summer resort for<
>new orleans urbanites looking for<
+NURVANA+
>(evading 19th c. yellow fever)<
>in the piney forests 35 miles from<
+NEW ORLEANS+
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+OUR PARENTS MET+
>at a dance in the park<
>down by the river<
^^^^^^^^^^^^
+STAIGG-CAVAROC+
>Memere lived in a tropic cottage<
>where our cotton broker grand<
+SCHOLAR+
>father had died years before<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+RAYS & deGRUYS+
>had frequented the forests and rivers<
>here for many enjoyable decades<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+AUTUMN 1859+
>Francois Verloin Degruy our great<
>great grandfather was the parish<
(+$12,000+) !!!
>wealthiest planter landowner<
>(pioneer of brick industry)<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+AUTUMN1959+
>i hung my architectural shingle over<
>the door on the left side of this old<
+(GHOSTS)+
>bank where my aunt worked<
>after the 1st world war<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+FEED & SEED STORES+
>in covington were the most radiantly<
>organic archetypes to establish a<
+GENUS LOCI+
>sense of St Tammany Parish<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+PINE OIL AROMA+
>was my favorite memory of summer<
>vacations spent in old covington<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+SOUTHERN HOTEL+
>heart of all social occasions where<
>our grandmother rocked on the<
+FRONT PORCH+
>outside Tuggy's infamous bar<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+ST. PAUL'S COLLEGE+
>my dad's legendary school where<
>he broke his nose playing<
+BASKETBALL+
^^^^^^^^^^^
+PATACHEKS+
>variety store where my grandmother<
>bought a carpenter's kit of tools<
+FIRST TOOLS+
>for a child when i was sick<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+STORM NIGHT LIGHTING+
>ignited an interest in light<
>w/ Memere's hurricane<
>OIL LAMPS+
^^^^^^^^
+SAINT SCHOLASTICA+
>Marian my first wife boarded here as<
>a young girl taking the bus to<
+NEW ORLEANS+
>her parents living in Carrolton<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+COVINGTON 1901+
>the year our mother was born, the oxen<
>still were run through the streets on<
+(PAMPLOMA)+ !
>the way to our Cavaroc great<
>grandfathers nola stockyard<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+GENETIC MEMORY+
>caused me to return to Covington when<
>i received my architectural license to<
+OZONE LOVE+
>the surprise of our parents who<
>had moved to Baton Rouge<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+OLLIER'S BAKERY+
>lemon layer cake memory was<
>also a powerful influence<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+GRATITUDE+
>to our deGruy cousin Neal Pendleton<
>for the Covington Bicentennial<
>Scrapbook photographs<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
eugene ray, mfa, architect
professor emeritus, sdsu
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