Jackson Plaza

4 October 2008
12:32
Jackson Plaza, Willamette University, Salem, OR
The weather is cool and the sun looks as though it is fighting the clouds to push through. I am sitting on the brick wall in Jackson Plaza and the stone is cool and damp. Usually when I have taken observations from Jackson Plaza I have mainly focused on the mill stream, but today I am taking my observation from another direction, with my back to the stream I can now view the goings on of the main portion of the Plaza. Two men are walking towards the plaza and one is juggling two oranges with one hand, with each toss he increases the height of the oranges. Suddenly two people come running through the plaza making bird noises to imitate crows. I turn my gaze back to the juggler only to find him balancing on one of the pillars juggling not only two oranges, but now two oranges and a water bottle. The water bottle falls and he quickly jumps down to retrieve his third utensil. This area of campus seems to be the heart of Willamette.