Photo by Kevin Cole:        Big, Bad & Ugly Surf Contest 2009

Photo by Dennis Young:        Morro Rock

Photo by Malcolm Riordan:        USCG Surf Boats

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Peregrine Falcon image on banner by Cleve Nash

Art Talk by Jayne Behman

Another notch carved in my life belt.  Like a prizefighter, I am grateful to have survived the last round (2010). The truth is, I like endings. Concluding something makes me feel fulfilled.  The goal of what I had set out to do has been accomplished.  I look forward to new beginnings. This is the time for self-reflection.  Read More

Genie's Pocket by Jeanie Greensfelder

As teen-aged seniors
we cheer our Pirates
until skull and crossbones fly.

Fifty years flash by.
Now we are the grown-ups 
we once laughed at . . .

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Great Shots by Jerry Kirkhart & Steve Corey

Our photo editors bring you some of their favorite coastal images for the month. This month's featured local photographers include Cleve Nash, Carol DiNolfo, Alice Cahill, Don Quintana, Bill Bouton, Linda Tanner, Anita Ritenour, Marlin Harms, Howard Ignatius, Steve Corey, James Crawford, Jerry Kirkhart, Joyce Cory, Andrew Reding, Pam Link, Elizabeth Haslam, Ashala Tylor, Teddy Llovet, Mike Baird, Dawn Beattie, and Rob DeGraff. See More

In Sight - 2010 Morro Bay Photo Expo Winners by Jerry Kirkhart

Morro Photo Expo presents new Canon cameras to Morro Bay High School multimedia program. Read More

One Poet's Perspective

Winter is here.  All manner of  things, noticed and unnoticed, go on. On December 9th the Atascadero Writers Group convened its annual holiday potluck at Koffee Klatsch where it has met during the last year. The highpoint of the event was the group's presentation of a plaque to owners, Doris Geisen and her husband, John. It states: "With great appreciation the Atascadero writers' group recognizes Koffee Klatsch for their generous support of arts and literature in Atascadero."  Read More

Wildheart by Mandy Davis

Look behind
the path littered
skeletons of perceptions . . .

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Photo by Howard Ignatius: Valencia Peak