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Peregrine Falcon image on banner by Cleve Nash

Genie's Pocket by Jeanie Greensfelder

Nipomo Ranch Walk

A bee struggles in a spider's web
and a lizard, who lost his tail, darts by.
Both steer me to the earth,
midwife to life, and its cemetery.  Read More

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 are Steve Corey, Dagmar Collins, Barb Ignatius, Elizabeth Haslam, Dave Lawrence, Gary Powell, Rob Degraff, Jim Radford, Alice Cahill, Jerry Kirkhart, Ashala Tylor, Nan Calora, Bill Bouton, Don Quintana, Mimi Ditchie, James Crawford, Howard Ignatius, Lace Anderson, Aidan Briggs, Linda Tanner, Anita Ridenour, Marlin Harms, and Michael Peterson. See More

One Poet's Perspective by Jane Elsdon

We're missing those long Eastern Sierra hikes we used to take almost any summer month from the fifties through the turn of the century, when Gene fished for Rainbows, Browns, or Golden trout while I wandered along looking for natural wonders and poems along the way. Once a chuckle of a verse walked right up to us on legs above South Lake and we still laugh over the way it came. And the way it went, too.  'Twas a sign of the times, all right. Read More

Opera SLO by Kathryn Bumpass

Glorious singing, stunning views, beautiful gardens, wine tasting, painters at work, and a silent auction. It's Broadway by the Sea, presented by Opera San Luis Obispo each summer. Read More

Shutterbugs, featuring Marlin Harms

Photography defines me as much as anything does. From the amount of time spent with a camera, to computer time, planning the next shoot, how friends and acquaintances know me—it's what I do. It wasn't always that way. After all, until recently I had a full-time job that wasn't photography.  Read More

Slo Coast Cooking by Elise Griffith

July 2012 included travel to Arkansas to take care of my mom following her mastectomy for breast cancer, and my sister-in-law's family has been caring for my mother-in-law after surgery for kidney cancer. I was amazed by the generosity of my mom's many friends who brought meals during my stay. I've learned a few lessons about feeding a loved one with cancer. Since many hospitals now discharge patients as early as the day after a mastectomy (or other surgery) . . . Read More

 

Valencia Peak Panorama by Howard Ignatius