Welcome to the Slo Coast Journal, “Judy’s Place”. The Journal brings you information
about California's Central Coast and surrounding area.
The Journal is dedicated to its creator, Judy Sullivan, for whom it was a labor of love from July, 2009 to January 2015. Her love of the Central Coast, its natural wonders, and its people, has been obvious in every issue of the Journal.
She inspired and encouraged the Journal’s talented writers and artists to share their talents and together with them,created something unique and wonderful.
Recent Postings
November, 2015
Last letter to Roxie by Betty Finocchiaro
January, 2016
The Magical Bean Pot by Ruth Cowne
Return of the Journal
In August, 2015, the Journal came back online at our new Web address, slocoastjournal.net. We thank our readers for their patience and loyalty.
The Journal has a new format. We no longer publish monthly issues. New work by our columnists’ will be published as submitted, and the most recent postings will be listed here on the Journal’s home page.
Each columnist has personal pages with links to all of that person’s work that has been published in the Journal over the years.
The Journal no longer publishes news articles.
In Memorium
Sadly, we must report that the Journal and its readers lost our star reporter, Jack McCurdy, in March, 2016. An article about Jack appears in the May 19, 2016 issue of the Bay News. Jack’s work can be viewed in the Archives on this site.
We had previously lost three wonderful people in late 2015.
Judy Sullivan was creator and editor of the Journal.
Betty Finocchiaro was one of the founders of the Atascadero Writers Group, and wrote the Journal’s popular “letter to Roxie” series.
George Zidbeck, whom many Journal readers know as the “Country Squire” shared his wisdom and wit with Journal readers for many years.
They will be greatly missed.
The Great Blue Heron Image on Banner by Nan Carder. All Content Copyright Slo Coast Journal and Individual Writers
Photo by Gene Elsdon