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

Genie's Pocket by Jeanie Greensfelder

Soul Mate

He sat at the wheel of a parked truck
charming me, calling me close.
He looked me over, took me in--
while he whiffed I stroked
his bloodhound ears.

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Great Shots by Jerry Kirkhart & Steve Corey

Our photo editors bring you some of their favorite images for the month. This month's featured photographers are Anita Ritenour, Barb Ignatius, Cleve Nash, Mike Baird, Linda Tanner, Michael Doliveck, Mimi Ditchie, Nan Calora, Don Quintana, Steve Corey, Cheryl Strahl, Teddy Llovet, Jerry Kirkhart, Sandy Harris, Bill Bouton, Beth Sargent, Devra Cooper, Madralynn Haye, Elizabeth Haslam, and Howard Ignatius. See More

Observations of a Country Squire by George Zidbeck

Sweet sixteen. Such a charming phrase until reality intrudes, particularly in evaluating mid-adolescence from the perspective of someone who's trod the sod for nearly eighty years. Naagh, not for me those teen years filled with angst and uncertainty over life's passage, often mired in melancholy and poetic fantasies. Sweet sixteen? Balderdash Give to me the Dulcet Seventies. Read More

Wildheart by Mandy Davis

Cold Ceyan

Past the howling
rage filled winds of the 40’s
the hulking black ship
slides and maneuvers
into frigid
and pristine southern water

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Photo by Howard Ignatius: Valencia Peak