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Atascadero
Writers Group
Unsettling
by Connie Shepard
How did you get inside?
You were not asked to come
But when I cracked open the door
you slid your soul within
Other
contributors this month are George Asdel and Betty Finocchiaro. Read
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The
Elements of Life by Lucille Bosco
The
integration of the qualities and elements emanating from the particular
planets and signs during the month of August provides the individual
and collective unconscious with an opportunity to blast forth in a
display of forth righteousness that will bedazzle the World Order! Read More
Frustrated
Local Writer by Rose Marie Zurkan
Stu's
grandfather lived in the mansion in which he had been born. A
semi-invalid, his mind was clouded on most days. Or so Stu had been
told. He didn't know what to believe any more. George, the only one who
still visited the old man, said he made sense on most days, more than
many people. Stu hoped he'd ask the right questions. Without knowing
exactly why, he guessed his grandfather would be the key. If he didn't
ask the right questions, he'd never find out what he needed to know. No
one else would, or could, tell him. Read
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Genie's
Pocket by Jeanie Greensfelder
Carry
Me
I'm
five, asleep in the back seat, or I was,
until the car pulled into our driveway.
Mother wants to wake me, Read
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Great
Shots - Selected 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 Marlin
Harms, Jerry Kirkhart, Sandy Harris, Rick Deveran, Bob Canepa, Mike
Bush, Victoria Morrow, Elizabeth Haslam, Michelle Maani, Bob Dinnel,
Mimi Ditchie, Dagmar Collins, Dave Lawrence, Devra Cooper, Patrick
Dirlam, Steve Corey, Teddy Llovet, Bill Bouton, Cat Evans, Mike Baird,
Sam McMillan, Rich Miller, Don Henderson, Greg Smith, Linda Tanner,
Spencer Riffle, Aprille Lipton, Dave Johnson, Beth Sargent, Howard
Ignatius, Rob Degraff, and Cheryl Strahl. See
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One
Poet's Perspective by Jane Elsdon
In the
summer and autumn of 1995 the late Beverly [Ensing] Young, then Cal
Poly architecture professor Ken Haggard, and I collaborated on a
limited edition book for a January 1996 exhibit and poetry reading at
Linnaea's Café in San Luis Obispo. The book, SINGING DREAMS
INTO FORM, sold out in a few months.
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Submitted Fiction by Ben Simon - One Way Ticket to Pluto
With
wizened solid blue skin which rivaled that of Papa Smurf, nobody would
have guessed that Citem was a twenty-three year old man named Cedric
Taggart. To most, he was just another generic Plinusian, whose piloting
of the planet's premier spacecraft was hardly taken into account by the
populace. But to the planet's king, Johnny Lurg, Cedric was that rare
link to the human world which he had abandoned and occasionally desired
small portions of. Read
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Opera
SLO by Kathryn Bumpass
Summertime
on the Central Coast means the return of Opera San Luis Obispo's annual
American classic outdoor concert, Broadway by the Sea. Save the date,
Saturday, August 16. The gate will open at 1pm, the concert begins at
2pm. This year's theme is "Great Broadway Ensembles," and the
performance will feature a vocal quartet and pianist. Read More
Practicing
Poetic Justice by Deborah Tobola
Comedian
John Oliver, with the help of Muppets and music, recently did
a segment on his show that skewers the country’s
dysfunctional criminal justice system. In his piece, he takes on
racism, solitary confinement, sexual assault and the imprisonment of
mentally ill people. He ends with the song America's
Prison System is Broken. Read More
Valencia
Peak Panorama by Howard Ignatius
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