Big, Bad & Ugly Surf Contest 2009
by Kevin Cole

Morro Rock by Dennis Young

USCG Surf Boats by Malcolm Riordan

Great Blue Heron by Nan Carder

Thoughtful by Chuck Abbe

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Atascadero Writers Group - I arrived home late for my afternoon walk. I entered the house expecting to be greeted by scolding sounds from my husky, Misty. No greeting. Sulking again over my lateness, I decided as I cruised through the house calling her name as I checked each room.  Read More

The Elements of Life by Lucille Bosco - The month of March flows into our lives with the re-gifting of our re-imagination. The Sun, New Moon and Neptune are transiting in Pisces, a mutable water sign. Mercury, the planet of communication moves forward in the fixed air sign of Aquarius. Read More

Frustrated Local Writer by Rose Marie Zurkan - Rose Marie is trying something a little different, serializing a book she has written — "The Evil Men Do." Each month she will be sharing a chapter with you. As the months go by, you will be able to go back and re-read previous chapters if you wish to. Read More

Genie's Pocket by Jeanie Greensfelder

When I found a nickel on the sidewalk
I ran to the corner store. Mr. Jones
tapped his fingers on the glass counter,
waiting—I chose a Milky Way.  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 Marlin Harms, Steve Corey, Fred Moore, Bob Canepa, Rich Miller, Sam McMillan, Mike Vieira, Beedie Savage, Dagmar Collins, Dave Johnson, Elizabeeth Haslam, Don Henderson, Mike Bush, Patrick Dirlam, Giancarlo, Beth Sargent, Rick Derevan, Ronnie Goyette, Mimi Ditchie, Howard Ignatius, Dave Lawrence, Jerry Kirkhart, Rob DeGraff, Brad Schram, Dybdahl Riffle, Michelle Maani, Sylvia Sanchez, Tom Bronstad, and Pamela Link. See More

One Poet's Perspective by Jane Elsdon

In a redwood forest
I sit in the palm of God’s hand
surrendering to the Voice
sighing through redwood fingers
reaching toward heaven,
surrendering to the Voice     Read More

Opera SLO by Kathryn Bumpass - Opera San Luis Obispo has announced that tickets are now on sale for their spring production of Show Boat, with music by Jerome Kern and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. Show dates are May 10 and 11, 2014, Mother’s Day weekend, at the Performing Arts Center on the Cal Poly campus. Read More

Practicing Poetic Justice by Deborah Tobola - When new actors come into a Poetic Justice Project production, I tell them, “This can change your life!” Our actors have been incarcerated in juvenile facilities, jails, and/or prisons. Most have no previous stage experience, so they do not know that theatre is a microcosm of life. Read More

Great Fiction by Ben Simon - It was a few minutes before three o’clock in a subterranean shack with the atmosphere of a halfway house and the twin stenches of overcooked chicken and undercooked red meat. Thirteen year old Chad, the only minor currently living in the shack, swung open the hinged trapdoor, having returned from his primary stressor, Fairview Junior High. Read More

Shutterbugs by Bill Bouton - My primary photography interest is nature. I had a “Norman Rockwell childhood," surrounded by a family supportive of my interests. Growing up on 80 acres of flower-filled old fields, woods, rivers, and creeks in southwestern Michigan, I was fortunate to have nature, rather than media, as one of the major influences in my young life. Read and See More

 

 

 

 

Valencia Peak Panorama by Howard Ignatius