Bay Area Stew - Table of Contents
Stories and poems stimulated by our region

Chicken
by Diane Frank
A live chicken, hopes for dinner, dreams of escape—all mix together on the N-Judah in this moving haibun.
My Pancetta Epiphany
by Cathy Fiorello
An edgy vignette of pancetta between purveyor and purchaser.
The Panhandle: An Embryonic Journey
by Charlene Anderson
​A startling look at the way the imagination works, ‘time-travel’ without movement—and changing the world. 
Last Summer in Jenner
by Elsa Fernandez
The poet describes a deep and spiritual union with nature, and her longing for her beloved.
Kayak at Twilight
by MJ Moore
A “goddess create[s] her own path of stars” as she paddles the bay, alone but happy.
Land's End 
by Alan Brewer
​A moment of existential awareness in a meeting place of land, water, sky and self.

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A Tree House near Petaluma - Photo by Elsa Fernandez
​Vistas & Byways Review is the semiannual journal of fiction, nonfiction and poetry by members of Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at San Francisco State University​.
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