MEMORIES OF ELSA FERNANDEZ
      Samples of her creative writing from the past few years
"Blooms and Ideas on Display"

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Some Poems and Stories by Elsa Fernandez:
Published in Vistas & Byways

In Memoriam - Elsa Fernandez
by Vistas & Byways Production Staff
Members of our staff remember Elsa and her excellent writing after she passed away in January 2024.
That Third Day of March Last Year
by Elsa Fernandez
(Published in Issue 2 of Vistas & Byways - Spring 2016)
​An OLLI Poet remembers an encounter with a sympathetic person in the Doctor's office.
Number 27 to Taco Nirvana
by Elsa Fernandez
(Published in Issue 5 of Vistas & Byways - Spring 2018)
​Our poet tells about a stomach satisfying trip on a SF Muni Bus.
The Better-Than-Sex Blueberry Cake
by Elsa Fernandez
(Published in Issue 9 of Vistas & Byways - Spring 2020)
​An OLLI Poet tells us of a fortuitous purchase at a far-away town that taught her a valuable lesson. 
Back To Provence
by Elsa Fernandez
​(Published in Issue 11of Vistas & Byways - Spring 2021)
​Our narrator remembers her youth and times with a very close friend - and then .  .  .  .
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FOR OUR MEMORIES

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DAFFODILLS ON DISPLAY - Photo by MJ Moore
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A PINCUSHION PLANT - Photo by Barbara Applegate
Vistas & Byways Review is the semiannual journal of fiction, nonfiction, poetry and photography by members of Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at San Francisco State University​.​
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Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at San Francisco State University (OLLI at SF State) provides communal and material support to theVistas & Byways  volunteer staff.