​PHOTO ESSAY  -  
          The Unexpected
A Neighborhood Sight 
                                   Photo by MJ Moore                                    

YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT:
EAST BAY NEIGHBORHOOD WHIMSY
​​by MJ Moore

My East Bay neighborhood sports small houses, bursting gardens, and wild imagination. Here are a few of my favorite things in this most magical place.  
Adventure with Brown Labrador
Bicycling by the Bay
Life is All in the Balance
Wedged In
Arc of Triumph
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​MJ Moore lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. Her various incarnations have included technical writer and editor, farm apprentice, environmental activist, teacher, poet, wife, and mother. As a bicoastal being, she thrives on salt air, wind and waves, but also loves mountains, deserts, forests and streams. Writing for her is a source of vision and joy. Her book of poems, Topography of Dreams, was published by Blue Light Press in December 2020.
Other works in this issue:
Poetry: 
​Ritual for a Wild Plum
Ode to My Snooze Alarm
​Penumbra
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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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