​PHOTO ESSAY  -  
          The Unexpected
The Barbapoppa House - San Mateo
                              Photo by D. Raskin                                    

UNEXPECTED SCENES
​​​by Daniel Raskin

Here are some Unexpected Scenes that I have recently seen.  
I did not expect to see a flying boy.
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Boy Jumping
This girl appeared out of nowhere.  
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Girl Jumping
When I read The Barbapapas to my children, this was the Barbapoppa's house.
​ I discovered it is a real house, visible from Interstate 280, in San Mateo.
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Barbapoppa House
A girl is covering her teacher’s face with cornstarch.
​It is a surprise that the teacher let the girl do this, a pleasant surprise.
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Woman in Cornstarch
This woman seems to be contemplating the pear,
as Eve may have contemplated the apple after taking a bite.  
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Woman with Pear
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​​Daniel Raskin is a retired preschool teacher. He lives in Bernal Heights. Daniel writes with The Older Writers Laboratory at the Bernal library, The MERI Center at UCSF and Laguna Writers.

Daniel is a first time contributor to Vistas & Byways in this Spring 2023 issue. ​
Other Works in this Issue:
Nonfiction:
Childhood Paradise​
Poetry:
Bird Stories
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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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