Published: February, 2014

By Max Cumming, Yacht skipper of the Mari-Cha III Published: August, 2002 The Mari-Cha III is here in Alameda to do a bit of maintenance and prepare for the Pacific Cup race to Hawaii—a biannual event from San Francisco to Oahu. She’s a head-turning boat. A lot of the really big super yachts aren’t really […]
Bay Journal Published: February, 2001 These remarkable journal entries were submitted by Bay Crossings reader Bill Coolidge. A fuller version will appear in the Spring issue of Wildlife Journal Journal, March 6, 2000 "The poet’s challenge is to find something in culture that isn’t already defined as poetic and make it poetic." Robert Pinsky Miles […]
By Bob Ecker Published: April, 2003 Near empty street, tripod in hand Velvet blackness brackets the canvas Pickpocketed by distant colored light I feel the untrammeled beauty but shiver On this cold November night Camera poised, record twinkling in time Such powerful reflections in my eye Like other evenings within my heart Heady effort […]