She parks down at the Marina Where she sits on waters edge. In a lovely town, with lovely people A modern day Pleasantville, Ne’er a soul dreads. On a hot summer day Or a cool summer night It’s a haven for families And lovers alike. Pardon me boy, was this the California Choo Choo, 780 […]
Poetry Corner: Johanna Ely “View from the Benicia Depot”
Standing on the wooden platform of this old fashioned train depot, I remember how I once waited impatiently for trains to take me away, waited in stations as long as football stadiums, New York, Paris, Tokyo, waited eagerly to travel on trains whose wheels clicked and clacked to the edge of a new world. Now […]
Poetry Corner: Sherry Sheehan “Depot Delights”
Brush in hand, leaning over her just begun depot painting, Samantha McNally is on Saturday duty at the table by the entry when I walk into the Benicia Plein Air Gallery. Suddenly I remember that the depot sells See’s, so I walk down First towards the water, admiring Benicia’s sturdy palms on the west side […]