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Letter from the Publisher
FROM THE PUBLISHER
Spring is here, it’s time to refresh and renew
After almost 17 years, we have made a change to our masthead. We wanted something different but not radically so. The masthead is the result of the combined talents of our art director, Margaret Bowles and contributor/ designer Cooper Mickelson. We believe that it combines a nod to the past and a nudge to the future and we hope you like it as much as we do. Cooper is now working as graphic designer under Margaret, as well as a contributor to the magazine.
The second new item is our new photographer, Luke George. Luke brings a plethora of talent to the magazine. He has said that “wanderlust and a social curiosity led me to study photojournalism in the American West where I fell in love with people and places.” His first assignment for us included two challenging subjects: Solano Land Trust’s new trail, the All People’s Trail located near Rockville Hills Regional Park, and Benicia XPark Skatepark. Luke shot the All Peoples Trail and surrounding area in very early morning via drone photography, followed by a hike up the trail. Luke put the extreme in the XPark Skatepark. He laid down in one of the bowls and shot up as the riders jumped over him. Gnarly.
What else is new? After many years, the Benicia Fire Museum was going to have to close, but the Benicia Historical Museum stepped in and offered to make the Fire Museum part of the Historical Museum. Certainly a win-win for both organizations. Look for more information in the coming weeks and months.
We want to thank Benicia’s poets fortheir submis-sions. So many wonderful poems, we wish that we could print them all. Look for more on Benicia Magazine’s social media pages @beniciamagazine and follow for more ways to engage with the magazine.
There’s a lot of new energy that comes with spring, particularly with the receding of Covid. Look for the opening of Farmers Market, more live music, new shops and new and returning events in our near future.
—Mary
— Luther Burbank
