I walked in the cold ocean water, as usual, to wake up my feet and lighten up the tension. Circulation is a wonderful thing, so is Courage, and so is Patience. Surfers are coming by at this golden ...

[Second place winner in the Synapse Storytelling Contest Fiction category.] It’s been seven something months since you finished your first year of graduate school. Second year! How blissful…right? You ...

Forty-three days. The longest government shutdown in United States history. From Oct. 1 through Nov. 12, uncertainty rippled across the country as the Senate debated extending health care subsidies ...

[Third place winner in the Synapse Storytelling Contest photography category.] Baker Beach during my first San Francisco heat wave was a sight to behold. The shore transformed into a colorful ...