Coastside in the 1940s: Recollections by James Jenkins. 120 pages with photographs. All royalties go to Senior Coastsiders. Jim Jenkins’ account of life on the California coastside in the 1940s reads like oral history -- memories, one right after another, are triggered by a name, a place, or an event and written in his own words. Jim has lived in Half Moon Bay, California for 68 years. He was 11 in 1938 when his family moved to this quiet coastal town, population 1,000. By the time he was in high school in 1942, the town was also home to 10,000 military personnel charged with protecting the coast from enemy attack during World War II. Their presence changed Jim’s life and the “coastside” forever.

Elder Tree Voices--Stories, essays and poems by 12 members of the Writers’ Workshop at Senior Coastsiders: SMJ Black, Edwina K. Charles, James Jenkins, Nancy Lanfranco, Lynn LoFiego, Dorothy LoPrete, Sara Melinda Moore, William C. Moore, Sue Murtha, Janet Orumchian, Delores Ann Sims, and Paul Tripp. 150 pages. All royalties go to Senior Coastsiders. The authors’ ages range from 60 to 90 years. Most of the contributions were written in 2005 and are arranged in alphabetical order by author. Each author writes in his or her own style without professional editing. In the course of developing this book, we have learned much from and about each other. We come from diverse backgrounds and writing experience, yet we interact as colleagues and friends. Please, come sit next to us beneath this tree, and listen to our voices.

Just in Time Poems by SMJ Black. 84 pages. All royalties go to Senior Coastsiders. This collection of poems plays the author’s life as retiree, wife, mother, lover, child like a video, “fast forward and back.” The scenes are San Francisco in the 1960s and 1970s; the California coast; the West; Mid-West; and South.

50 Stories 50, Misbegotten Lives, Trio by Ted Courtright. Memoirs and stories.