‘Tis the Season: Fog
The fog comes on little cat feet. It sits looking over the harbor and city on silent haunches and then moves on. –Carl Sandburg After
Rich Turner
January 20, 2025
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Author: Rich Turner
5 Years Already!
5 Years Already! Since we launched Soundings Journal back in November of 2018 we’ve published 280 stories, photo essays, videos, fiction and public service messages
Rich Turner
November 1, 2023
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Mugshot
The newsroom of the Stockton Record was always humming in the seventies before computers and sound-dampening cubicles quieted the scene. The hum came from the
Rich Turner
June 29, 2023
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A Good Game of Catch
As Spring arrives we begin reaching for those garments that have been gathering closet dust all winter. At least a few among us rejoice at
Rich Turner
April 7, 2022
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Towers of Power
This 1,549 feet tall structure drastically improved the reception of the three major television stations in the Sacramento market in 1962. With newer and higher towers
Rich Turner
December 22, 2021
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Moon Chasing
Time to Wonder – What If? Sometimes waiting for a good thing can allow a person time to think. To savor life’s under-appreciated magnificence. Reflect
Rich Turner
March 26, 2020
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Down to the Sea
Ocean-going ships smack in the middle of prime agricultural land? No ocean in sight? With 234 ships calling on the Port of Stockton in 2019,
Rich Turner
February 4, 2020
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Tule Fog in the Delta
The fog comes on little cat feet. It sits looking over the harbor and city on silent haunches and then moves on. –Carl Sandburg It’s
Rich Turner
December 5, 2019
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Short Takes
Bob’s Bait Shop, Isleton, CA, 1979 Remember the days before digital imaging took over? Don’t get me wrong, I love digital now because of the
Rich Turner
November 21, 2019
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Short Takes
Black-necked Stilt, Shin Kee Tract In 2009 I had never heard of Shin Kee Tract on the eastern edge of the Delta and west of
Rich Turner
November 4, 2019
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