Issue 42 of Catamaran honors themes of sea, land, and air, as well as the life of the artist and West Coast settings. Christie Cochrell’s story “Sea Stars” portrays two generations with a lifelong passion for the ocean. Dan Haifley chronicles his lifelong experiences fighting to preserve marine life habitats through the creation of marine sanctuaries. And our cover artist, Andrea Kowch, shows us a deep emotional narrative in her striking figurative works set in ocean landscapes. We hope these pages will inspire a new appreciation for the beauty which surrounds us, and for those small moments and images which cohere and mysteriously become art.