3 postcards of Sun over Vallejo—a favorite view of mine of the entrance to town via the Carquinez and Alfred Tampa Bridges

3 postcards of Moon over the Spirit Ship at Mare Island Shoreline Heritage Preserve

5.25 in by 7 in postcards printed on 100% recycled paper

Did you know that Carquinez comes from Karkin? Karkin is the name of one of the Ohlone peoples who lived—and live—in Vallejo and the East Bay. Learn more @sorogeatelandtrust

The Spirit Ship structure commemorates the ship builders who worked at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard. You can find it at the top of the Preserve, looking like it is about to sail into San Pablo Bay and into the sunset. It is peaceful and strange there by itself. Sometimes it rests quietly, and other times, on windier days, the metal tags clank and resonate against its frame, and it sounds like ghosts working on a ship much larger and heavier than this one.