Wild things
by Pat and Greg Fant Manhattan Beach, East of Sepulveda, summer 1961 I am 10 years old; one of five siblings. Mom has shooed us out the door on a warm, summer day. We do not head for the beach like our wealthier friends who live west of Sepulveda in Manhattan Beach. Instead, we head […]
“You did it”
by Laura Hagedorn The tingling sensation ran up and down my arms, claiming control of my body. My legs were dead weights, moving out of sheer momentum now, destined to stop in a matter of seconds. My knees were as wobbly as those of a baby taking her first few steps without her mother’s hand. […]
Star of the sea
It was sunrise on the morning of November 19, 1949. Pan Am flight 121, a brand new, four-engine Boeing Stratocruiser, christened the “Star of the Sea,” had just broken out of the clouds on its way down from 15,000 to 10,000 feet while its crew completed their pre-landing checklist prior to theirSouthern Californiaarrival. This leg […]
Easy Reader 41st Anniversary Photography Contest
Reader submitted photos for the Easy Reader 41st Anniversary issue and photography contest.
R.I.P
by Ralph Todd I was a “water baby,” couldn’t drag me away without maniacal protests and biting. I remember my first swimming race; the Woodcraft Rangers summer camp,LakeArrowheadin 1963. I easily defeated my age group and as I flashed back to an old Tarzan movie starring Johnny Weissmuller, quickly connected the dots to being an […]