52nd Anniversary Writing & Photography Contest – Honorable Mention
My daughter’s wedding The setting was serene, until the wind came up by Georgette Gantner At 5:37 a.m. the sun pulls itself up by its bootstraps, penetrating the lower quadrant of my window, and straight into my eyes, an interrogator demanding a response, “Why are you still in bed? Do you know what day it […]
Questions to ask yourself before making a house purchase
Buying a home shouldn’t be taken lightly, and no matter whether you’re a first-time buyer or on your third home, it can be a different experience each time, with several obstacles along the way. As any reputable real estate broker will tell you, researching the right home and team to help make that sale […]
52nd Anniversary Writing & Photography Contest – Honorable Mention
Sweet Girl She was a natural, so natural I didn’t know I was being conned by Raymond Dussault We set a lunch date to finalize our separation. I made a promise to be civil. It had been six weeks since she moved out. Dani and I had been married three years. We dated for a […]
“The Territory”- A fight to the death [MOVIE REVIEW]
“The Territory,” a documentary directed by Alex Pritz, is not just an inside glimpse of the ongoing fight in Brazil to protect the rights of the Indigenous Uru-eu-wau-wau people of the Amazon but a larger look at the struggle to preserve the diminishing rainforest, safeguard an endangered people, stop the invasion of this land, and […]
“Learn to Swim” – Or at least float [MOVIE REVIEW]
“Learn to Swim,” Tyrone Tommy’s debut feature, was a well-intentioned effort at setting an existential drama in the jazz world, an apt choice because nothing is more existential than jazz. Written with Marni Van Dyk, Tommy’s intention was to keep things ambiguous. He succeeded, perhaps too well. Dezi, a talented sax player, works his magic […]
Redondo Beach Friendship Campus breaks ground for the future of Special Ed kids
“If you want to light a candle, if you want to inspire other people, first you need to be a candle yourself,” Rabbi Yossi Mintz said at the Friendship Campus groundbreaking last week in Redondo Beach.