49th Anniversary Easy Reader-Beach Writing Contest Winners and Honorable Mentions 2019
Grand Prize Winner Just a friend of a friend He was the friend of a friend. I hardly knew him. Yet he would come to play an important role in my life. His name was Doug Somerville. He was a National Guard buddy of my good friend and neighbor Bill Nicholson. I met him for the first time when he visited Bill in Inglewood, where I lived next door to the Nicholsons. Somewhere in the mid1960s, I was invited by Doug through Bill to his home in the Hollywood Hills, very near the iconic “HOLLYWOOD” sign. Bill and I drove up there together. It was an unexpected invitation, but proved to be an interesting day. Without recalling any good reason, I did not care very much for Doug’s wife. Something about her felt cold and aloof. The house was quaint and cottage-like, and it was tucked on a very hilly, winding, typical mountain road that snaked through those ancient homes of the early Hollywood years. Parking was impossible. The neighborhood was unmistakably old California style and architecture. The conversations and experiences that day were unremarkable, but I did get to know Doug a little better. He found out things about me as well. This would prove to be significant years later. I did not…
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