Easy Reader 2024 Anniversay writing & photography contest Honorable Mentions
Honorable Mention – Resolution at White Point A local and a lifeguard have a good laugh by Joe Gitelson During my 30-plus years as an Los Angeles County Lifeguard I worked at White Point/Royal Palms in San Pedro many times. The only problem I ever really had was when localism would rear its ugly head. […]
Easy Reader 2024 Anniversay writing & photography contest Honorable Mentions
Honorable Mention – Homage to Lord Tweedmouth by Ron Sokol Jesse was a golden retriever. He was the family’s dog, but really he was my dog. We spent a lot of time together in the South Bay, on The Strand, downtown Manhattan Beach, Riviera Village, Palos Verdes trails, Hermosa Beach, parks in Hawthorne, the Long […]
Headless in the Hollywood Riviera
Easy Reader Anniversary writing contest Honorable mention by J.E. Marshall “Get out of my car!” the floral delivery man shouted. It was noon on Halloween but the streets of the Hollywood Riviera were already filling with odd sorts. “Take me to the dentist!” “Does this look like an Uber to you?” The back of the […]
Immigrant, Air Force physician finds peace in the South Bay
Honorable mention Easy Reader 2021 Anniversary Writing Contest by Spiros Mikelatos I was not born in the South Bay. I was born and raised in another beautiful place, the Greek Island of Kefalonia. “I was born in a humble home on the seashore of the poet Homer,” as the Greek poet Odysseas Elytis put it. […]
Vegas after 40
Honorable mention Easy Reader 2021 Anniversary Writing Contest by Pete Whalon In early January 1981, Dan, Mark, and I were watching football at my apartment. The NFL season was ending, and the playoffs would begin the following week. After a few beers, Dan came up with what would turn out to be a yearly tradition […]
Grand prize, writing: A truly tall tale
Grand Prize, writing by Dave Siemienski I always wanted to be tall. At least since I was three years old. That was 1950, when my family moved from Connecticut to California. Finding a new home was the first priority. So my parents began looking for a real estate agent, and found a good one. I […]
Sandpiper saved in Manhattan Beach
Honorable mention Easy Reader 2021 Anniversary Writing Contest by Trey Lyter It was a bright and sunny day in Manhattan Beach, California. The perfect beach day in 11-year-old Trey Lyter’s eyes. After a grueling school year summer had finally come. Trey demanded his family go to the beach. Everyone agreed, except Trey’s twin brother Jesse. […]