Writing Honorable Mention: “Working on the Beach”
Photography Honorable Mention: “Dolphin Duet” by Cathi Lundy by John Shearer My great grandparents bought a summer beach house as an anniversary present for my grandparents on a walk street on 2oth Street in Manhattan Beach in the 1920s. My grandparents and their seven children spent every summer there after they had the house. My parents settled year-round in Manhattan Beach in the 1950s. But the biggest influence in my life was when my family moved to an old Strand house built in 1900 just south of the Manhattan Pier in 1962. (The house is now 110 years old.) My mom Ginger, and her sister Mona, believed (and still believe) that every summer day should be spent at the beach. This was the best place to baby-sit us children. The adults could play volleyball, suntan, bodysurf, read books, eat, drink, and be merry. We children could roll in the sand, ride surf mats, play cards, build sand castles, play on nearby swings, eat, drink, and be merry. Plenty of Ginger and Mona’s friends hung around the volleyball courts, and the adults kept a watchful eye on the numerous children. I got hooked on the beach and riding waves from a very young age. I soon developed my life’s guiding…
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