This Is the Season to Watch for Mirages and the Elusive Green Flash
Looking for a bit of magic this holiday season? The beach at sunset is a good place to find enchantment. Autumn is the season of…
Making Thanksgiving Feel Better
The latest wave of the coronavirus crisis means this will be a very different Thanksgiving holiday for most of us. Health officials are recommending that…
Lifeline to the Community — The General Store
On my first visit to the Topanga Creek General Store four years ago, I was sent for firewood and returned home to boxes still unpacked…
Making Sausage
In The Secret Life of Groceries: The Dark Miracle of the American Supermarket (2020), “hands-on investigative journalist” Benjamin Lorr peels back that thin layer of…
Art and Healing on the Mountain: An interview with Artist Nicole Buffett
Local Topanga artist Nicole Buffett is an activist and holistic healer. Nicole’s paintings reflect a shamanic visioning grounded in healing and expansion of consciousness. To…
Artist Lisa Baldwin Celebrates Wild Places
It hasn’t rained in months and it’s a long way to spring, but Topanga Canyon Gallery is experiencing a spectacular super bloom this week, with…
Self Love = Chocolate???
Let’s talk about self love and self care. These are big buzz words in the spiritual and personal development world these days. But what do…
Learning to Express Our Feelings Needs to Be Taught At Home
Imagine what the world would be like if people were taught to explain how they felt rather than reacting with hurtful words or angry punishment. How…
Photo Album Preserves Memories of Thanksgiving in Topanga in 1917
We are on our own this Thanksgiving holiday. Los Angeles County health officials, concerned with the recent increase in COVID-19 cases, are cautioning against having…
