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Billions in Flight: Migratory Birds 
Autumn doesn’t officially begin until the equinox on September 22, but all across North America birds are already on the wing—billions of them. Migration times and destinations vary based on the species and variables like weather and food sources—some...
Suzanne Guldimann, September 20, 2024 0  
One-Room Schoolhouse 
Back to school. A hundred years ago in Topanga, it would have been on foot—and often barefoot—to the little, red, one-room schoolhouse by the creek in the bend of the dirt road.  Public education in California was still relatively...
Suzanne Guldimann, September 6, 2024 0  
Desert Voices 
“‘Just now our blood dances to other music.’ They fell a-twittering among themselves once more, and this time their intoxicating babble was of violet seas, tawny sands, and lizard-haunted walls.” The swallows in Kenneth Grahame’s Wind in the Willows...
Suzanne Guldimann, August 23, 2024 0  
Desert Daytrip 
A desert experience doesn’t always require one to crawl on hands and knees through the thornbush and cactus, regardless of what Edward Abbey says. Anyone seeking cactus, sandstone, and volcanic peaks need look no farther than our own Santa...
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Balm in 2020: SaveArtSpace 

Artist Topanga resident Justin Aversano envisions a world where public art replaces advertising. He created SaveArtSpace in 2015 with co-founder Travis Rix. The endeavor began in Aversano’s Brooklyn loft and printmaking studio, where the two friends were dreaming up...
Saori Wall, December 31, 2020 0 4 min read  
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Uncle Joe 

Dear Uncle Joe, Given the general attitude towards government in the twenty-first century, it occurs to me that the expectations surrounding your recent promotion are rather low. With that said, you have been pursuing this job for quite some...
Jimmy P. Morgan, December 31, 2020 1 5 min read