Strangers in Paradise
The birds appeared in the garden in the spring: small finches, with compact, cinnamon-colored bodies, dark heads, and curious, scale-like...
Castle Rock: A Lost Landmark
Castle Rock once towered fifty feet above the beach just a little ways west of Topanga Beach. This natural monument...
D.W. Griffith’s Day at the Beach
Before there was the Inceville in Santa Ynez Canyon, or any other movie studio in California, back when Hollywood was...
Dude, Where’s My Board?
The surf was up again this week, as the latest in a series of powerful storms in the Eastern Pacific...
I lived in the cyn from 1954, aged eleven, joined the service, came back in 63, and sold Real Estate for 4 years from 1963 -67.
When I look at house prices, I gasp. I literally remember selling a house for 8500, with no money down. The reason I moved was a creepy neighbor blocked our driveway, and my parents wouldn’t sue.
The canyon was a fun place to grow up. We could hunt )never got anything) with bow bow and arrow, swim at camp Wildwood, and had fun withe boys out and explorer’s. I even fished in Topanga creek and caught a trout.fun and interesting times. I am sure the people I knew are deceased, as I am 84 years old. Enjoy the canyon folks!!