Melanie Kareem: Playing Ukulele for Pandemic Resilience
Look all around, there’s nothing but blue skies. Look straight ahead, there’s nothing but blue skies. Welcome to Melanie Kareem’s virtual ukulele group, where Johnny…
A Latvian Tale of Blood & Treasure
This excerpt is from Article 58 of The Linden Tree & the Legionnaire, an historical fiction series by Diana Mathur. In 1940 Communist occupied Latvia,…
An Author’s Guide to Self Publishing
Comic book, cookbook, travel guide, children’s book, educational text, memoir, manga series, or the next great novel … 2021 is here and it’s time to…
Bosco’s Christmas
A couple of years ago on Christmas Eve morn, I was on my way to work at the Winter Sports School at Mountain High, the…
Holiday Wishes for Topanga Animal Rescue
“The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.” — Mahatma Gandhi When disaster strikes,…
Where Were You the Night of April 1?
And how many people were with you? That’s what the 2020 U. S. Census wants to know. The audacious project, to count everybody in the…
Inspiration Is Still Being Served at Topanga’s Café Mimosa
Most locals know Café Mimosa, the boutique French coffee and gift shop located at 395 S. Topanga Canyon Blvd., at the corner of Fernwood. Every…
The View from Chris Kelly’s Bike
For Chris Kelly, owner of Topanga Creek Outpost, the antidote to the frustration and sorrow of current events was Do Something. The Something was to…
Historical Fiction Brings the 4th of July to Life
On Independence Day the nation reflects on its war stories. Stories about the revolutionaries who stood up to tyranny, and who handed down to us…
Homeschooling: Life Provides the Curriculum
The LAUSD 2020-21 academic year will start August 18, regardless of whether students continue remote learning, or return to some form of an on-grounds campus….