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Mushroom Madness 
Suzanne Guldimann, November 1, 2024 0  
Fungi can cure or kill, nourish life, and also decompose it back into soil. Fossil evidence for fungi is limited, but the ability to analyze molecular data has led to revelations about the evolution of this extraordinary family of...
Fool’s Gold: The Myth of Tiburcio Vasquez 
Suzanne Guldimann, October 18, 2024 0  
“And still of a winter’s night, they say,  when the wind is in the trees, When the moon is a ghostly galleon  tossed upon cloudy seas,    When the road is a ribbon of moonlight  over the purple moor,    A...
Billions in Flight: Migratory Birds 
Suzanne Guldimann, September 20, 2024 0  
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...
One-Room Schoolhouse 
Suzanne Guldimann, September 6, 2024 0  
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...
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Saori Wall

Saori Wall is a first-generation immigrant of Mexican and Japanese descent She is a writer and photographer for Topanga New Times. Documentary Film Producer, and Co-Founder of @PoisonFreeTopanga
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Wendy’s Blooms 

Saori Wall, March 22, 2024 0 3 min read  
Topanga artist Wendy Skolfield handcrafts paper blooms in her studio. I didn’t know much about this artform’s history, but I was eager to meet her. Following the path to her studio, all sorts of winged creatures worked busily pollinating....
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Historic Crossroad 

Saori Wall, March 24, 2023 0 6 min read  
THS Presentation Reveals Rich and Ancient History Beneath Town Center  Amazing discoveries have been made under the pavement of Topanga Canyon Boulevard. Excavations reveal a record of the life lived by Topanga’s Native American residents as much as seven...