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GRATITUDE 
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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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In Gratitude 

Suzanne Guldimann, May 21, 2021 0 3 min read  
Fire. The thing all residents of the Santa Monica Mountains fear and know that sooner or later they will have to face. Topanga and Pacific Palisades were plunged into wildfire hell this week. As of Tuesday, May 18, when...
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Mother’s Day 

Suzanne Guldimann, May 7, 2021 0 4 min read  
It’s still springtime, but wildfire season is already here. Fires broke out in Agoura Hills and Thousand Oaks last week but quick response limited both to just a few acres. Beach season arrived early, too, as temperatures soared into...
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Earth is Home 

Suzanne Guldimann, April 9, 2021 0 5 min read  
April is Earth Month. While the Biden Administration and national environmental organizations continue the monumental effort to undo the damage the Trump Administration did to the laws and agencies that protect clean air, water, endangered species, migratory birds, national...
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Spring 

Suzanne Guldimann, March 26, 2021 0 3 min read  
Spring is officially here, and so is the first anniversary of life in COVID-19 quarantine. Soap, toilet paper, flour, and yeast are back on store shelves. N-95 masks are not. We’ve grown accustomed to Zoom meetings that have expanded...
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Women’s Work 

Suzanne Guldimann, March 12, 2021 0 3 min read  
March is Women’s History Month and we are starting our month-long celebration with a look at two books on the role of women in the American Revolution; a conversation with the herbalists at Wüm Essential Elements, Topanga’s new women-owned...
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Roots 

Suzanne Guldimann, February 26, 2021 0 3 min read  
In a somber week when the U.S. passed 500,000 COVID-19 fatalities, there was good news on at least one coronavirus front: COVID-19 numbers continue to trend downward in Los Angeles County, with just 25 new cases per 100,000 people...