The Major
I lost a dear friend recently. He didn’t do funerals, so there is this. He was a United States Air Force pilot who once harbored dreams of becoming a general. Twenty-two years gave him enough time to meet a...
Dem Bums
Although published in 1997, historian Doris Kearns Goodwin’s Wait Till Next Year resonates during this long, hot, isolative summer. It is at heart a book about a young girl, her neighborhood, and the cultural force of baseball. A coming-of-age...
Stay safe, start a revolution…but first, Stand Tall.
To put it mildly, there is a lot going on in the world today. You may find yourself speaking your truth and using your voice now more than ever, standing up for what you believe in and rallying for...
Ida T.
Trailblazing journalist Ida Tarbell was one of a small group of citizen reporters at McClure’s monthly magazine who helped forge the role of the free press in the twentieth century. Citizen Reporters: S.S. McClure, Ida Tarbell, and the Magazine...
Recent Books by Local Authors
Fiction Lee Goldberg: Lost Hills.This 2020 New York Times bestselling police procedural revolves around a brutal murder in the author’s Calabasas neighborhood. Gary Johnson: Zipper. This 2016 thriller is set almost entirely in Topanga. Kate Milliken: Kept Animals. Milliken...
Want to change the world? Find your WHY
Jess Dervin-Ackerman is a political activist, community builder, and dedicated spiritual practitioner. Jess hosts workshops on creating heart-centered social change through her project Heart in Politics. She is also a co-founder of Topanga-based CTLST*, an impact media company focused...
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 the precious experiment in self-governance. These stories are the fabric of our national patchwork...
Don’t Call Me Henry
A quick glance at the New York Times Best Sellers lists of Summer 2020 suggests that something is stirring in America—So You Want to Talk about Race, White Fragility, Me and White Supremacy. Of course, Red and Blue America...
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. To some families compulsory state institutionalization has never looked so good, and they are...
Covid-19 Testing – A Patriotic Act
Prior to the pandemic, my husband, a former professional snowboarder, was contracted by China to be the head coach of a snowboard team with sights set on the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. His frequent trips to the former...
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