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...
Forms of Love With Hana Tojo
Hana Tojo is a local silversmith and woodworker who takes time to give back to the Topanga community by volunteering. Hana is nonbinary and uses...
What it Really Means to Be a Spiritual Warrior
These days, the terms ‘love and light’ get thrown around like cutesy little cosmic frisbees. Being ‘spiritual’ is the new ‘cool.’ Self-help jargon has become...
What will keep your lights on when Edison turns you off?
In January, Topanga saw two weeks of threats by SouthernCalifornia Edison (SCE) to turn off the grid due to high wind. In earlyJanuary, the utility...
Famosa En El Barrio! Singer Songwriter Cecilia Noël Celebrates Canyon Life
When TNT interviewed Topanga singer-songwriter Cecilia Noël last year, she told us that the coronavirus quarantine was a time to stay active, work on projects...
A Chinese Son
In the Spring of 2006, Christina Laughlin, her husband and five year old daughter travelled to China to adopt their two year old son. Walking...
En Plein Air Artists Unite Virtually
For over two decades, with the strokes of their paint brushes, the Allied Artists of the Santa Monica Mountains and Seashore have reinforced integral conservation...
How to Love Mercury When it’s in Retrograde.
Here are some laymen’s thoughts about Mercury Retrograde from someone who isn’t an astrologer. Just like Venus is the planet that represents romantic love and...
A Simple Remedy for Speedy Tech Lives
Never before have we experienced such speed—such technology—as we are now on this planet. In tandem with this, we also seem to be experiencing epidemics...
It Could Be Worse
“I think Divination seems very woolly. A lot of guesswork, if you ask me.” —J.K. Rowling 2020 was the kind of year that casts a...
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