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The ART of PYSANKA

Suzanne Guldimann, April 18, 2025 0 5 min read

The Easter egg is an ancient symbol of rebirth and renewal. The art of pysanka, the intricate decoration of Easter eggs that is a centuries-old Ukrainian tradition, serves as more than a seasonal ritual. TNT contributor Jill Cotu writes...

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Avoiding Post-Fire Construction Fraud

TNT Staff, April 18, 2025 0 2 min read

Construction fraud was a big problem in the aftermath of the Woolsey Fire. Officials are hoping to help give homeowners the tools they need to avoid problems. Assemblymember Jacqui Irwin and the Contractors State License Board (CSLB) recently offered...

ArtBeat

TOPANGA DAYS IS ALMOST HERE!

TNT Staff, April 18, 2025 0 4 min read

All adversity aside, whether the Boulevard is open or not, the Topanga Community Center knows that THE SHOW MUST GO ON, and so it is that TOPANGA DAYS will celebrate its 50th Anniversary on Memorial Day Weekend! This year...

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Lexi Pearl Presents MOMentum Place

TNT Staff, April 18, 2025 0 1 min read

Sunday, May 11Brunch 12-1:30pm (with add-on ticket)Performance at 2pm This Mother’s Day, the 25th annual Momentum Place creates a fantastical world of aerial and circus performers, dancers and musicians in Theatricum Botanicum’s rustic outdoor amphitheater. Bring your mother to...

Kidsbeat

Announcing OAK TREE Club

TNT Staff, August 23, 2024 0 1 min read

OAK TREE Club is an after-school & enrichment program on the Cali Camp & Manzanita School Campus located in the mountains of Topanga Canyon (CA). OTC is operated by a team of experienced educators, specialists, counselors & coaches. This...

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TREES IN BLOOM

Suzanne Guldimann, April 18, 2025 0 6 min read

This isn’t one of those springs when the hills are covered in a vivid profusion of wildflowers. The Santa Monica Mountains have received just a fraction of the average rainfall for the season. Hot weather is already arriving, drying...

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That Bird is Blue!

Suzanne Guldimann, February 23, 2024 0 12 min read

As long as there are bluebirds, there will be miracles and a way to find happiness.– Shirl Brunnel, I Hear Bluebirds, 1984 Why are blue-colored birds a traditional sign of good fortune in so many cultures, worldwide? Homespun American...

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Mule Deer: Unicorns in the Garden

Suzanne Guldimann, October 7, 2022 0 7 min read

Once upon a sunny morning a man who sat in a breakfast nook looked up from his scrambled eggs to see a white unicorn with a golden horn quietly cropping the roses in the garden. —James Thurber, “The Unicorn...

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Sara Plummer Lemmon: Remembering the Forgotten Botanist

Suzanne Guldimann, July 1, 2022 0 8 min read

For a few short weeks in late spring and early summer, Calochortus plummerae, Plummer’s mariposa lily, blooms in the Santa Monica Mountains. It’s an increasingly scarce endemic species that grows only in a few areas in the transverse ranges...

Books & Such

A Brief History of U.S. Tariffs

Jimmy P. Morgan, April 18, 2025 0 9 min read

The United States has a long history with tariffs—taxes placed on imported goods. In 1789, George Washington signed a bill establishing a five percent tariff on a wide range of imported goods. The tariff became the primary source of...

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Gift of Reading IV

Jimmy P. Morgan, December 1, 2023 0 9 min read

I’ve made a bit of an effort lately to keep my eye out for new, more diverse reading material and the exercise has paid off. Sometimes the “recommendation” comes from seeing a familiar title or author that seems to...

Books & Such

A Refreshingly Hopeful Take on the 1960s

Jimmy P. Morgan, May 3, 2024 0 11 min read

I have an affinity for the ways of the world at the moment of my birth. It was 1960 and even as my earliest personal memories date several years later, I see myself as a product of that decade,...

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Hearts & Minds

Jimmy P. Morgan, April 7, 2023 1 8 min read

“We can’t hope to win the Cold War unless we remember what we [the United States] are for as well as what we are against… I’ve learned that the only time we’re hated is when we stop trying to...

Storyland

Maddie Ellis & the Malibu Movie Colony

Suzanne Guldimann, April 4, 2025 0 16 min read

TNT readers met Maddie Ellis in our long-running Storyland serial. “The Coastwatchers”, which concluded last December. We invite our readers to travel back in time with us to 1928, when Maddie was at the start of her career as...

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Rebuilding Sunset Mesa: A Case Study—And a Shared Mandate for Resilience

Urs Baur, April 18, 2025 0 6 min read

Editor’s note: In the aftermath of the devastating Palisades fire, new ideas are emerging on how to address the complex and costly rebuilding process, especially ways neighborhoods can potentially work together with architects and design firms to build back...

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How Theatricum Botanicum Revived a Teen’s Passion

Laurel Busby, June 16, 2023 0 4 min read

During the enforced seclusion of the pandemic, Ella Storm, then 15, became detached from a central source of joy in her life—the theater. She soldiered on at first, doing community theater via an online production, but the experience was...

GoodLiving

Coconut Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Balls

Nathalie Krull, May 3, 2024 0 5 min read

Yum, yum, yummy… So, you want a delicious sweet treat? A treat packed with healthy fats, and lots of fiber. A treat that you can feel good about. These raw cookie dough balls or bites are made with pure...

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Coping by Helping

Jill Cotu, January 24, 2025 0 8 min read

Wednesday, January 8, 2025. The day had aspired to be like any other. Instead, dawn ushered in a mere shadow of normalcy as the Palisades Fire took hold in Topanga. Despite evacuation orders, many canyon dwellers stayed behind—some out...

Work/Life Balance

The Real Revolution is the Evolution of Consciousness

Olivia Pool, April 18, 2025 0 4 min read

In all my years of working with people, I’ve yet to meet anyone who hasn’t struggled with their own unique blend of issues: self worth issues, abandonment, permission-seeking, externally validating, fear of rejection, fear of failure, fear of success,...

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Do’s and Don’ts of Making More Graceful Choices

Olivia Pool, October 6, 2023 0 4 min read

We are presented with choices every single day. Do I turn left or right? Do I take the job offer? Is it a good idea to move into this apartment? Should I get another degree? Do I want to...

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Riding Dragons of Resilience

Olivia Pool, February 21, 2025 0 5 min read

Years ago, I was taking a walk on Cheney, near the Mountain Mermaid. There are loads of wild peacocks around that neighborhood. They would often strut and show off their magnificent fan of feathers and block off the entire...

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MicroJudgments what they are and what to do about them

Olivia Pool, April 19, 2024 2 6 min read

Every day, I talk to different clients from all walks of life and listen to their stories—the ones they make up about themselves and the ones they make up about others, and even more relevant for what I’m sharing...

GoodLiving

Sesame Carrot Salad

Nathalie Krull, April 4, 2025 0 3 min read

Sesame carrot salad is crunchy, fresh, and easy to throw together in a matter of minutes. The Asian inspired dressing coats the carrots to make a light, nutritious, vibrant, and super refreshing salad that I’m sure you will come...

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Gluten-Free Gingerbread Cookies

Nathalie Krull, December 13, 2024 0 3 min read

I love a good spicy gingerbread cookie. Crispy and sweet with the warm color, and flavor of black strap molasses. Making gingerbread cookies was a Christmas tradition in my house for years. Especially when my kids were younger. They...

Food, GoodLiving

Cashew Coconut Yogurt

Nathalie Krull, August 9, 2024 0 6 min read

This recipe makes a rich, creamy, tangy, and delicious yogurt. It doesn’t particularly taste like cashews or coconut in my opinion, just a creamy, dreamy, yogurt concoction. It’s a great way to make a dairy-free alternative that really hits...

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Sesame Carrot Salad

Nathalie Krull, April 4, 2025 0 3 min read

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Seasons Greening!

Claire Chapman, December 17, 2021 0 4 min read

Spending the holidays together this year may be the greatest gift of all, but that doesn’t stop most of us from joining the bustle of holiday shopping! Finding gifts that serve our loved ones as well as the environment...

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