Against the Tide Against the Odds
I have interviewed at least a thousand people in my career as a journalist. Only three of them had a story that, in my opinion, would make a good movie or TV series. Carolyn Day’s story has it all:...
MAPS
In his fascinating book, All Mapped Out (2024), King’s College London Lecturer Mike Duggan argues that maps and our varied uses of them go well beyond the simplicity found in the OED definition of map: “a drawing or other...
Maddie Ellis & the Malibu Movie Colony
Chapter Six Maddie Ellis and the Malibu Movie Colony is an old-fashioned mystery serial set during the end of the silent movie era. In chapter 6, writer Maddie Ellis puts the unsettling events of the previous night’s break-in behind...
Howling at the Lion’s Gate Full Moon
We met at Pine Tree Circle to share cars on the ten-minute drive to Topanga State Park. Fifteen of us had signed up to take advantage of the 8/8 Lion’s Gate Full Moon and hike to a spot where...
Italian Tuna & White Bean Salad
Is the classic tuna salad, made with mayonnaise, the only way you know how to make a tuna salad? This Italian tuna and white bean salad is a delicious, fresh, high protein, healthy alternative to it. It’s so simple...
Wild Wild Roses
Roses thrive in Topanga gardens, where the heirloom varieties share space with newer garden varieties in almost every color and shape, delighting the senses with beautiful blossoms and divine fragrance. The Santa Monica Mountains are also home to a...
California Roses
Deep in a side canyon in the heart of the Santa Monica Mountains I once came upon the ruins of a homestead. There wasn’t much left, but there were roses there, pink and yellow, neglected but still blooming. Someone...
Al Pacino
Al Pacino’s portrayal of Michael Corleone in The Godfather (1972) made the actor one of the most recognizable characters in American popular culture. He was 32 years old and I was 12. More than a half-century later, Pacino published...
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