Politics at the Table
On the Cover: The great thing about California’s vote by mail policy is that it enables every registered voter to vote with ease; the bad part is that it can make the wait for results into a marathon, and...
Local Authors TNT Annual Review for 2022
Every fall TNT showcases some of the newest books written by local authors, or connected to our local landscape. We are blessed to have an extraordinary variety of writers in and around the Santa Monica Mountains, and this year...
Family Secrets
Cranberry Relish It’s a tart, ruby-red cylinder of quivering, glistening jelly, and it’s been part of America’s Thanksgiving menu since 1941. It’s estimated that Americans consume 5,062,500 gallons of jellied cranberry sauce every year, most of it at Thanksgiving...
A Podcast Primer
Liberal MSNBC commentator Rachel Maddow has stepped back from her long-running eponymous primetime show (TRMS), but just inked a $30 million per year contract with NBCUniversal, MSNBC’s parent company. While citing a number of health problems related to potential...
Perfection Salad
Letter to the Editor – December 2021 Regarding Suzanne Guldimann’s article on Gelatin I always enjoy Suzanne’s articles, well-written, researched and interesting. However, in reading her “Festive History of Jell-O” (Topanga New Times, Vol. 2, Issue 23 topanganewtimes.com/2021/11/19/breaking-the-mold-a-festive-history-of-jell-o/ )...
Wednesdays with JMo
Pack the snow. Build up the ramp. Race down the hill. Catch the ramp. Fly. Flip. Come back to earth. Snap. After the accident, JMo rarely says no to an adventure. He’s up for anything, willing to go anywhere;...
The Magic of Gratitude
Tis the month when we are seeing the word “grateful” and “gratitude” all over the place. From grocery shopping bags to t-shirts, and to, of course, Thanksgiving dinners. In the world of personal development and spiritually inclined influencers, gratitude...
A Christmas Memory
Topanga Library, December 18. 2 p.m. A staged-reading with music: FREE. Stories become classics for a reason. Topanga Actors Company is so excited to announce a special engagement performance of Truman Capote’s lyrical and touching classic “A Christmas Memory.”...
Bobby
There is a great deal of chatter out there about our divided dysfunctional political system which now includes a growing incidence of references to impending civil war. While the folks who study these things see it as unlikely that...
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