Billie Eilish Graces the Theatricum Stage
“I was picking up my bread order from the Canyon Bakery and by happenstance got to see Billie Eilish on the Theatricum stage filming her...
Magical Artists Tour, June 2020
The Topanga Canyon Gallery Artists Studio Tour has always been a highlight of Topanga summers where art lovers from all over follow a colorful map...
The Santa Monica Mountains Are Home to Some Unexpected Neighbors
The Fox I walked on the beach on a winter’s day, In a moment snatched between rain showers, When the sea and the sky were...
Inspiration Is Still Being Served at Topanga’s Café Mimosa
Most locals know Café Mimosa, the boutique French coffee and gift shop located at 395 S. Topanga Canyon Blvd., at the corner of Fernwood. Every...
Topanga’s Trickster Spirit at Work
The coyote was a trickster spirit for the Chumash and Tongva people who were the first human residents of the Santa Monica Mountains. This intelligent...
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...
Learn A New Skill With FOCUSfish
The origins of aerial silks, or tissu, are mysterious. The oldest known photograph of the art is of a woman named Amy LaVan, dating back...