Topanga Canyon Reverie
During the afternoon mail call I received John’s letter. He told me Lisa wasn’t seeing anyone anymore and maybe I’d like to write to her. He knew I liked Lisa and she agreed to give me her address, which he...
Bobby On the Bus
Bobby Garfield hopped on the Uptown Bus and took a seat across from the most beautiful girl he had ever seen; like he had done five days a week for the last seven months. Bobby wondered again if she...
Beloved Community
From the moment I arrived in Topanga Canyon at the age of 28, and lived in a beautiful yurt on the Saltzman’s property on Valley View, I was Home. And I admit—a little out of my comfort zone. Though in...
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 groggily through the airport at 3 A.M., I wondered if I was seeing things....
A Latvian Tale of Blood & Treasure
This excerpt is from Article 58 of The Linden Tree & the Legionnaire, an historical fiction series by Diana Mathur. In 1940 Communist occupied Latvia, capitalist Jānis Pērkons, and his neighbor the tailor, are terrorized by Stalin’s henchmen, the...
To Be a Mermaid
An Interview with Linden Wolbert Among the oaks and rocky canyons of Topanga lives a real live mermaid. Linden Wolbert is a professional mermaid or entrepre-mermaid and ocean “edutainer” who uses her freediving skills to perform underwater, transforming herself...
Bosco’s Christmas
A couple of years ago on Christmas Eve morn, I was on my way to work at the Winter Sports School at Mountain High, the closest ski resort to Topanga Canyon and the Santa Monica Mountains. It was early...
Winter Solstice
This Druid witch likes to sit under the oaks and listen. The things that have been told to her this year have been astounding. She has been tapping into the wood wide web, and has found that nothing is indeed...
Meet the Krampus
Meet the Krampus. This ancient alpine Christmas spirit may be the perfect mascot for 2020. America’s Santa Claus knows if you are naughty or nice. In much of Central Europe, Saint Nicholas still hands out the rewards for good...
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