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Billions in Flight: Migratory Birds 
Autumn doesn’t officially begin until the equinox on September 22, but all across North America birds are already on the wing—billions of them. Migration times and destinations vary based on the species and variables like weather and food sources—some...
One-Room Schoolhouse 
Back to school. A hundred years ago in Topanga, it would have been on foot—and often barefoot—to the little, red, one-room schoolhouse by the creek in the bend of the dirt road.  Public education in California was still relatively...
Desert Voices 
“‘Just now our blood dances to other music.’ They fell a-twittering among themselves once more, and this time their intoxicating babble was of violet seas, tawny sands, and lizard-haunted walls.” The swallows in Kenneth Grahame’s Wind in the Willows...
Desert Daytrip 
A desert experience doesn’t always require one to crawl on hands and knees through the thornbush and cactus, regardless of what Edward Abbey says. Anyone seeking cactus, sandstone, and volcanic peaks need look no farther than our own Santa...
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New Times Radio 

New Times Radio podcasts are here! The TNT crew has been hard at work on our latest feature, original podcasts and audiobook versions of our original content. Bring TNT with you wherever you go, in the car, at the...
Food

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/ )...
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Holiday Cooking We Love 

We’re celebrating the holidays with some favorite family recipes here at TNT this year. Chloe Chapman has brewed up her own special homemade spiced apple cider recipe, which embodies the scent and flavor of the holidays. Suzanne Guldimann shares...