April 29, 2022

April 29, 2022

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(Vol. 3, No. 8) in PDF format.

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(Vol. 3, No. 8) in online format.

THINKING OUT LOUD

THINKING OUT LOUD

The Merry Month of May

Remember the May Day tradition of leaving baskets of flowers on neighbors’ porches? I propose reviving the May Basket and maybe celebrating some of the month’s other speci ...(Read More)

Kait Leonard

By Kait Leonard

NEWS

Heritage Oak Falls

At 2 a.m. Thursday, April 14, a loud crack and bump awakened Bonnell neighbors. By morning light they saw that half of a 300-year-old California Coast Live Oak had fallen into ...(Read More)

The Canyon Chronicle

By The Canyon Chronicle

The Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing Breaks Ground

This spring, what will be the world’s largest wildlife overpass—the Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing— begins construction across the 101 freeway at Libe ...(Read More)

Annemarie Donkin

By Annemarie Donkin

LETTERS

On Behalf of Hummingbirds

Please be careful how you prepare Hummingbird Nectar. We noticed a hummingbird that was unable to retract her tongue due to fungal spores that had germinated on her tongue or ...(Read More)

Dear editor,

Dear editor, I’ve enjoyed Kathie Gibboney’s writing in your paper (and all the iterations of it) for a whole bunch of years. I always find her voice to be warm, funny, ch ...(Read More)

THE HEALTHY GARDEN

THE HEALTHY GARDEN

Rebirth of the Topanga Elementary Garden!

When my wife and I first decided to move to Topanga, one of the main draws for us was Topanga Elementary, as we wanted our children to attend a public school that was part of ...(Read More)

COMMUNITY

Canyon Sages Return

The Canyon Sages, Topanga’s dues-free organization for seniors, is reborn this spring and open for business. On Saturday, May 21, from 9 a.m. to noon, Sages will hold it ...(Read More)

A DOZEN POEMS ONE FOR EVERY MONTH

Why War When Beauty Abounds? So now let’s let the poetry of our days drift Into May, June, July, August Into the revels of holidays galore Into September, October, ...(Read More)

The Canyon Chronicle

By The Canyon Chronicle

Local Businesses Support T-Days Parade

Topanga Days, the Topanga Community Center‘s (TCC) main fundraiser of the year, and the beloved parade are finally happening again this year, after a two-year hiatus due to ...(Read More)

LONG DISTANCE LISTENING PARTY

LONG DISTANCE LISTENING PARTY

Boyhood Memories

Earth Day is upon us. Enjoy it. The earth’s natural resources have been almost completely depleted. We’ve got a solid five or six more Earth Days before the water wars sta ...(Read More)

SPOTLIGHT

Everything But the Dog

Chris Kelly sends an annual April Fools Day message to everyone on Topanga Creek Outpost’s email list. In 2022, he sent a different kind of message. This time, it wasn’t a ...(Read More)

MOTHERS DAY

MOMentum Place Dazzles the Senses

Spring is in the air as MOMentum Place returns triumphantly to the Theatricum Botanicum for a special Mother’s Day tribute on Sunday, May 8, at 2 p.m. Topanga’s own Le ...(Read More)

Annemarie Donkin

By Annemarie Donkin

ASTROLOGY

May’s Cosmic Fire

Aries energy dominates May, as Venus, Jupiter, and Mars join Chiron in the fiery sign of the ram. Mid-month brings a total lunar eclipse, and May closes with a New Moon and Me ...(Read More)

Kait Leonard

By Kait Leonard

ALL THINGS CONNECTED

ALL THINGS CONNECTED

Faith in the Metaverse

Religion is in the process of appearing in a Metaverse near you! COVID-19 catapulted digital worship to the status of “new normal,” and there are many evolving spaces ...(Read More)

Paula Labrot

By Paula Labrot

THINKING OUT LOUD

THE HEALTHY GARDEN

LONG DISTANCE LISTENING PARTY

ALL THINGS CONNECTED

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