Early this year, Floating Doctors helped a remote island village off the northern coast of Panama get electricity. I don’t know how Ben and Noah did it, but they and the volunteers…
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After eight years as president of the Canyon Sages, I am stepping down. At the same time, Jackie Safonov is stepping down as Community House activities liaison (thanks, Jackie!) and we would…
It seems inconceivable that people are building campfires right next to our wild lands. In the past year, generally while performing patrols for Topanga Arson Watch, I have found no less than…
Dear Topanga, As most of you know, Abuelita’s will be closing its doors on October 1. I have had the great fortune to work with Debra for the past 10 years by curating…
(DATELINE: BALTIC SEA, BETWEEN ST. PETERSBURG AND HELSINKI)—If there’s one thing you don’t expect on ocean cruises, it’s any kind of surprise. By definition, cruises are designed to be uncomplicated and predictable—you…
Have you seen him? I happened to look up one day, over at our Topanga Mountains, as we were driving down toward PCH. From the passenger seat, I lazily mused over such…
I am driving to Thousand Oaks on the 101 at dawn. The road is an unclogged artery. Yo Yo Ma is playing “The Eternal Vow.” I slide up the highway thinking how…
As President Trump and Kim Jong Un play nuclear chicken with one another, I offer this brief lesson in history with the hope that it will encourage them both to sit down…
Skateboarding: Dangerous and Illegal Dear Editor, I am appalled that you would publish such a misleading, and one-sided article about skateboarding Tuna Canyon. It is a dangerous and illegal activity and is…
I am standing in Yosemite Valley, jaw gaping, eyes gazing up. Before me stands 3,000-foot-high, white granite El Capitan, the chief of all “stone people.” I am on my way home from…