LONG DISTANCE LISTENING PARTY

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Movinâ€™ On

It is with the greatest reverence that with this issue, Long Distance Listening Party comes to an end, at least in its current form. Iâ€™ve begun another venture that deserves ... (Read More)

By Miles Erickson

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The Long Road Aheadâ€¦ Or Was It Behind? Part 2

After getting stranded In a state park somewhere near Perris, California, my friends and I had become unwitting participants in a civil war reenactment. As we p ... (Read More)

By Miles Erickson

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The Long Road Ahead... Or Was It Behind? Part 1

This story begins in Perris, California, the morning after a long night spent sleeping in the back seat of a car. The situation was pretty simple. We drove ... (Read More)

By Miles Erickson

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Spotlight for Two

This playlist is available on Spotify, search my username, Mileserickson-354, New songs will be added every two weeks. TV Dinners, MJ Lenderman Sex and Cand ... (Read More)

By Miles Erickson

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One Liners

The average person swallows eight spiders a year. Most people swallow 0 spiders, but Robert Green of North Carolina eats like 40 spiders a day so heâ€™s been t ... (Read More)

By Miles Erickson

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Topanga Symphony Resumes Nov. 20

Still feeling the warm embrace from the Topanga Symphonyâ€™s 40th Anniversary celebration sponsored by the Topanga Historical Society and a supportive community ... (Read More)

By Jeanne Mitchell

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Topanga Elementaryâ€™s Halloween Play: â€˜SAW 3: Sawsical the Musicalâ€™

The Canyon Chronicle and Topanga Elementary would like to invite you to come spend a spooky evening, enjoying Topanga Elementaryâ€™s new play, SAW 3, Sawsical t ... (Read More)

By Miles Erickson

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The Bong Wizard, Part II

In the previous issue, I left off in the middle of a party off Fernwood. We now pick up about four hours later, late into the night as everyone is heading home. ... (Read More)

By Miles Erickson

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The Bong Wizard, Part I

It was the summer of 2016. My friend, Spenser, and I had just been let out of school, a Friday night but still about a week or two off from summer break. We wer ... (Read More)

By Miles Erickson

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What Barfing Dogs Have To Do With a Playlist

This past month I was dog sitting for a friend. Iâ€™ve mentioned in the past that Iâ€™m not really an animal person and this experience pretty much solidified t ... (Read More)

By Miles Erickson

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It Doesnâ€™t Take a Geniusâ€¦

My family constantly clowns on me for the time I called my mom crying asking to be picked up from summer camp. I was 11 and the video, Halo 3, had just come out ... (Read More)

By Miles Erickson

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Comedy is a Divine Power

Iâ€™ve been thinking a lot recently about the price of comedy. By Miles Erickson Thereâ€™s a somewhat obnoxious platitude that says, â€œcomedy is tragedy p ... (Read More)

By Miles Erickson

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Whack as Heck!

Thereâ€™s a common cliche that says every song is either about love or death. I think the worst thing about love is that it inspires people to want to make musi ... (Read More)

By Miles Erickson

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Meet HALEY

Recently my friend with a gluten intolerance introduced me to gluten-free pop tarts. They were pretty good, but my friend with the intolerance said they still w ... (Read More)

By Miles Erickson

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Fundraising Gala for 5G Free California

electricity moves through them unmonitored. A fire in them can only be extinguished by Edison cutting the power. The Board of Supervisors has a misconception th ... (Read More)

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Fundraising Gala for 5G Free California

electricity moves through them unmonitored. A fire in them can only be extinguished by Edison cutting the power. The Board of Supervisors has a misconception th ... (Read More)

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Lifetime Learning Curves

Being an adult is like an endless parade, except instead of floats itâ€™s things I donâ€™t wanna do. When I was a kid I did things solely because they made me ... (Read More)

By Miles Erickson

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One Thing Leads to a Rabbit Hole

This week I was tasked with writing a story about Topanga Days, the yearly music and arts festival that takes place over Memorial Day weekend. My directions wer ... (Read More)

By Miles Erickson

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Facing Consequences

Apologies for the short opener this week. I used up all of my allotted words ranting about Steven Tyler. When I was a kid, I had nightmares about Dracula, Th ... (Read More)

By Miles Erickson

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Boyhood Memories

Earth Day is upon us. Enjoy it. The earthâ€™s natural resources have been almost completely depleted. Weâ€™ve got a solid five or six more Earth Days before the ... (Read More)

By Miles Erickson

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The Stuff of Personal Development

You may have noticed that the last issue of the paper contained a bit more of my work than usual. Because of this, I have been completely drained of inspiration ... (Read More)

By Miles Erickson

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Canyon Chameleon

In the last edition of this column I mentioned that I would be briefly moving back to Topanga, and, in the time since the last volumeâ€™s publication, Iâ€™ve be ... (Read More)

By Miles Erickson

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Family Matters, Mediums & Psychics

This week I was talking to my cousin who made me aware of two facts regarding my family to which I had been previously ignorant. Fact number one: we have a fami ... (Read More)

By Miles Erickson

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The Stone House, Part 3: â€˜John Bonnell and the Palmaymesa Familyâ€™

In 1918, the man who would have the biggest impact on Old Topanga Canyon arrived, John H. Bonnell (1864â€“1938). â€œHe was a cultured man and the possessor ... (Read More)

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72-Hour Watch

This week Iâ€™m taking a deep dive into the world of mental health facilities. Iâ€™m doing this by placing myself under an involuntary 72-hour watch at a psychi ... (Read More)

By Miles Erickson

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Thinking Out Loud

All things connected

MY CORNER OF THE CANYON

Topanga historical society

WORSHIP SERVICES

WOMEN TAKING CHARGE IN CHANGING TIMES

SHOUTING OUT LOUD

GOVERNMENT AT WORK

HOLY DAYS OF RENEWAL

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RUDE INTERRUPTIONS

SCHOOLHOUSE SCOOP

TO LOVE AND BE LOVED

Theatre & Dance

TOPANGA BEFORE TODAY

WHATâ€™S HAPPENING?

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