MY CORNER OF THE CANYON

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November 10, 2023

Letting The River Flow

I try to think ahead. To be smart, make right choices. I canâ€™t take the terrycloth robe, itâ€™s too fluffy to pack. I canâ€™t wear the lace-up boots to the airport. They wo ... (Read More)

Kathie Gibboney

By Kathie Gibboney

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September 29, 2023

In The Company Of Greatness

Recently in Old Canyon around Cheese Rock, a fallen Oak Tree took down some power poles and caused major traffic problems to residents. If a tree falls in th ... (Read More)

Kathie Gibboney

By Kathie Gibboney

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August 18, 2023

Too Long at The Fair The County Fair? On a Saturday? During a heat wave in August? I weigh the pros and cons.

The cons are obvious; crowded, problematic parking, sticky surfaces, long lines, smell of farm animals, overpriced concessions, getting lost, spilled beer, cryi ... (Read More)

Kathie Gibboney

By Kathie Gibboney

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August 18, 2023

The Dogs of Dog Days & Other Pets We Love

Three Little Maids from School Persephone, Phoebe, and Princess It all started with Romulus, a burly handsome male, who strutted around campus with quite a ... (Read More)

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Money Honey

When departing from home, whether the Beleaguered Husband is on a quest for surf, groceries, cool shoes or heading to his gig as Guardian of The Malibu Pier, I ... (Read More)

Kathie Gibboney

By Kathie Gibboney

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Of Topanga

There was a magical place, a meadow, lush and otherworldly. I didnâ€™t understand exactly where it was located but it certainly wasnâ€™t the Valley. It was far ... (Read More)

Kathie Gibboney

By Kathie Gibboney

Kinfolk (Dedicated to Uncle Bud)

â€œIâ€™ve already got six grandchildren and yâ€™all donâ€™t have any? Whatâ€™s wrong with you California people?â€ asks my Cousin Sandy from Texas. â€œAnd you ... (Read More)

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By Kathie Gibboney

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Put Down the Worm, Put Down the Gun...

I once pulled a gun on a man. He followed me home from the second grade in that awful Bakersfield heat of 1960, where my parents had moved us from Ohio not real ... (Read More)

Kathie Gibboney

By Kathie Gibboney

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Fixing A Hole

Itâ€™s not that I expected a lot from the new year. After all, I didnâ€™t even stay up until midnight to usher her in but so far, 2023 has given me a real run f ... (Read More)

Kathie Gibboney

By Kathie Gibboney

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TECS Teacher Kelly Welch Receives Grant

Kelly Welch, a fourth-grade teacher at Topanga Elementary Charter School (TECS), was recently awarded a grant by Donors Choose to support the social and emotion ... (Read More)

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A â€˜Ho-Ho Humbugâ€™ Christmas Carol 2022

Last year at this time, the Beleaguered Husband, knowing my deep and abiding love for Dickensâ€™ â€œA Christmas Carol,â€ purchased tickets for us to see a prod ... (Read More)

Kathie Gibboney

By Kathie Gibboney

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Glamour

There is a tree that grows aslant the creek over on Valley Drive just off Old Canyon. I frequently park beside it, yet never truly saw it until a friend mention ... (Read More)

Kathie Gibboney

By Kathie Gibboney

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Beyond The Pumpkin Patch

Ah, the October Country. If youâ€™re lucky you discover it when youâ€™re young. Maybe youâ€™re living in the wilds of Illinois as did Ray Bradbury; or the ... (Read More)

Kathie Gibboney

By Kathie Gibboney

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The Present

There are occasions when time stands still, or at least slows because the moment is of such glorious importance it begs one to stop and recognize it. Time stood ... (Read More)

Kathie Gibboney

By Kathie Gibboney

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The Dog I Needed

I hadnâ€™t thought I needed a dog. Especially some half-grown, crazy, large-eared, black animal that slunk away the first time I saw it. â€œThereâ€™s a pup ... (Read More)

Kathie Gibboney

By Kathie Gibboney

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Peaceable Planet

It happens this time of year. An inner craving awakes. Some primal longing draws me like a Sirenâ€™s song and helpless I am to resist the, Call of The Sea. If ... (Read More)

Kathie Gibboney

By Kathie Gibboney

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FREE Wildfire & Disaster NOAA Weather Alert Radios

SAVE THE DATES! August 13 and 16. Free NOAA Weather Alert Radios will be given out on Saturday, August 13, 10 a.m.â€“12 p.m. and on Tuesday, August 16, 5 p.m.â€ ... (Read More)

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ODE TO AN AGAVE

Rising majestically from the side of our hill, the Agave Americana stalk is in bloom. It stands impressively proud, colossal, defiant. Each day, in fact seeming ... (Read More)

Kathie Gibboney

By Kathie Gibboney

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Sometime (for Lily Carey)

Iâ€™m talking to a Topanga child, about five years old. He is fleet of foot and fearless. He has amazing physical abilities; running, jumping, turning somersaul ... (Read More)

Kathie Gibboney

By Kathie Gibboney

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Once In A Lifetime

The peace of a Topanga Saturday morning is disrupted as I hear the Beleaguered Husband swearing while battling the tangled, obstreperous garden hose outside our ... (Read More)

Kathie Gibboney

By Kathie Gibboney

Living with Wildlife

Ayoung Bottaâ€™s Pocket Gopher (Thomomys bottae) arrived at California Wildlife Center (CWC) late in January, its 40th patient of the new year, after being caug ... (Read More)

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Gophers Be Gone

Roses were blooming in the garden when we moved to the house in an April of some 27 years ago. They must have been planted by the landlordâ€™s grandmother long ... (Read More)

Kathie Gibboney

By Kathie Gibboney

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Electronic Records & the Lost Art of Medicine

Dr. Paul Farmer, a pioneer in global medicine and champion of those for whom medical care is as remote a possibility as their locations, passed away in Rwanda t ... (Read More)

Paula Labrot

By Paula Labrot

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Of Cookies and COVID

The fortune cookie sits on the surfboard coffee table right in front of me. I moved it from the kitchen where it lay, ignored, left over from some long-ago take ... (Read More)

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By The Canyon Chronicle

Clear as a Bell

There are dreams I have, sometimes recurring, disturbing dreams from which I wake, shaken, spent and drained, as if Iâ€™ve had no sleep at all. Thereâ€™s the aw ... (Read More)

Kathie Gibboney

By Kathie Gibboney

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Abstract in Portland

I saw autumn! A true autumn alive, burnished and glowing. We planned a visit to Portland where our daughter, Miranda, has moved and who better than us to, as th ... (Read More)

Kathie Gibboney

By Kathie Gibboney

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Into The Mystic

Ah, what to wear to an outdoor concert, a Van Morrison concert, at night, on my birthday (Iâ€™ll not mention which one)? I know there are larger questions to po ... (Read More)

Kathie Gibboney

By Kathie Gibboney

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Equine Leadership Program

Hanginâ€™ with the Herd Kayak Kayak was born 22 years ago in France as a pure black colt, his genes arising from an old Baroque Lusitano bloodline. He was bro ... (Read More)

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By The Canyon Chronicle

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My Sign

Mysterious white chalk markings appeared on the street in front of our house, cryptic and vexing. Viewed at a distance from our patio, the letters were illegibl ... (Read More)

Kathie Gibboney

By Kathie Gibboney

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The Cat And Mouse Days Of Summer

The cat lies on the cool marble of the fireplace hearth, snoring. Iâ€™m hoping the last mouse has been caught. It seems that for the entire summer the Have ... (Read More)

Kathie Gibboney

By Kathie Gibboney

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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

LONG DISTANCE LISTENING PARTY

RUDE INTERRUPTIONS

SCHOOLHOUSE SCOOP

TO LOVE AND BE LOVED

Theatre & Dance

TOPANGA BEFORE TODAY

WHATâ€™S HAPPENING?

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