Recipe of Baum-kuchen

Recipe of Baum-kuchen

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Recipe of Baum-kuchen
Recipe of Baum-kuchen
Loss, grief..., and all of the feelings.

Loss, grief..., and all of the feelings.

A record-breaking rainfall in the canyon

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Wakako Takagi
Feb 07, 2024
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Recipe of Baum-kuchen
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one of our beloved oaks…

We are listening to the roaring flow of a nearby seasonal creek in the Santa Monica Mountains, just having to experience record-breaking rainfalls. The rain started over the weekend, and the rainy conditions and their impacts have shut down a part of Topanga Blvd, a main corridor of the canyon. We happened to be away on Sunday evening, visiting my mom in Orange County when the rainfall was the hardest. I stayed up late, worried about our neighborhood and feeling anxious, and remained close in touch with our neighbors, who were holding up their houses in the canyon.

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