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It makes sense that once you’ve established a fitness product business successful enough to find its way...
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PEAK PERFORMANCE Margherita Peak (elev. 16,763 feet) is the highest summit on Mount Stanley in the Rwenzori Range of Uganda.
Story and photos by Chuck...
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Never stop learning,” says 36-year-old Leslie Arnette. “Every job is a stepping stone if you...
By Kimberly Rivers
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By Nancy D. Lackey Shaffer
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here is proof of an afterlife. For beautiful old trees, anyway. You’ll find it at BC West Creek Gallery in Casitas Springs, where trees that...
By Karen Lindell
Satya Twena’s halo hats go through hell to become heavenly.
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by Kit Stolz
About five years ago, Michelle Ellison, a young mother living with her family in bucolic Ojai, experienced what she calls “a climate...
By Nancy D. Lackey Shaffer | Photos by Luis Chavez
The small-town charm of Santa Paula can be felt most prominently in its downtown district....