All Shall Be Well: God Is Doing A New Thing
Clergy from left, Deacon Amy Schmuck, Deacon Cynthia Biddlecomb, retired, The Rev. Mary Ann Hill and The Rev. Lynn Finnegan. Photo by Nate Limback/ladailypost.com
By Deacon Cynthia Z. Biddlecomb, M.Div.
ELCA retired
Approaching another birthday ending in zero or five can make one feel old. A lot of history got us this far. For the eldest among us, we wonder what could possibly equal the joys in our past. And yet, through the lens of our faith (and as we know from experience), there are still good things to come.
Change, we have learned, is inevitable. We don’t always like the changes we see around Read More
Cone Zone: Week Of April 7, 2025
Public Works Projects:
Los Alamos County Public Works staff manages the projects listed in this section through contractors. For more information, email lacpw@lacnm.us, call 505.662.8150 or visit the County Projects page at https://lacnm.com/pw-projects.
Please slow down and use caution within the construction work zones. Please note the information below is based on a schedule provided by the contractors and may change due to inclement weather or other issues.
Bathtub Row Reconstruction Project Updates
Construction crews with TLC Plumbing & Utility are working in partnership Read More
Geotechnical Soil Boring Activity To Occur April 9 In Support Of N.M. 4 Crossing And Multi-Use Trail Improvement Project
Map of work location. Courtesy/LAC
COUNTY News:
GeoMat Engineering and Testing will be utilizing a truck mounted drilling rig to conduct Geotechnical Soil Borings on Wednesday April 9, at two locations along the N.M. 4 Trail between Sherwood Boulevard and La Vista Drive in White Rock.
Work will occur 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. and access for pedestrians and bicyclists around the drilling equipment while on the trails will be facilitated by the drilling crew.
No impact to traffic on N.M. 4 is expected as the drilling equipment will be working on the trail off the edge of the N.M. 4 roadway.
This work is in support Read More
Atomic City Transit Service Alert On Suspended Routes
County News:
City Transit Peak Service on Route 6 in the AM is suspended today Friday, April 4 from 6:15 a.m. to 9:21 a.m. Also, Peak Service on Route 1 from 11 a.m. to 12:58 p.m. Peak service on Route 6 in the evening will run as normal from 3:05 p.m. to 6:21 p.m.
These route suspensions are due to staffing shortages.
Peak service is highlighted in yellow on the timetables found on the County’s Routes & Schedules page.
Direct questions to (505)661-RIDE (7433) or use the ACTracker to locate bus routes in real-time.
For the specific route service schedules, visit https://www.losalamosnm.us/Services/Atomic-City-Transit Read More
McQuiston: Distracted Driving Awareness Month #JustDrive
By ALLEN MCQUISTON
Jemez Insurance Agency
Serving Los Alamos Since 1963
It seems like every day we are hearing of a new accident caused by distracted driving. Whether it was caused by someone texting, scrolling on their phone, or just not paying attention to the road, distracted driving accidents are all too frequent and often fatal.
By now I believe 105 percent of the U.S. has a portable computer in their pocket that we still call a “phone”, even though no one actually talks on it anymore. What we do is tweet on Twitter, comment on Facebook, post on Instagram, send a gmail, respond to a Text, read ESPN Read More
Houck: Retirement Series – Moving & Downsizing 3 Of 5
By DAVID HOUCK
Qualifying Broker
Atomic Realty LLC
When retiring many older Americans are choosing to move to smaller homes and downsize. At any age moving is a stressful experience, and downsizing for retirement carries unique challenges. Downsizing involves and includes letting go of 60 to 80 percent of the belongings that took you a lifetime to accumulate.
However, some advantages include:
- Less expensive housing is an easy way to increase your budget and your retirement savings.
- Selling your home and moving to a less expensive home can increase your cash and nest egg. The money from selling
Los Alamos County Council To Hold Public Hearing April 8 On Two Code Ordinances Encouraging Driver Safety
COUNTY News:
The Los Alamos County Council will hold a public hearing at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, April 8 in the Council Chambers at the Municipal Building at 1000 Central Ave., as part of its scheduled Regular Session.
The hearing will consider adoption of Ordinance 02-367, relating to distracted driving, and Ordinance 02-369, relating to speed cameras.
Proposed Ordinance 02-367 seeks to address and minimize the occurrences of distracted driving by better-defining and describing mobile phone usage while driving. The Los Alamos Police Department’s crash data indicates distracted driving consistently Read More
Pawlak: Keep Your A, We Need More R
By JOHN PAWLAK
Los Alamos
Scores of movies have echoed a common plot; the destruction of the human race by the onset of AI (Artificial Intelligence). Thinking machines roam the streets, wiping out the last vestiges of human civilization and replacing it with artificial life forms that over time will form proud nations, create wonderful cultures, identify differences, and wage destructive wars against each other. Artificial or not, having intelligence has little to do with using intelligence.
For now, the main worry seems to be how AI will be used, or misused. Will AI be used to instruct our children? Read More
County Transportation Board To Meet Thursday
Cone Zone: Week Of March 31, 2025
Public Works Projects:
Los Alamos County Public Works staff manages the projects listed in this section through contractors. For more information, email lacpw@lacnm.us, call 505.662.8150, or visit the County Projects page at https://lacnm.com/pw-projects.
Please slow down and use caution within the construction work zones. Please note the information below is based on a schedule provided by the contractors and may change due to weather or other delays.
Bathtub Row Reconstruction Project Updates
Construction crews with TLC Plumbing Utility have resumed this project, which is a Read More
Posts From The Road: Death Valley National Park … Badwater Basin & Devil’s Golf Course
Long Desert Highway: After exiting from I-15 at Baker, Calif. visitors still have 115 miles of desert highway to cover before arriving at Death Valley National Park Visitor Center in Furnace Creek. Views such as this are plentiful along the way. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com
Salt Flats: Salt Flats cover hundreds of square miles in the floor of Death Valley National Park. Shown are visitors as they explore the salt flats at Badwater Basin in the national park. The flats look like snow from a distance but are hard as a rock to walk across. In the distance in the photo is Telescope Peak which is Read More
Fr. Glenn: Not Exalting Self
By Fr. Glenn Jones:
There sure is a lot of screaming and vitriol these days. Accusations of fascism here, genocide there … every “-phobia” and “-ism” imaginable … and some never thought of before. Much of it, of course, is just political or protester hyperbole to manipulate others toward a their “side”, or even to just score cheap points without taking into account all the facts or the whole of often myriad various concerns and variables. But underlying so many of demonizations seem to be airs of superiority. But for a true evaluation of self, humility is an essential ingredient, for “Arrogance Read More
All Shall Be Well: Reconciliation Frees Us
Clergy from left, Deacon Amy Schmuck, Deacon Cynthia Biddlecomb, retired, The Rev. Mary Ann Hill and The Rev. Lynn Finnegan. Photo by Nate Limback/ladailypost.com
By Deacon Cynthia Z. Biddlecomb,
M.Div. (ELCA)
Perhaps the best example of forgiveness and reconciliation is Jesus’ parable of the Prodigal Son, found in the Gospel of Luke, chapter 15. After squandering his inheritance on dissolute living, the renegade son finds himself impoverished and starving. Distraught, he decides he must humble himself and return to his father; he realizes that he would have food to eat as even a lowly servant Read More
Travel: Captivating Cape Town
African penguins at Boulder Beach. Photo by Debbie Stone
Kristen Bosch Botanical Garden. Courtesy photo
By DEBBIE STONE
Santa Fe
For the Los Alamos Daily Post
There’s nowhere quite like Cape Town, the jewel of South Africa. This fascinating city is a meld of cultures, history and landscape, crowned by the magnificent Table Mountain. Often regarded as synonymous with the “Mother City,” (Cape Town’s affectionate moniker), this landmark is the single most welcoming icon to its people, as well as to travelers from around the globe.
Named a New Seven Wonders of Nature, Table Mountain is one of the Read More
Thirteen Congregations Tackle Homelessness, With Hope & Audacity
By TYLER TAYLOR
Interfaith Coalition on Homelessness
Last June, dreamers from four Los Alamos houses of worship asked ourselves, “If we could interest 10 or more congregations and thought big, could we collectively actually help to reduce the very high levels of homelessness in Española, a community of neighbors only 15 miles away? As outsiders, with limited knowledge, who would we first need to learn from? Are there affective groups in the Valley we could partner with? Would they accept us?”
Now, after nine months, a groundswell of enthusiasm and hope has developed.
As a result:
- Thirteen congregations,
Closures Scheduled For Rover & N.M. 4 In White Rock
COUNTY News:
Drivers in White Rock will see two scheduled road closures over the next two weekends for work under the N.M. 4 Water Transmission Line Replacement/Fiber Conduit Installation Project, managed by the Los Alamos Department of Public Utilities (DPU).
Both closures are scheduled 7 a.m. Saturday to 7 p.m. Sunday. All businesses in the area will remain accessible.
Saturday, March 29 and Sunday, March 30:
Rover Boulevard will be closed at the N.M. 4 intersection for the whole weekend. Drivers who need to turn onto N.M. 4 may follow detour signs to enter from Sherwood Boulevard instead Read More
Aviation Trailblazers: Tuskegee Airmen To Be Honored At NM Space History Museum March 27
Members Soloman Jackson, Alfred Reeves, Carolyn Peeler and Larry Jackson of Holloman AFB Tuskegee Airmen Chapter attending the 1st Tuskegee Airmen Day at NM Museum of Space History. Courtesy photo
NMMSH News:
New Mexico Museum of Space History is proud to announce a special event honoring the legacy of the Tuskegee Airmen from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday, March 27, 2025. This celebration, held in collaboration with the Holloman AFB Tuskegee Airmen Chapter, will take place on the museum’s second floor and is free for the public to attend.
The Tuskegee Airmen were trailblazers in military Read More
View Of Cross Formed By Vapor Trails Over Diamond Drive
A large cross shaped by vapor trails hovers in the sky Tuesday over Diamond Drive. Photo by Lil Ortega Read More
Posts From The Road: Mission San Luis Rey
Mission San Luis Rey: The front exterior of Mission San Luis Rey in Oceanside, Calif. is beautiful upon arriving. The white exterior is impressive with the aqua domes on the roof with a portal that leads away from the entrance doors to the left in the photo. The wall to the right encircles the original cemetery, which has been on site since the mission was founded in 1798. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com
Mission Exterior: A view of the exterior of San Luis Rey shows the front of the mission from another angle. The long portal leads one into the entrance of the mission. Also seen is a small sampling Read More
Fr. Glenn: Making Our Bones
By Fr. Glenn Jones:
Please … just leave my old bones alone.
I was watching a BBC Timestamp Youtube video the other day in which they were excavating a medieval church in England, uncovering the skeleton of someone who had a chalice buried with him—apparently a priest. Poor guy; he probably thought he’d be undisturbed until the general resurrection that Christians anticipate. Nope.
It’s odd that while people are incensed if it’s requested that the body of a relative be exhumed, yet we dig up long-dead bodies almost without qualm. Certainly we understand the fascination of how people lived in the Read More
