Coaching Café: Gremlins
Coaching Café:How The Hen House Turns: Reviewing A Review
How the Hen House TurnsRecently, The Week magazine reviewed a book by Carl Safina. The title expresses the underlying passion driving the Hen House stories, so I’m taking the opportunity to mention it here, before I continue with Turkey’s history.
“Beyond Words: What Animals Think and Feel” was called “a gem” by Marc Bekoff of Psychology Today. The reviewer from The Week goes on to say that the book spurns “…the conventional wisdom that scientists should not anthropomorphize.” I agree, but I haven’t read a scientist who does. Most of us Read More
Father Casimiro Roca Considered Eminently Worthy Of Process Toward Sainthood
Father Casimiro Roca. Courtesy photoFather Casimiro Roca, the holy eminence of the world-famous spiritual pilgrimage destination known as El Santuario de Chimayó in North Central New Mexico, passed away in a very peaceful transition on Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2015. Eternal rest grant unto him, Lord, and let your perpetual loving light shine upon him.
It is likely that many of the 300,000 or so people who each year seek the spiritual benefits and healing from the Santuario have not known Read More
Peace Activists Hold Annual Los Alamos Protest
Rev. James Lawson, left, meets with fellow demonstrators at Sunday’s Rally at Ashley Pond Park. The man at right wears sackcloth in repentance for the bombing of Nagasaki during World War II. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
Giant peace statue moves through the crowd at Sunday’s rally. Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.comPeace activists returned to Los Alamos Sunday for a rally commemorating the 70th anniversary of the bombing of Nagasaki.
Activists also were in town Thursday for the 70th anniversary of the Read More
Peace Activist John Dear Speaks To Los Alamos
Peace activist John DearBy CAROL A. CLARK
Los Alamos Daily Post
caclark@ladailypost.com
Internationally known peace activist John Dear gathered with more than 300 protesters Sunday at Ashley Pond Park in Los Alamos to commemorate the anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
“We’re here again like we’ve been coming every year to call for the abolition of all nuclear weapons,” Dear told the Los Alamos Daily Post. “Today we are joined by the architect of the civil rights movement, Jim Lawson, so with his presence we are all called upon to fight for nuclear peace … I encourage everyone
Bryce Avenue Presbyterian Church Marks 40 Years
A cross is hoisted onto the roof of Bryce Avenue Presbyterian Church in White Rock. Courtesy photo
Bryce Avenue Presbyterian Church in White Rock. Courtesy photoSolo Traveler: Old Tools
Medical instruments from the collection of Henry Chapman Mercer. Photo by Sherry Hardage
Wooden cigar store figures from the Mercer collection. Photo by Sherry Hardage
Solo TravelerOne of the best things about traveling deeply, staying in a place for a while, renting a room or a tiny apartment from local people, is that you come to know the locals, and they come to know you.
If they discover you have certain interests, in history or art, for example, they will introduce you to things you would never otherwise run across.
When I went to India in 1985 my hosts Read More
Smart Design With Suzette: A Lighting Plan
A well-lit living room requires a combination of ambient, accent and task lighting. In this living room, recessed fixtures cast general lighting, wall-mounted lights showcase artwork and an adjustable floor lamp provides light for reading. Courtesy photo
Smart Design With Suzette Something that often gets forgotten, and which can have a profound effect on the look and feel of a home, is lighting. Strategically placed lights and landscape lighting can drastically alter the way you feel about your home, how you interact with your home, and according to Read More
Pastor Granillo: Powerfully Human
By Pastor RAUL GRANILLO“Hope in reality is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of man.” – Friedrich Nietzsche
In a godless world, this would be true. In a godless world, there would truly be no purpose for life. If you lived and then died, upon your death nothing else would matter and so your life would have made no lasting difference.
If you were never born, it still wouldn’t matter because there was no real purpose for your existence to affect. Certainly the godless world can invent a purpose, say to affect the future; but for what reason? When you really think about Read More
Donations Sought To Save Old San Ysidro Church
Massive rain and hail storm damages Old San Ysidro Church in Corrales. Courtesy/CHS
CHURCH News:
Donations being sought to help with storm damage repairs and preservation of the Old San Ysidro Church in Corrales at 966 Old Church Road.
For more than 40 years, it has been the mission of Corrales Historical Society (CHS) to restore and maintain the Old San Ysidro Church, located in the historic heart of the Village of Corrales. The Old Church dates back to 1868 and is listed on both the New Mexico State Register of Cultural Properties and the National Register of Historic Places.
Work underway to remove Read More
Art On Tap At UnQuarked Wine Room Thursday
Pottery will be displayed Thursday at Art On Tap at UnQuarked in Central Park Square. Courtesy photo
COMMUNITY News:
Art On Tap is 5:30 p.m. Thursday at UnQuarked Wine Room at 145 Central Park Square in downtown Los Alamos.
In conjunction with the Celebration of Clay Exhibit arriving shortly at the Fuller Lodge Art Center, the topic is Pueblo pottery. Northern New Mexico is known for the distinctive pottery handmade by Pueblo artists. Led by Chris Judson, pieces from several local Pueblos will be displayed and there will be a discussion about the traditional ways used to make and decorate them. Read More
Los Alamos Co+op Market Hires New General Manager
New Los Alamos Cooperative Market General Manager Scott Brelsford
CO+OP News:
The Los Alamos Cooperative Market Board of Directors has announced that after a national search, it has hired a new general manager.
Scott Brelsford will begin in his new role by Sept. 1. Brelsford has worked as the general manager of the Moonflower Community Cooperative in Moab, Utah and the People’s Grocery Cooperative in Manhattan, Ks. He is a co-op enthusiast, and under his leadership, Moonflower Co-op increased member ownership by 25 percent and the People’s Co-op saw a turnaround in sales and income. Read More
Blessing Of Vehicles On Saint Elijah’s Day 2015
Father Theophan Mackey blesses vehicles last Sunday on Saint Elijah’s Day at Saint Job Orthodox Parish in Los Alamos. Courtesy photo
Father Theophan Mackey blesses vehicles last Sunday. Courtesy photo
Staff Report
The Rev. Theophan Mackey and his congregation braved the rain Sunday, Aug. 2 to bless the vehicles of the gathered faithful at Saint Job Orthodox Parish at 2270 39th St. in Los Alamos.
Father Theophan explains that Orthodox Christians bless almost everything.
“We bless vehicles on this day, because it is Saint Elijah’s Day, the great prophet of the Old Testament, and he was taken
Food On The Hill: Strawberry Rhubarb Crisp
Strawberry Rhubarb Crisp. Photo by Felicia Orth
Food On The HillStrawberry Rhubarb Crisp
My favorite of the houses we lived in growing up was an old farmhouse in Eola, ILL., with a rhubarb patch.
Although we kids clamored for sugar when we first started gnawing on the raw stalks, we soon became accustomed to the sour stringiness and enjoyed it straight, in between the strawberry rhubarb pies my mom made all through the season.
When Fermi Lab was built, the ring extended to the edge of the farmhouse property, and we moved to a house that had no rhubarb patch. Rhubarb was still available Read More
Cowboy Dinner And Dance At Posse Lodge Aug. 8
Faith And Science: Deborah & Loren Haarsma Aug. 4-6
LAFSF News:
Tuesday Aug. 4
- Title: God and the Multiverse
- Speaker: Deborah Haarsma
Abstract:
The last 100 years have transformed our understanding of the universe. We now know that the universe is ancient, beginning Read More
County Contracts With Boutique Air For Albq. Flights
Boutique Air’s Pilatus PC-12 is a single engine, turboprop, pressurized aircraft configured with either eight or nine passenger seats. Courtesy/Boutique Air
An interior view of Boutique Air’s Pilatus PC-12 aircraft. Courtesy/Boutique Air
Staff Report
Los Alamos County Council voted 4-3 to approve a services agreement with Boutique Air, Inc., headquartered in Sacramento, to provide scheduled air service between Los Alamos County Airport and Albuquerque Airport.
Councilor Vice Chair David Izraelevitz and councilors Susan O’Leary and Pete Sheehey voted against Read More
Griggs: Dateline New Orleans
David H. Griggs standing on the levee at the French Quarter Festival, with a freighter sailing past on the Mississippi. Courtesy photo
A Month In New Orleans
I sat on the levee and watched the broad Mississippi River flow past. I munched on a succulent crawfish pie, and nursed a refreshing WWOZ Mango Freeze.
Behind me on the Accura Stage, Allen Toussaint entertained the French Quarter Festival with such old favorites as Southern Nights, Summertime, Mother-in-Law, Fortune Teller, and A Certain Girl. The deck of the ocean-going freighter towered Read More
Northern New Mexico Revival Center Settles In
The Northern New Mexico Revival Center at 134-A N.M. 4 in White Rock. Photo by Jennifer Bartram
Staff Report
The Northern New Mexico Revival Center (NNMRC) continues to settle in to its relatively new space at 134-A N.M. 4 in White Rock.
The NNMRC is orthodox with respect to Christian theology and doctrine, but takes a non-traditional approach to “church” in both organization and practice. They normally meet at 4 p.m. Sundays for worship, teaching, fellowship, discussion, personal ministry – or even the unexpected – as the Holy Spirit leads, and at 6:30 p.m. Fridays Read More
Buying And Selling A Home Is A Dance
By CINDY HOLLABAUGH, President
Buying and selling a home is a dance. Your date to the dance is your Realtor®. Your Realtor® is going to want to meet you and get to know you and your housing needs. Your Realtor® will then take you to the dance.
The first of many dance partners will be your lender. If you are a buyer, it is always a good idea to talk to a lender prior to looking for a home so that you know what you can afford.
After you are approved for a mortgage and have found a home, you will start dancing with several different partners. These can include a title company, Read More
