Middle of Nowhere: Looking for ‘Moonrise’
The Hernandez church appears in a famous photograph by Ansel Adams. Photo by Kirsten Laskey
By KIRSTEN LASKEYAnsel Adams’ “Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico” is one of the most popular photographs ever taken. Maybe just as impressive as the image he captured is the story behind it.
Websites report Adams was driving toward Española when he happened to see a church and cemetery the size of thumbprints against massive mountains and the moon hovering high in the sky. The scene made him stop his car on the shoulder of the road.
Wikipedia claims Adams yelled at his traveling Read More
Food on the Hill: Burmese Noodles
Photo by Sue York/ladailypost.com4 -5 pounds of chicken thighs
Letter to the Editor: Welcome to New Mexico, Land of Enfrackment
By RILEY MONTGOMERY “Welcome to New Mexico, Land of Enfrackment”—a reputation no state wants to have.
New Mexico, the Land of Enchantment, is full of beauty; from the wildlife it has to the people that live in it. Despite this allurement, oil and gas companies are already fracking within New Mexico, and now they have their eyes set on fracking outside precious national parks like Chaco Canyon.
Chaco Canyon has historical and cultural meaning to many New Mexicans and has also been recognized by the United Nations as a World Heritage Site. Chaco Canyon not only brings people from surrounding Read More
Letter to the Editor: School Board Not Proper Venue For Setting Public Policy On Firearms
By KHAL SPENCERAlthough the front page story in the Sunday, March 9 LA Monitor indicates a proper level of skepticism by the School Board to Mr. Langenbrunner’s broad anti-gun proposals, I would like to state that as a taxpayer and voter, I do not think that the School Board is the proper venue for setting public policy that goes far beyond the school board’s legitimate areas of expertise or governance, i.e., the controls on and accessibility to firearms within our schools.
The proper place for a discussion about gun control, including ideas on background checks and the Read More
Yang: I’ll Take An ‘Otter Mom’ Over A ‘Tiger Mom’ – Part 2
I’ll Take An “Otter Mom” Over A “Tiger Mom” – Part 2Otters are smart and playful. I am sure most people are familiar with the image of a baby sea otter lying on mommy otter’s tummy, bobbing up and down on a bed of kelp. One scene in a nature film showed a group of river otters in the winter landscape at Yellowstone, doing sliding. It was clear that they were playing since they would purposefully climb up a slope just so they could slide down, again and again.
I never get tired of watching otters, of any type, on film or alive. At a wildlife sanctuary, we learned that a couple of resident otters Read More
Education Funding 101: Governance of K-12 Education
Education Funding 101:Because of recent public discussion about the roles of the School Board and the School Administration, we are re-running a column we published Oct. 20, 2013 that discussed School governance. We expect to be back in this space with a new topic next week.
It’s easy to become overwhelmed when trying to understand who’s making the major decisions that impact your children’s educational experience. The education professionals you interact withon a daily basis are your children’s teachers. You might be unaware Read More
Letter to the Editor: Community Should Consider Superintendent Matter Done
By JIM HILLFor a community of purportedly intelligent people, the demands for the School Board to say more about the circumstances leading up to Dr. Schmidt’s resignation as superintendent are depressingly repetitive in their overlooking of the simple truth that as a personnel matter, Dr. Schmidt and his performance are not subject to public discussion by the board.
There is exactly one person who can reveal what happened in the closed sessions and that is Dr. Schmidt himself. Since he has chosen not to, I suggest that the community consider the matter done and begin Read More
