How the Hen House Turns: Efficiency Can Secure the Future
How the Hen House Turns: Efficiency Can Secure the FutureIn his book Anasazi America, David E. Stuart (https:////www.anasaziamerica.com) illustrates the point that when it comes to surviving for the long term, energy efficiency in a society trumps power and growth. The implications for our current addiction to overproduction as an economic panacea are ominous.
A few related thoughts from the Hen House: Chickens are very efficient nibblers. They can spend all day roaming around the yard, pecking at this and that—it’s hard to tell what—and Read More
Food on the Hill: Appetizers, Part One
This week’s Recipe: Caprese on a stick
Photo by Sue York/ladailypost.comIngredients:
Directions:
Arrange them to look like the picture above. Drizzle the oil and vinegar over the top. Sprinkle very little salt over the top also.
Chocolate Hazelnut spread with Orange zest
Directions:
Slice the dinner rolls Read More
Yang: Adopting Power Posture To Feel Powerful, Yet Power Saps Empathy…
Adopting Power Posture To Feel Powerful, Yet Power Saps Empathy…“Fake it till you make it.” Whether we like “faking” or not, whether we believe this sentiment or not, and whether we want to adopt such “principle” or not, according to Amy Cuddy’s research, a powerful body language can help us grow our confidence, while also changing others’ perceptions of us.
Amy Cuddy is a professor at the Harvard Business School. Both her personal journey and research interests have led her to study the relationships between our nonverbal language, performance, and confidence (link below). As Read More
Solo Traveler: Culture Shock
Solo Traveler: Culture ShockNo matter where you go, even if they speak your language, every country in the world presents something to the traveler that is surprising, possibly even shocking.
Coming home after being away for some time can be a kind of culture shock as well. Each time I return to the U.S., I am struck with how little time people spend meeting my gaze. In many other countries, when people speak to you they look you in the eye the whole time. It’s not meant to be threatening. The steady gaze is just their way of seeing you as a human being. But to Americans, who don’t spend Read More
Methods Used to Train Soldiers to Kill Found in Kid’s Video Games
By ABE DISPENNETTEWith the recent school shooting hitting so close to our home in New Mexico, I would like, if I may, to briefly step aside from my role as a State Farm Insurance Agent and speak from the perspective of a former combat Chaplain who served with infantry units such as the 101st and 10th Group Special Forces.
These units trained and produced efficient killers in combat. One of my responsibilities while serving with these famous units was to ensure soldiers who killed were trained properly on how to come back home psychologically sound and able to assimilate back into
Letter to the Editor: Thanks to Blood Drive Coordinators and Donors
By MIKAYLA ORTEGA Every day, our blood center is constantly on the go, shipping blood to various hospitals throughout the state of New Mexico. Many times, I hear the phone ring and our Hospital Services staff respond to the call saying, “What type of product do they need? When do they need it by? We’ll get it there!”
When I overhear these conversations, it makes me stop and think, what would we do without coordinators like you? What would we do if you didn’t put your heart and soul into our mission to recruit donors to donate life-saving blood? How would we answer Read More
How the Hen House Turns: Rabbits
How the Hen House Turns: Rabbits
Middle Daughter’s rabbits didn’t live in the Hen House, of course, but they impacted our lives, and I would be remiss if I didn’t include them in these animal tales.
There were lots of them, especially one summer. Most of them lived in hutches behind the garage. We tried very hard to segregates the sexes. We failed, but they didn’t. Somehow rabbits know who’s who.
We housed two “females” together, and the one named Pepper produced a litter of ten adorable balls of fur—each one a different
