Shin: Happy New Year From Los Alamos Family Eyecare – Advanced Technology Improves Eyecare
By LISA SHIN, O.D.
Owner
Los Alamos Family Eyecare
Dear Friends:
Happy new year! This marks 27 years of providing eye care to this amazing community. I am so grateful for the support!
I am thrilled to announce our latest upgrade in eye technology: Icare Eidon, the first TrueColor Confocal imaging device for ultra-high resolution widefield imaging. For years, I had considered another imaging system, but I did not like the color and image distortion and the very high price tag. The Eidon was much more affordable, and we can pass along the savings to our patients. I never imagined myself owning instruments Read More
Cinema Cindy Reviews: Napoleon
By CYNTHIA BIDDLECOMB
Los Alamos
“Napoleon” – Director Ridley Scott’s latest film – is worth viewing if only for period details and epic battle scenes. The film attempts to be a biopic about Napoleon Bonaparte. Indeed, in case we missed the point, his dying words are quoted at the end: “France… Army… Josephine,” three loves, perhaps in that order, which appear to have motivated this complex character.
Joaquin Phoenix (2020 Best Actor Oscar for Joker) plays Bonaparte as a quintessential outsider from the French island of Corsica, an officer with a flair for military strategy, a clumsy and often Read More
Amateur Naturalist: A Rocky Landscape Part 2
Boulders created by a large dense flow of lava are at the top of a canyon slope and will eventually tumble or slide to the bottom of the canyon. Photo by Robert Dryja
By ROBERT DRYJA
Los Alamos
We previously reviewed how the composition of lava by itself contributes to the resulting rocks seen in fields. Lava that is predominately liquid to start can become dense boulders after it has cooled. Lava that is powdery or porous when created can become sandy with small stones.
A second influence is concerned with the slopes coming down from the rim of a volcanic crater. The angles of slopes are a major influence. Read More
Fuselier: To Worry Or Not To Worry
By BOB FUSELIER
Los Alamos
From time to time I’m reminded that lessons learned years ago from our elders still retain their power to teach. My Dad died over 23 years ago, yet his words and actions are still guiding me. A lot of what I learned from him came from moments he wasn’t trying to teach me anything. The more I think of it, the majority of his most important lessons were given at those times teaching me something was the last thing on his mind. I would hope that my children could say something similar in spite of the fact that I “tried” to teach a lot.
I remember distinctly one lesson my Dad offered me Read More
Liddie’s Traditional New Mexican Dishes: Sangria
How to make sangria. Video by Liddie Martinez
By LIDDIE MARTINEZ
Española Valley
This October my husband Rick and I embarked on a fantastic adventure to Spain. I had been there before but he had not and since he is not enamored with big cities, we designed our trip to skirt the mediterranean sea from the Straights of Gibraltar to Barcelona concentrating on the small, historic communities along the coast. In Cadiz and Jerez we were fortunate to see the dancing Andalusian Horses perform and to get a personal tour of the Valdespino Bodega specializing in Spain’s world renowned Pedro Ximenez Sherry. Read More
Catch Of The Week: Emailed Bomb Threats Close Capitals
By BECKY RUTHERFORD
Los Alamos
For the Los Alamos Daily Post
Nine state capitol buildings across the US were placed under evacuation orders Wednesday due to emailed bomb threats, according to officials.
Government buildings in Connecticut, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Kentucky, Maine, Michigan Mississippi and Montana were sent bomb threats via email to their offices of secretaries of states and legislative officials.
The FBI has been working with state, local and federal officials to gather and share information.
The agency said they are aware of numerous hoax bomb threats at state capitol Read More
Gessing: First … Do No Harm
By PAUL J. GESSING
President
Rio Grande Foundation
With yet another massive budget surplus awaiting the New Mexico Legislature as they convene in Santa Fe for the 2024 30-day legislative session, this column should rightly be replete with ideas for how the Gov. and Legislature can use that surplus to diversify the State’s economy and bring New Mexico out of poverty. Alas, if we learned nothing from last year’s 2023 session, it is that even at a time of surplus, the Legislature can still harm our economy.
As the Legislature convened last year with a $3.6 billion surplus, the tax “omnibus” bill included Read More
