Father Theophan: Apricot Mistakes
Apricot wood put in a lathe had checked badly so now will be made into small crosses. Courtesy/Fr. Theophan
By Father Theophan
Rector of Saint Job of Pochaiv Orthodox Church
Vocations Director for the UOC of USA
After the success I had a month ago with the wooden practice chalice, I decided to take a shot at turning a small piece of apricot wood that I had been given a few years ago.
When I got it, the tree had just been cut down, and so the wood was damp and green. Some experts advocate turning green wood, some others warn against it.
Once a tree is cut, the wood, “green” at that stage, starts Read More
Houck: The Last Of The Downsizing Series
By David Houck
Qualifying Broker
Atomic Realty
Expense:
There are costs to changing homes, some may be unique to downsizing but costs will be encountered regardless of any home change, large or small.
- The cost of getting rid of unwanted belongings: You can mitigate this cost by taking your time and doing it yourself. If you have already given away or sold all the things of value, what is the value of your remaining time on this earth and how do you want to spend it? Do you want to spend it making a few dollars on the remaining low value items or do you want to spend it living life and doing things you want
Couts: My Endorsement Of Tobias Haag’s Article
By SHERRILL COUTS
Los Alamos
I am seconding Tobias Haag’s sentiments regarding the apparent degradation of culture in Los Alamos county, here https://ladailypost.comhaag-tolerance-in-white-rock-a-bit-rocky/
As a conservative libertarian (conservative in the conventional sense, meaning restrained, not radical right), I don’t have anything to say about LBGTQ+ except just let people do their thing in peace as long as they’re not stomping on anyone else’s toes. Happy murals on the white rock are hardly offensive; indeed, the colors were cheerful before the clowns came along with their Read More
Background To The Movie ‘Oppenheimer’ Chapter 3: The Manhattan Project Begins
Life-size statues of Oppenheimer and Groves in downtown Los Alamos. Photo by Chris Judson
By CHRIS JUDSON
Presented by the Los Alamos Historical Society and Team Oppie
In 1939, three physicists— Leo Szilard, Eugene Wigner, and Edward Teller—went to famed scientist Albert Einstein to ask his help. They were very concerned about the likelihood that the Nazis were working on an atomic weapon. They had written a letter to alert the president and urge him to get the United States started on similar research. They felt that Einstein’s signature would carry the necessary weight to get Roosevelt’s Read More
Denish: No Easy Answers For Parents In Age Of Social Media
By DIANE DENISH
Corner to Corner
© 2023 New Mexico News Services
Almost every generation of parents says that parenting is harder than it used to be. That line of thinking is probably generated by the fact that when we become parents, although we believe we know what we are doing, we usually don’t. We have role models, good and bad, but we don’t have experience.
But for today’s generation of parents, it might be true. A recent study by the Pew Research Center in 2020 and the Surgeon General’s health advisory last month gives us a picture. The Pew study found that two thirds of U.S. parents think parenting Read More
Haag: Tolerance In White Rock A Bit ‘Rocky’
Messages painted recently on the White Rock ‘Rock’ on the corner of Rover and N.M. 4. Courtesy/Tobias Haag
By TOBIAS HAAG
White Rock
Passing by the White Rock “Rock” on the corner of Rover and N.M. 4 on my way to LA, I couldn’t help but notice the graffiti that had overtaken the positive message painted the day before. For years, the “Rock” has been a symbol of fun for celebrations, birthdays, welcome homes, and numerous other messages of joy. Since the pandemic, there has been increasing rhetoric of politization, thanks largely to competing media agencies, unstable political representatives, Read More
Robinson: Christine Trujillo, A Woman Warrior, Steps Down
State Rep. Christine Trujillo. Photo by Sherry Robinson/© 2023 New Mexico News Services
By SHERRY ROBINSON
All She Wrote
© 2023 New Mexico News Services
“Mom, you’re president of the AFL-CIO!”
Not many women ever heard that sentence. In 2001 Christine Trujillo had been teaching for 21 years, served on the state school board, and was president of the 6,500-member American Federation of Teachers-New Mexico. That December she became the first woman and the first teacher to lead the New Mexico Federation of Labor AFL-CIO.
Trujillo routinely juggled so many responsibilities that it took her daughter’s Read More
