Gessing: Questions For New Mexico’s Blue Majority And Red Minority
By PAUL J. GESSING
President
Rio Grande Foundation
This Election Day a majority of New Mexico voters seemingly ignored the State’s manifest failures of governance. Instead, voters prioritized abortion rights while penalizing anyone who could plausibly be painted as “election deniers.”
Thus, New Mexico, one of America’s “bluest” states for decades, became even more Democrat dominant. Democrats now control every office of significance in State government as well as all five seats in Congress.
Whether the results are a sign of satisfaction with the status quo or just animus towards Republicans, Read More
Fr. Glenn: Waiting…waiting…
By Fr. Glenn Jones:
We who live in arid areas know that deserts often do not deserve their negative reputation; they produce some of the most beautiful panoramas imaginable. One need only look west from Albuquerque toward the Sandia mountains to behold the beauty of peaks bathed in reddish hue at sundown. Or, travel “down the hill” from Los Alamos just prior to the sun being occluded behind the western Jemez range to behold the grandeur of the Rio Grande Valley. We give thanks to behold such, and for that marvelous organ that is the eye.
Now at the beginning of the Christian season of Advent the desert Read More
Posts From The Road: Santa Cruz California
Historic Landmark: Visitors mingle at the famous Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk in Santa Cruz, Calif. which is a National Historic Landmark. The boardwalk opened in 1907 and continues to operate today. The facility includes an amusement park, an indoor arcade, games, and a miniature golf course. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com
Santa Cruz Boardwalk: The entrance to the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk was decorated for the holidays when we visited the city during our Christmas RV trip in 2017. Beyond the overhead entrance was a tall Christmas tree welcoming visitors to the park. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com Read More
Tales Of Our Times: Have A Dash Of Nutmeg With Your Holiday Cheer
Tales of our Times
By JOHN BARTLIT
New Mexico Citizens
for Clean Air & Water
Nature brings us many flavorful gifts. Yet, the merest overview of nature’s goods seems to meet with dark chapters hiding in their past.
The history of nutmeg that tops your seasonal eggnog has parts that could sure spoil your fun. Still, the past had its better times, too, which left a patch of hope and a brighter spice to add in.
Nutmeg trees bear fruit, whose nugget-sized seed is nutmeg. The earliest evidence of nutmeg is in the form of nutmeg residues found on 3,500-year-old potsherds from the island of Pulau Ai, one Read More
Gruninger: Yoga Philosophy – Annamaya Kosha (The Physical Body)
By JACCI GRUNINGER, MS, C-IAYT
Los Alamos
Phew! It’s been a busy few weeks sharing information about some of my new services new website and new name – High Mountain Wellbeing. We are now back on track to continue talking about the Koshas.
And, Thanksgiving is the perfect day to dive into Annamaya Kosha, our physical body. First, take a moment to be grateful for the amazing body you have. This thing that carries you around from place to place.
As a reminder, the Koshas were first discussed in the Taittiriya Upanishad composed about the 6th Century BC. The Koshas (meaning sheath) are five layers Read More
Leonard: Effect On Your Health Of Giving Thanks
By LAURA LEONARD
Doctor of Chiropractic
Los Alamos
Gratitude is one of those core emotions that has a big impact on us psychologically and physiologically. We are bombarded with negative news stories, commercialism and drama for good reason.
These things are addictive and our primitive need to survive makes our brain tune to these things with ease. Developing an attitude of gratitude takes conscious creation and a willingness to become aware of what we consistently turn our attention towards.
With awareness comes the ability to redirect our mind to things that reduce stress, increase contentment Read More
Catch Of The Week: Paypal Scams
By BECKY RUTHERFORD
Los Alamos
Sometimes my cat randomly knocks stuff off the table, and I find myself thinking, “This is why I can’t have nice things.”
Well, similarly, scammers are why we can’t have nice things … Paypal offers a neat service, “Money Request” which is free and quite convenient if you need to request money from family and friends … or from strangers you are trying to scam. Yikes!
So how does this scam work?
The scammer sets up a PayPal account, generally impersonating a real company (Many variations on bitcoin themes have been making the rounds) then uses the free money request feature Read More
