Leonard: Posture, Pain, Stress And Your Fascia … Must Know Facts!
By LAURA LEONARD
Doctor of Chiropractic
Los Alamos
The Foundation of Osteopathic Research and Clinical Endorsement aka the FORCE group, defines fascia as… “any tissue that contains features capable of responding to mechanical stimuli.
The fascial continuum is the result of the evolution of the perfect synergy among different tissues, liquids, and solids, capable of supporting, dividing, penetrating, feeding, and connecting all the districts of the body”.
Wow…Fascia feeds and supports all districts of the body! Yes, you heard correctly and it’s a biggie. Our fascia is possibly the most Read More
Liddie’s Traditional New Mexican Dishes: White Peach And Rosemary Thumbprints
White Peach and Rosemary Thumbprints. Photo by Liddie Martinez
Video on how to prepare White Peach and Rosemary Thumbprints. Video by Liddie Martinez
By LIDDIE MARTINEZ
Española Valley
Families have been growing peaches in the Española Valley since the late 1500s and while they are a staple that we have grown to rely on, their appearance is always an event to celebrate. Each July I anticipate their arrival. While apples are still the mainstay as far as orchards go, and continue to be the stars of our fruit cultivation, peaches, apricots and plums were also among the fruits introduced by the Spanish Read More
Home Country: Squash Bug Stomp
Home Country
By SLIM RANDLES
Dud was heading home in his pickup truck when he saw the strange goings-on at the Bahdziewicz place. Abraham Lincoln Bahdziewicz was out in the family’s large garden with a full complement of kids who were happily hopping around.
Some of the kids came from the neighborhood, but most of them were homegrown Bahdziewicz kids.
The Bahdziewicz family had a great garden and went at the whole thing scientifically and in great fun, because this is one family that runs short on cash but long on kids.
Dud pulled over and watched for a minute as Abe laughingly directed the family dancers Read More
Hanrahan: Why I Love The Fourth
By LYNN HANRAHAN
Los Alamos
The Fourth of July reminds me of my father. He spent the early hours of every Fourth looking for the masking tape to attach a little flag on a wooden stick to the front porch post. No flagpole or anything else – all the parents in the neighborhood were children of the Great Depression who watched their pennies.
They had fought in the Second World War and lived true to the ideal that the only thing they had to fear was fear itself. Not to celebrate the Fourth would never have crossed their minds despite the turmoil of the late sixties.
One of the kids asked yesterday if we should Read More
Walker: Independence Day Has Lost Its Appeal
By AARON WALKER
White Rock
Independence Day has lost its appeal. It’s supposed to be a day where we celebrate our freedoms and liberties we have. It’s supposed to be a day where we reflect on the trials and tribulations faced by those who fought for rights in this country. Now, we have a Supreme Court erasing decades of history, precedent, and rights. Not just Roe, but more decisions are on the chopping block if Justice Thomas’ opinion is to be believed. Rapists rights (abortion bans), contraceptive restrictions, and gay marriage bans are going to come roaring to fruition (and some have already) Read More
Amateur Naturalist: Fire Ecology Of Ponderosa Trees
(Picture 1) A disbursed grove of mature ponderosa trees with no young trees growing among them. One single young tree is growing outside of the grove in direct sunlight. Photo by Robert Dryja
By ROBERT DRYJA
Los Alamos
Ponderosa trees do not tolerant shade.
Young ponderosa seedlings close to adult ponderosa trees grow slowly or not all in the shade of adult trees. A grove of ponderosa trees therefore spreads out with few or no young trees growing among them. Low intensity forest fires reinforce this arrangement by burning low growing trees and shrubs. (A low intensity fire does not burn the upper Read More
Home Country: Happy Birthday America!
Home Country
By SLIM RANDLES
The annual Fourth of July parade through our town began this year with a mystery.
You see, a couple of the boys cornered Jimmy Angles yesterday down by Lewis Creek and hit him in the mouth. On purpose. Ordinarily, this wouldn’t have made headlines in the Valley Weekly Miracle, or even the New York Post, but Jimmy played first trumpet in the band.
Played … past tense. The pain and swelling of his lips meant he couldn’t play the great trumpet solos in Mr. Sousa’s marches on the Fourth. It meant that the other three trumpeters all moved up a notch. The new “first” trumpeter just Read More
