Life After 50: Eight Is Great!
Chad Lauritzen left prepares to raise the bar as he launches the engineering of Aspen Youth to see how well their science skills paid off. Courtesy photo
During 2022, Marlene Trujillo earned her second Community Asset Award, as C’YA celebrates its 8th anniversary. Courtesy photoExecutive Director
Champions of Youth Ambitions celebrated its 8th anniversary this weekend. While our work has been drastically affected since the beginning of COVID 2022, we have found some ways to get our work done.
We started 2022 by recognizing some community heroes, with Read More
Posts From The Road: Zion National Park’s Kolob Canyons
Initial View: After leaving the visitors center, visitors travel a short distance before rounding a bend in the road giving them their initial view of the Kolob Canyons. The first of several stops allow one to get out of the car and ‘take in’ this magnificent view. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com
Red and Orange: Another vantagepoint gives visitors a view of the brilliant red and orange canyon walls that rise from the valley floor. Many of the cliffs in Kolob Canyons are 2,000 feet high. The light green spring growth accent the red walls and darker green conifer trees in this view. Photo by Gary Read More
Fr. Glenn: ‘You are gods!’
By Fr. Glenn Jones:
You know … when you think about it, we human beings are wonderfully made. After all, not only do we live and grow and are animate like all animals, but unlike them, we can think, plan, reflect, discern cause and effect, conduct science, etc. St. Thomas Aquinas wrote that our mental ability is that which makes us most like God (though still infinitely less than Him, of course). And Jesus, when rebuffing an opponents’ challenge, quotes Psalm 82: “Is it not written in your Law, ‘I have said ‘you are “gods’”? (John 10:34)
We might then remember Rene Descartes’ contemplation of whether Read More
McQuiston: What To Do (And Not Do) After An Accident
By ALLEN MCQUISTON
Jemez Agency
Serving Los Alamos Since 1963
With the summer travel expected to be high, I thought I would reprint an article from a few years ago.
If you’ve ever been in an accident, you may recall scrambling to try to figure out what to do and, more importantly, what not to do. A vehicle accident is never a pleasant experience for anyone involved.
Nevertheless, as you make the first report of a claim, you can alleviate some of the confusion that can often surface after an accident by keeping a few tips in mind.
Do not, under any circumstance, sign any document at the scene unless it is Read More
An Open Book: Ex Libris, The Autobiography Of Benjamin Franklin
By DAVID IZRAELEVITZ
Los Alamos
Note to Reader: This Open Book column is part of my occasional “Ex Libris” series about books that have made a difference in my life. Hope you enjoy it.
After we became empty-nesters, Terry and I would implore our children to go through their bedrooms and help us get rid of stuff. It took a decade, but now we have finally purged all awards, papier-mache sculptures, even random juggling equipment from our home. Preparing for grandkids, however, exempted children’s books from the trash bin. Terry pardoned them all because they became part of “Future Grandparenting Read More
Liddie’s Traditional New Mexican Dishes: Canned Cherries
Canned cherries. Photo by Liddie Martinez
Video showing how to prepare canned cherries. Video by Liddie Martinez
By LIDDIE MARTINEZ
Española Valley
My husband, Rick, sent me a text asking if I wanted some cherries a couple of weeks ago. “Yes!” I responded. I don’t think that I know anyone who would have said no. One of the things I love about Rick is that he is always thinking of others. On the drive down from the Pajarito Plateau through the canyon and along the pale green river bank, I thought about how lovely it would be to eat a few cherries while watering my plants in the evening. When I got home, there Read More
Mason: Cerro Pelado Response Reminds Us Of The Importance Of Community
By THOM MASON
Director
Los Alamos National Laboratory
I heard a lot about the Cerro Grande and Las Conchas wildfires before I came to New Mexico to lead Los Alamos National Laboratory in 2018. But experiencing a significant event like Cerro Pelado firsthand has deepened my respect for both wildfires and the power of community to help in times of need.
Many people went above and beyond in the last month: to keep our communities informed, to shelter evacuees and to prevent Cerro Pelado from becoming a large-scale disaster.
Los Alamos County and the Laboratory have great symbiosis on many things, Read More
