Senior Life: The Transitions Of Aging – Injuries From Falling
By ROBERT DRYJA
President
Los Alamos Retirement Community
An older person understandably may want to remain in the home that they have lived in for many years. Their grown children also may want to support them in it.
But note that six out of 10 falls occur in homes. Also note that the physical and mental capabilities of people change slowly over the years. They become more likely to fall when compared to their younger years. Falling can become a more common cause of serious injury for older people, unlike for children or young adults.
Steps that can be done to reduce the likelihood of falls at home Read More
Rotary: Council Chair Randall Ryti Addresses Climate Change
Los Alamos County Council Chair Randall Ryti speaking at the April 5 Rotary Club meeting. Photo by Linda Hull
By LINDA HULL
Vice President
Rotary Club of Los Alamos
Los Alamos County Council Chair Randall Ryti spoke at the April 5 meeting of the Rotary Club of Los Alamos at Cottonwood on the Greens.
With a nod to this month’s celebration of Earth Day, Ryti told Rotarians about the United Nations Climate Change Conference he attended in Glasgow, Scotland in November 2021. Ryti was able to attend through the County’s membership in the Coalition for Sustainable Communities New Mexico, a Santa Fe-based Read More
Posts From The Road: Chihuly In the Desert
Blue Birch Reeds: Blue Birch Reeds and Scorpion Tails is an installation consisting of dozens of reeds, which stand tall amongst a garden of barrel cactus at the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix, Ariz. The brilliant blues and cobalts are seen in natural daylight in this photo. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com
Red Reeds: The Red Reeds exhibit was photographed at dusk not long after the artificial lights began illuminating the reeds. Framed with Yucca spires in the foreground similar in shape and design to Chihuly’s glasswork. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com
By GARY WARREN
Photographer Read More
Fr. Glenn: Easter Resolutions
By Fr. Glenn Jones:
A most blessed Easter day and season to all!
The Easter season, of course, is when Christians rejoice in celebration of Jesus’ resurrection from death, opening the way for His faithful to follow Him to the eternal life for which we are created, and yet may be individually lost through our own refusals to seek good and love of one another rather than selfishness and even evil. While Christians always celebrate the resurrection, the special celebratory season extends all the way to Pentecost, when they will celebrate the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the apostles and the Church Read More
Shin: An Easter Message
By LISA SHIN
Optometrist
Los Alamos
Dear Friends: As you gather today with loved ones, friends, and family, I wanted to wish you a joyful and blessed Easter! It was so wonderful to see the kids at the Elks Easter Egg Hunt yesterday morning at Ashley Pond! It has been 3 years since the last event, and I am relieved that we are returning to normal life.
I am amazed that we were able to keep the business going and take care of so many eye care needs following the NM Public Health Order. Other small businesses did not survive the lockdowns and restrictions. A nationwide problem, we have also experienced Read More
Gruninger: Yoga Therapy … Strong Healthy Shoulders
Did you know the shoulder is the most mobile, easily injured, joint in the body? The joint moves in seven (yes, seven!) directions. Courtesy photo
By JACCI GRININGER MS, C-IAYT, ERYT500
Los Alamos
The shoulders and upper back are so important for doing our day-to-day stuff – picking up kids, grabbing the laundry basket, carrying our groceries and walking on our hands. Wait, what?
Okay, maybe you don’t want to walk on your hands but I’m sure you want strong, stable and mobile shoulders. One of the best ways to get strong, stable and mobile shoulders is to walk on your hands. More about that in Read More
LAPD: April Is Sexual Assault Awareness Month
From the Victim’s Advocate
Los Alamos Police Department
Observed in April, Sexual Assault Awareness Month is an annual campaign to raise public awareness about sexual assault and educate communities and individuals on how to prevent sexual violence.
In the United States, an individual is sexually assaulted every 68 seconds.
One in 6 women and one in 33 men in the United States has been the victim of an attempted or completed rape.
Rape and sexual assault affect women, children and men of all racial, cultural and economic backgrounds, it does not discriminate.
What is sexual assault?
The Read More
