Home Country: Picking A Favorite Year
Home Country
By SLIM RANDLES
“And that’s another thing,” Herb said, with finality, “Changing that dang year on everything we write, every January. Goes against human nature.”
“Well I might just have an answer to your problem, Herb,” said Doc, sipping and dunking and stirring. “Why don’t we, here at the philosophy counter, pick out a year we like and stick with it? Date everything we do with that year. It might start a movement, you never know.”
Steve looked up from his coffee and twitched his voluminous mustache then twitched it again to make sure he got it right the first time.
“So Doc,” he said, “you’re Read More
Gruninger: Prenatal Yoga Prepares New Mothers
By JACCI GRUINGER, MS, C-IAYT, ERYT500
Los Alamos
Pregnancy and motherhood are journeys we sign onto for a lifetime. Think of the last journey you planned. How did you prepare? Did you read a book about your destination? Did you contemplate what to pack? Maybe, if the journey was physical you started training.
Imagine preparing for this journey being surrounded by a group of other women training for the same event. This is the greatest benefit to participating in a Prenatal and/or Baby and Me yoga class. A sense of community and camaraderie is developed with other women going through the same experiences. Read More
Leonard: Metta Meditation For Stress Reduction, Health
By LAURA LEONARD
Doctor of Chiropractic
Metta in the Buddhist tradition means loving-kindness and Metta meditation involves sending thoughts of loving kindness to yourself and others.
For those of us who are new to meditation, Metta meditation is a great way to get started because it is an active practice and we are not required to clear our mind to gain benefits.
When we are working toward loving ourselves and others unconditionally, our daily life gets less stressful.
From a neuroscience perspective, our brain cannot focus on positive and negative thoughts at the same time. Research published Read More
Posts From The Road: Reata Restaurant In Alpine, Texas
Reata Restaurant: The Reata Restaurant in Alpine, Texas is housed in an 1890 adobe house. The Reata logo is displayed on the wooden gable and repeated in the walkway to the front. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com
Cowboy Country: Most of the art and decor within the restaurant leave no doubt you are dining in cowboy country. The beautiful wood plank flooring and bead wood ceiling runs throughout the dining areas. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com
By GARY WARREN
Photographer
Formerly of Los Alamos
It’s all about the journey, not the destination. That is how we travel. Usually, we are on Read More
Fr. Glenn: Cause To Endure
By Fr. Glenn Jones:
Well, here we are in the new year and we’re still stuck with the same problem—that ol’ COVID just keeps on lingering. Many are exasperated and cry out: “I’m tired of this!” Well, yes … but like gravity, it doesn’t care whether you’re tired or not; it just keeps acting according to its nature. And, as with adverse weather, we have to deal with it, like it or not.
As with many natural tragedies—or even with notable events like unusual eclipses and celestial events—the doomsayers come out of the woodwork, and we certainly have no shortage of them in our present challenges. As tragic and Read More
McQuiston: Smart Home Technology – Friend Or Foe?
By ALLEN MCQUISTON
Jemez Agency
Serving Los Alamos since 1963
Anyone buy any cool tech gifts for themselves or for loved ones this holiday season? The possibilities are endless when it comes to “smart” devices that are available for you and your home.
These devices range from smart plugs and smart appliances to smart doorbells that allow you to see a live video of your front porch from your phone when the doorbell rings.
But, with every new tech invention, there are always pros and cons. So, what are some of the pros and cons of smart home technology?
Convenience
Technology makes life easier, so it’s Read More
Amateur Naturalist: A Windblown Tree
Picture 1: The flacking sheets of bark of a ponderosa tree. Photo by Robert Dryja
Picture 2: A fallen ponderosa tree with its ring of roots pointed skyward. Photo by Robert Dryja
By ROBERT DRYJA
Los Alamos
Picture 1 is of a fallen ponderosa tree. A count shows 86 rings from the center of its trunk to its outside. This trunk has a radius of 9 inches from its center to outer edge. This is nearly ten rings per inch representing ten years of growth. The distance between rings varies somewhat depending on how much growth occurred from year to year, reflecting weather conditions.
The bark is composed of nine Read More
