Posts From The Road: Palo Duro State Park In Texas
Campground Visitors: On our first morning at Palo Duro State Park, we were greeted by a dozen or so wild turkeys, content with their activities as I viewed them through the camera lens from our van. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com
Layers of Time: Layers of different sediments created the canyon walls at Palo Duro over millions of years. This colorful landscape and state park are hidden in the middle of the Texas panhandle. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com
By GARY WARREN
Photographer
Formerly of Los Alamos
With Thanksgiving gatherings and platefuls of turkey with all the trimmings Read More
Fr. Glenn: O Gracious Gratitude
By Fr. Glenn Jones:
I pray that all had a blessed and joyful Thanksgiving this year, especially after last year’s separation from loved ones due to the dangers of COVID. We now pray also that this new “omicron” variant does not become widespread, but rather will fizzle out quickly. God bless all of you and your families, and keep all of you safe.
But … back to Thanksgiving and its theme of gratitude.
St. Thomas Aquinas—along with St. Augustine, one of the greatest theologians and philosophers in Christian history—noted that gratitude is not only a courtesy, but a virtue and a moral obligation, for Read More
Gruninger: The Fourth Yama – Bramacharya
By JACCI GRUNINGER, MS, C-IATY, ERYT500
Los Alamos
Just in time for the holidays! Bramacharya is the perfect Yama to consider during the whirlwind giving season.
Like the other Yamas, Bramacharya has many layered meanings. The literal translation is “walking like or towards Brahma”. In the Hindu tradition, Brahma is the creator.
This translation is about doing everything in your power to lead yourself to your higher power or the creator. It required strict adherence to rules, practices and self-study. One of these rules was celibacy so students of yoga would conserve their sexual energy to Read More
Home Country: Thanksgiving … A Time When We See Where We Belong
Home Country
By SLIM RANDLES
“It’s a danged shame ‘bout Thanksgivin’,” Windy Wilson said. The others stopped stirring things into their coffee cups and looked at the aging cowboy and camp cook.
Windy glanced at the semi-circle of puzzled faces there in the Mule Barn coffee shop. “You know what I mean … ‘stead of people we achully know, we gotta spend it with folks we haven’t seen since the end of Dubya-Dubya Two.”
“You mean family?”
“Shore do, Doc. Now jest think for a minute and 15 seconds here, okay? Now with Halloween, which is my favorite holiday, you get to say hi to a mess-a little kids and give ‘em Read More
Garrison: 2021 Thanksgiving Thankful List
By TOM GARRISON
Annual Columnist
Southern Utah
Each November, I compose a “Thanksgiving Thankful List” for the preceding year.
My wife, Deb, and I enjoy our life in red rock southern Utah and have many things for which we are thankful.
I hope sharing them brings a smile and acknowledgement that even the seldom thought of can be a source of thankfulness.
My 2021 Thanksgiving Thankful List:
- I’m thankful for colors—they make everything, well, colorful. I know, I know, Ansel Adams’ black and white photos of the American west are great. But have you seen the exact same image Adams took in color? Or the
Tales Of Our Times: Lentils Consort With Commoners And Kings
By JOHN BARTLIT
New Mexico Citizens
for Clean Air & Water
Lentils Consort With Commoners And Kings
“Victuals”, which sounds the same as “vittles”, is a dandy word to resurrect around Thanksgiving. It means food or food provisions. The word goes way back, so it companions well with foods from way back, as with lentils.
Since the earliest days of farming, lentils have been on both ends of the Cinderella story. “Both ends” means both before and after Cinderella shone like magic at the prince’s ball. Lentils have been a settled asset in the humblest of homes and also brought glory to the grandest Read More
Whipple: Gratitude Journaling To Stop Anxiety; Find Joy
By Dr. Laura Whipple DC
Los Alamos
Thanksgiving is a time of year when we get reminded to have gratitude for the good things in our lives.
This is a practice that can be applied all year round by keeping a journal.
Neuroscience research shows that the emotion of gratitude creates an increase in our happy brain chemicals like dopamine and serotonin.
We also know from brain research that we are unable to feel positive emotions and negative emotions at the same time.
Gratitude journaling first thing in the morning allows us to practice shifting our thoughts to the positive. Over time we become more aware Read More
