Coblentz And Gruninger: A Practice For Uncertain Times
By Jacci Gruninger, MS, C-IAYT, ERYT500
This week my yoga teacher friend Kristine Coblentz, MA, CYT200 shares a few thoughts about yoga as a tool for working through uncertainty.
I’ll be back next week with the installment of the Yamas & Niyamas.
You can join Kristine and me for yoga practice at 6:15 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays and 6 p.m. Sundays at the Bethlehem Lutheran Church*.
By Kristine Coblentz
On my way to Sunday yoga last week I found myself feeling anxious without a clear reason. Ever the observer, my husband remarked, “Maybe it’s the smoke”.
For anyone who has lived Read More
Home Country: We Just Nodded…
Home Country
By SLIM RANDLES
We sipped and saw. Yep. Windy Wilson, cowboy camp cook, approaching the philosophy and coffee counter at the Mule Barn. But what are you gonna do?
“Ya know, fellas,” he said, “I believe in them childhood dreams and all. With me, my kid dream was to travel to the darkest corner of Equilateral Africa and look at the varmints. They got a bunch of ‘em down there. Some are kinda pretty and others can stomp you into furry pink Jell-O.
“Wellsir, I got to figgerin’ just how I could swing a trip over there to them Serum-getty Plains and all, and listen to monkeys watch cheaters chase down Read More
Green: Running For School Board To Represent & Serve All
By ERIN GREEN
Candidate
School Board District 5
My name is Erin Green, and I am excited to announce that I am running to continue representing District 5 (Mountain) of the Los Alamos Public School Board.
I was honored to be appointed in July to the seat vacated by Dawn Jalbert. It has been a rewarding experience so far, and I am eager to have the opportunity to extend my service. In my role as a parent, and through my experiences as a counselor, Girl Scout leader, and church community leader, I have become deeply passionate about advocating for services, support, and opportunities for all members of Read More
Hoffman: How You Can Tell Vaccines Are Working
By NELS HOFFMAN
Los Alamos
Maybe you heard the news recently that 19 percent of New Mexico’s new COVID-19 cases are happening to vaccinated people. And maybe, like me, your first impulse was to say, “What the heck? That sounds bad! I thought the vaccine was supposed to protect us!”
If that’s the case, let me ask you to think through the numbers a bit further, and you’ll realize that the evidence shows that vaccines really are protecting us. But you need a bit more information to see that.
As is so often the case with statistics, you need more than one number to understand what it all means. In this case, Read More
Fr. Glenn: Logs In The Eye
By Fr. Glenn Jones:
Even at my age there are still certain comics I check every day; it gives a bit of relief from the daily grind and, anyway … how can you not like “Dilbert”?! Recently one comic’s characters were musing at a theme written in the heavens … implicitly indicating a divine source: “Be Nice to Each Other!” I couldn’t but note the irony because the comic’s creator often engages in sharp parody of various political figures. Well, it WAS a Sunday comic.
It’s hard to be TOO tough on the guy, though, because likely almost all of us fall into that trap at times, whether one call it duplicity, Read More
Gessing: Back To School Brings Big Challenges
By PAUL J. GESSING
Executive Director
Rio Grande Foundation
School has begun for most New Mexico students. While every school year is different, this year is certainly more different than most. For starters, students are returning to “semi-normal” classrooms after 1.5 years of remote learning and relative chaos.
Unfortunately, as of this writing schools in Rio Rancho, Carlsbad, Los Lunas, and Roswell have “temporarily” had to again go “virtual”.
Lost classroom time has had a big impact on academic outcomes for New Mexico students.
According to the Legislative Finance Committee, the Legislature’s Read More
McQuiston: Is Your Rental Truck Covered?
By ALLEN MCQUISTON
Jemez Agency
Serving Los Alamos Since 1963
We had a client call us recently about renting a U-Haul. I thought I would share an article that describes what you should know before you rent.
Summer is peak moving season. U-Haul, the moving truck rental company, estimates that nearly 45 percent of all moves occur between Memorial Day and Labor Day.
The U.S. Census Bureau estimates that a person in the United States can expect to move 11.7 times in his or her lifetime, and reports that in 2018, 10 percent of people (about 32.4 million) in the United States moved within the year.
U-Haul Read More
