Theophan: Pottery Class Offers Peaceful Respite
By Fr. Theophan Mackey
Rector
Saint Job of Pochaiv Orthodox Church
My pottery classes at the Fuller Lodge Art Center seem to be going along swimmingly. It is, or at least it is my objective to make it, a peaceful respite, a calm haven and oasis, far away from the stress and cares of this life.
Attempting to acquire a new manual skill gives the mind something external and well defined to concentrate on. And one, difficult, but entirely surmountable job is a veritable vacation from the chaotic whirlwind that is most of our internal lives. All the things we cannot control, but still struggle with all our Read More
Weekly Fishing Report: Oct. 6, 2025
By GEORGE MORSE
Sports and Outdoors
Los Alamos Daily Post
Kokanee salmon snagging season opened Oct. 1 at Navajo Lake, El Vado Lake and Eagle Nest Lake.
Snagging season at Heron Lake begins Nov. 11 after the egg-taking operation. Possession of kokanee salmon at Heron Lake is prohibited from Oct. 1 until Nov. 11.
All snagging seasons end Dec. 31 at all locations.
In recent years, the best snagging success has been at Navajo Lake.
The State Game and Fish Department stocked a total of 6,493 Rio Grande cutthroat trout Oct. 1 in six high-elevation lakes in the Pecos Wilderness
The streamflow in the Rio Read More
What Does The UNM-LA Advisory Board Actually Do?
By DAVID HAMPTON
Candidate
UNM-LA Advisory Board
As a candidate for one of the 3 positions on the UNM-LA Advisory Board who has been knocking on people’s doors, the most frequently asked question is, “What does this board actually do?”
While we can advocate for things the community wants and actually needs (and we do!), like more 4-year degrees, more trade/technical certifications, a more robust dual credit program for our high schoolers, more community education programs, etc., programs and curriculum decisions are entirely in the hands of the main campus in Albuquerque.
Our main functions Read More
‘No Kings’ Protest 2.0 At Ashley Pond Park Oct. 18
From Indivisible Los Alamos:
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- As President Trump expands his authoritarian powers, thousands of actions across the country will reinforce the message that “We don’t do kings in America”.
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On Oct. 18, Los Alamos residents will join with millions of Americans across the country in a nationwide day of nonviolent protests at the second No Kings Day of Action.
A few months ago, on June 14, more than five million people across all 50 states joined No Kings in the largest single-day protest yet against President Trump’s authoritarianism. The Oct. 18 day of action is the next step in this growing movement, Read More
Denish: What’s Wrong With This Picture?
By DIANE DENISH
CORNER TO CORNER
The New Mexico Legislature just wrapped up a special session convened by Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham. The goal was to protect New Mexicans from looming federal budget cuts to healthcare and public broadcasting.
Most of the attention focused on shoring up healthcare funding—appropriating dollars to offset recent cuts and the removal of Medicaid subsidies. Lawmakers also passed a bill to help stabilize services in rural clinics and hospitals.
All of this is good, but something important is missing: medical compacts that would give New Mexicans more access Read More
Amateur Naturalist: The Autumn Leaves
By ROBERT DRYJA
Los Alamos
Autumn is now entering its peak for the seasonal change of leaves. Trees of all kinds had green leaves during the summer. The leaves were making nourishment for the rest of the tree by absorbing carbon dioxide from the air and making more complex carbon compounds.
Oxygen was released into the air as a by product. This process, called photosynthesis, is now stopping with winter coming. Green leaves no longer make nourishment but instead dying away until next spring.
Maple trees can have a particularly colorful change. The hundreds of green leaves change color altogether. Read More
Fr. Glenn: Go, Therefore …
By Fr. Glenn Jones:
One thing that the Charlie Kirk murder made very evident was a modern stark divide between Christian and secular thought. Regardless of what one might have thought of Kirk, much hatred has been directed at him and at Christians in general—even to the point that he “deserved” to die, some mocking and even celebrating his death, and more broadly, ridiculing and disparaging Christian faith which he professed, however imperfectly as some have said (but NO one observes it perfectly because of human weakness). But, sadly, that seems to be the norm of “dialogue” these days. Even Read More
