Robinson: Sanitizing History Is A Dangerous Exercise
By SHERRY ROBINSON
All She Wrote
The history police are at it again. Taos officials want to rename Kit Carson Park, and the president aims to scrub “propaganda” from the venerable Smithsonian. Freeing the historical record from uncomfortable facts doesn’t change anything.
I’ve written before that history isn’t pretty. History is what happened, good and bad. History has shaped where we are today. If we ignore history, it repeats itself until we citizens finally get it.
Kit Carson, one of New Mexico’s best known historical figures, was a scout, soldier, Indian agent, rancher and trader. In 1862 Read More
Daily Postcard: Buntings Share Seeds On Barranca Mesa
Daily Postcard: Female Indigo Bunting and juvenile sharing a snack on Barranca Mesa. Indigo Buntings are rare in the western states, only 1-2 a year are seen in Los Alamos. Photo by Selvi Viswanathan
Female Indigo Bunting. Photo by Selvi Viswanathan
Male Lazuli Bunting on Barrel. Photo by Selvi Viswanathan
A Lazuli Bunting scatters the seed so pair are feeding on the deck of a home on Barranca Mesa. Photo by Selvi Viswanathan Read More
Fr. Glenn: Years Of Love Forgotten
By Fr. Glenn Jones:
Many of us have probably lost friends of long acquaintance due to misunderstanding, slights perceived but not meant, grudges over trifles. One wonders if it’s not a sort of psychological self-protection mechanism—and expectation of being inevitably betrayed sometime in the future, so we “head it off at the pass” before it could do greater damage. “If even Jesus could be betrayed, what chance do ANY of the rest of us have!?” may be a subconscious, though erroneous, justification. Will I, too, have to bear the biblical treachery: “… it is not an adversary who deals insolently Read More
Op-Ed: Our Deer Are Desperate
A deer balances on its hind legs to eat crabapples from a tree on San Ildefonso Road. Photo by Kei Davis
By KEI DAVIS
Los Alamos
I’ve lived in the same house, here in Los Alamos, for over 20 years. Plant life on the property has changed, but one of only a few constants is the crabapple tree. (One neighbor says it’s not a true crabapple, but whatever it is, it’s common around Los Alamos, notably in the western area.)
For the first 10+ years that I lived here, the crabapples were mostly a mess, serving only as food for mice and gophers, and to irritate me, both in the mess they’d make, and as an attractant for Read More
Stradling: Why Does God Care?
By GARY STRADLING
Los Alamos
Why, in a universe of trillions of star systems, does God care about us?
As a child, I read the 1944 book by James Corbett, “Man-Eaters of Kumaon”. This story of man-eating tigers of India was exciting and illuminating for a boy in Belen, NM. One interesting thing that came to me from it was the question, “Why? Why did tigers eat human villagers?”
The author, if I remember correctly, attributed the tiger’s interest in humans for food, in at least one case, as resulting from a deficiency, a broken jaw, that kept the tiger from foraging on its traditional prey.
Courtesy photo Read More
All Shall Be Well: Sarah Laughed
Clergy from left, Deacon Amy Schmuck, Deacon Cynthia Biddlecomb, retired, The Rev. Mary Ann Hill and The Rev. Lynn Finnegan. Photo by Nate Limback/ladailypost.com
By Deacon Cynthia Biddlecomb
ELCA, retired
In the eighteenth chapter of Genesis, Abraham and Sarah, the couple chosen as progenitors of the People of God, receive a visit. Living in a tent, in an inhospitable wilderness, they would offer hospitality to anyone who came by. In this case, their visitors were a trio of holy ones, come to bring further news of God’s promise to them.
The story is a favorite of mine. In it we have the tradition Read More
McQuiston: The Real Cost Of Neglecting Your Roof
By ALLEN McQUISTONJemez Insurance Agency
Serving Los Alamos Since 1963
