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Posts From The Road: Traveling Through Tulsa Time…

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Route 66 Rising: A large sculpture sits on the east side of Tulsa welcoming travelers as they enter the city. The city is proud of its history and involvement in Route 66 as the highway passes through Tulsa for many miles. There are numerous landmarks around town that commemorate the highway including the ‘Route 66 Rising’ sculpture in east Tulsa. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com

Meadow Gold: Meadow Gold Dairy has been around since 1901 serving a variety of dairy products. The Meadow Gold sign was constructed in 1934 as an advertisement for Meadow Gold, which was owned by Beatrice Foods Co. Read More

Fr. Glenn: Pre-Christmas Cleanup

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By Fr. Glenn Jones:

Well, here we are going into the cold of winter (kind of “quasi-cold” this year so far—(famous last words!)), and with it we come into the Advent season and we look toward the joyful time of Christmas. Even for non-Christians, it very often becomes a happy time of family renewal together around the fire, meals or some other gathering. A wonderful time to rekindle those family bonds.

As we renew those bonds, we can find no greater advice and direction than from Jesus’ urging of loving God and neighbor. To this end, Christians during this pre-Christmas period hear from the gospels Read More

Fuselier: The Month Before Christmas…

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By BOB FUSELIER
Los Alamos

The Month Before Christmas

’Twas a month before Christmas
And all through the nation
The people were anxious
And manning their stations.

When Big Money decided
It’s that time of year
To grant all a reprieve,
From their anger and fear.

Big Money’s no fool;
He’d grown strong and, yes, bold.
But his streets were in need
Of more layers of gold.

He deserved it, you see,
He worked hard this past year.
Installing his minions
With false pride and big fear.

It took hard work to buy
All those hearts and those minds.
They came from everyone,
You and me, all peoples, all kinds.

They came from Read More

Review: DALA’s ‘Sugar Plum On The Hill’ A Holiday Delight!

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A scene from DALA’s ‘Sugar Plum on the Hill Part III The Mysterious March’ Friday at Duane Smith Auditorium. Performances continue at 2 p.m. today, Dec. 6 and 2 p.m. Sunday. Dec. 7. Photo by Nate Limback/ladailypost.com

A scene from DALA’s ‘Sugar Plum on the Hill Part III The Mysterious March’. Photo by Nate Limback/ladailypost.com

Review by ALISON WATKINS 
Los Alamos

It wouldn’t be Christmas in Los Alamos without The Nutcracker, and for the last decade that tradition has taken the form of Dance Arts Los Alamos (DALA) Artistic Director Jonathan Guise’s award-winning trilogy, Nutcracker on Read More

McQuiston: How Your Gender, Age, And Marital Status Affect Insurance Rates … And When It Finally Stops Mattering

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By ALLEN MCQUISTON
Jemez Insurance Agency
Serving Los Alamos Since 1963

Most people don’t think about their personal details — like age, gender, or whether they’re married — until they suddenly show up in their insurance rates. And it feels a little strange, right? You’re the same driver or homeowner you were yesterday, so why does checking one little box seem to change what you pay?

It’s a fair question — and one worth understanding, because these factors matter… until they eventually don’t.

Insurance isn’t based on opinion or stereotypes. It’s based on actual claim data. Over decades, certain

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Amateur Naturalist: Remarkable Variety Among Rocks

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By ROBERT DRYJA 
Los Alamos

What do we typically think of when considering a rock? Is it totally solid with perhaps an occasional crack where it may eventually break apart? Is its color mostly the same throughout? Can it be heavy for its size?  

The walls of a canyon can be made of wide layers of different kinds of lava rock. One layer may be very solid and vertical in format. An adjacent layer may be of a softer kind of lava that now is crumbling and forming a slope. (See picture 1 below)

 

Picture 1: Different kinds of lava result in different kinds of rock layers that form the walls of a canyon. Photo Read More

Best Of Liddie’s Recipes: Natillas

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Natillas. Photo by Liddie Martinez

By LIDDIE MARTINEZ
Española

Altocumulus clouds, known in Spanish as el cielo emborregao, are cloud puffs that resemble sheep’s wool. Old Hispanic lore would read these clouds as a bad omen but, in my life, a life lived mostly in the kitchen, this type of cloud formation reminds me of natillas and that is always a good sign.

Natillas in my life were the sure sign of a family celebration. Made most often in the Spring when fresh milk and eggs are abundant, to me they are a bowl of springtime memories of lambs in fields not quite green and awake from winter’s rest. Our traditional Read More

Travel: Modernity Meets Ancient Charm In Casablanca

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Casablanca sign at Mohammed V Square. Photo by Debbie Stone

Arab League Park. Photo by Debbie Stone

By DEBBIE STONE
Santa Fe
For the Los Alamos Daily Post

Casablanca is Morocco’s largest city and economic hub, boasting a major port, but many travelers bypass it, using it only as their entrance and exit point in the country. Perhaps this is because its modern appearance doesn’t fit their romanticized vision of Morocco, lacking the allure of beloved tourist hot spots like Marrakesh or Fes.

During my recent trip to this North African country, I decided to spend two days in Casablanca to check it out Read More