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Duplicate Bridge In Los Alamos: Nov. 19, 2025

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BRIDGE News:

Congratulations to Mary Courtright and Ann-Marie Graves, who were 3rd overall in the Nov. 10 District 17 Sectional Tournament at Clubs (STaC). There were 358 pairs in the event!  Mary and Ann-Marie were 1st locally in both our Monday and Wednesday games this past week.

Los Alamos and Unit 381 Board members for 2026 are Randy Baker, Helen Butler, Bev and Martin Cooper, Jerry Fleming, Bobby Haynes, Cliff Rudy, John Ruminer, Neil Shortlidge from Taos and Jack Stafurik. Officers will be elected in December.

This hand is interesting in that most N/S players will get to game, but a slam is Read More

Fuselier: Shadow Boxing

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By ROBERT FUSELIER
Los Alamos

He who knows that he knows, doesn’t.

He who knows that he doesn’t know, does.

Variations of this bit of wisdom have been attributed to many wise elders from our past. The saying highlights a problem we all face: we are all biased. We think we have the answers, know the way, and understand the world and those around us. The reality, however, is that we don’t. We have but a small perspective of what reality is. Until we can admit this to ourselves, we are subject to appear, speak, and act as fools.

One of the most troubling biases is what modern psychology calls negativity bias. Read More

Weekly Fishing Report: Nov. 18, 2025 

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By GEORGE MORSE
Sports and Outdoors
Los Alamos Daily Post 

The rainfall Sunday night in parts of New Mexico was most welcome. The winter snowpack is off to a slow start. A good snowpack would be a much needed shot in the arm.

Streamflows on the Rio Grande decreased over the past week but are still above normal. Streamflows Sunday (1116) were 676 cubic feet per second at Taos Junction Bridge and 727 at Embudo. The streamflow at Cerro near the Colorado border was 542 cubic-feet-per-second. Spawning conditions for wild brown trout should be good. 

It’s a different story on the Chama River below Read More

Denish: Hope And Aspiration

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By DIANE DENISH
Corner to Corner
diane@dianedenish.com

Most people I talk to have never heard of a small museum in Dallas called the Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza. I didn’t recognize the name either when a friend I was planning to visit mentioned it. “You know,” she said, “the Texas Book Depository?” Of course—the building forever linked to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

The building, completed in 1903 to replace an earlier structure destroyed by fire, has always served as a warehouse or storage facility. In 1963, the Texas School Book Depository Company leased space there Read More

Robinson: Fire Hazard Mounts As FEMA, Forest Service Shrink

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By SHERRY ROBINSON
All She Wrote
© 2025 New Mexico News Services

A woman from Mora County told me recently: “We always said we were land rich and cash poor. Since the fire, we don’t even have the land.” Besides fire and flood damage to family property, a road washed out, and nobody has rebuilt it.

U.S. Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández, D-NM, joined by U.S. Sens. Martin Heinrich and Ben Ray Lujan, have chided FEMA’s New Mexico Joint Recovery Office for its sluggish payout of claims for damages caused by the massive Calf Canyon-Hermit’s Peak blaze three years ago. In their recent letter they said the claims Read More

Posts From The Road: Red Oak II Near Carthage

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General Store: The Red Oak  General Store was operated by Lowell Davis’s father. Davis spent many hours in the store and this is where he learned to paint and sculpt. The store was moved to Red Oak II and restored in 1987. The interior has many features of the original store, but also contains several tables that can be used for a meeting or gathering space today. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com

Blacksmith Shop: The Blacksmith Shop is another Red Oak structure that played a part in Lowell Davis’s early years. The shop was operated by Lowell’s great-grandfather and there is no doubt where Lowell Read More

Fr. Glenn: Swallowed Up In Victory

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By Fr. Glenn Jones:

In preparation for the great and final Sunday of the liturgical year next weekend (November 23)—the feast of Christ the King—this weekend in the Catholic Mass we are directed to readings reminding us of the approach of that greatly anticipated climax—not just of yet another liturgical year, but our actual going to God by the end of earthly life, whether by death or the actual promised second coming of Jesus.

That inevitable moment is not something we should dread; if we fear that day, we Christians are either not living right, or we need to get more in tune with the faith that we are Read More

McQuiston: Why You’re In A Wildfire Area … Even If You Don’t Have A Single Tree On Your Property … A Common Misunderstanding

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By ALLEN MCQUISTON
Jemez Insurance Agency
Serving Los Alamos Since 1963
It’s easy to assume that if you don’t live in the woods, you’re safe from wildfires. After all, your yard might be mostly gravel, your trees are sparse, and you’re nowhere near the forest line. But wildfire risk doesn’t stop where the trees end — and that’s one of the biggest misconceptions many homeowners in New Mexico face.
Wildfire danger isn’t just about trees or dense vegetation. It’s about wind, embers, and defensible space.
When a wildfire burns—even miles away—it throws off burning embers that can travel up to
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NM Junior Foodie’s Review: Beef & Leaf Cafe

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Anasazi bean chili and fried artichokes appetizer. Courtesy/NM Junior Foodie

Chef Laura Crucet and NM Junior Foodie. Courtesy/NM Junior Foodie

By BECKY RUTHERFORD
On behalf of NM Junior Foodie

Have you been to Beef and Leaf Cafe lately? They have an all-new menu for fall, and also a great fundraiser going on right now. Menus can be viewed here.

My foodie son and I decided to split some dishes. We started with the Anasazi Bean Chili; slow- cooked anasazi beans, braised beef short rib, in a rich, savory red chile garlic broth. This was a really great chili, classic but with a nice twist from the richness Read More

Life After 50: Slow Down And Embrace Reality

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‘A Matter of Balance’ graduates in October at the White Rock Senior Activity Center. Courtesy photo

Glenn Banks of Christus St. Vincent demonstrates various ways to get up after a fall, emphasizing the importance of having sturdy support to help. Photo by Bernadette Lauritzen

By BERNADETTE LAURITZEN
Los Alamos

As we move toward the winter months, the Matter of Balance team has completed their final fall prevention program. Judy Lovejoy and I have continued the program we started in May of 2023. I wanted to salute additional original teammates Kate Cleveland and Loretta Stubbs who completed Read More