Lifestyles

Home Country: Reptiloids Congressional

Home Country
By SLIM RANDLES

So jest you rear back and tell ol’ Alphonse here what you think of this, okay? Alphonse Wilson, here, the one they call Windy, a-course, bringin’ you whatever’s the latest stuff you need ta know jest to make your life a bunch gooder.

This here guy did a write-up in a barber shop magazine t’other day ‘bout how we got goldanged lizards runnin’ the United States of Congress! If I’m lyin’ may my suspenders get caught in a grain drill and deposit my butt in the silo!

This guy says we been run by lizard folks for a long time now, only jest he and some other guys was smart enough to notice. Read More

TOTH: Sweet And Savory Tea To Go-Go Returns Oct. 2

Tea to Go-Go’ is 1-3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 2 at Trinity on the Hill Episcopal Church. Courtesy/TOTH

A sample of a box of assorted homemade sweets, savories and tea that serves two must be preordered at https://latoth.org/house-of-hope/tea-to-go-go/. Courtesy/TOTH

Another sample of assorted homemade sweets, savories and tea for the Tea to Go-Go fundraiser. Courtesy/TOTH

TOTH News:

Necessity is the mother of invention. When COVID-19 shut down the ever-popular Tea and Fashion Show at Trinity on the Hill (TOTH) Episcopal Church, the fundraising team was in a quandary as to how to support their Read More

Work On San Ildefonso Road And Camino Durasnilla Friday

SUNRISE UTILITIES News:

Starting Friday, Sept. 24, Sunrise Utilities crews will start to work close to the intersection of San Ildefonso Road and Camino Durasnilla.

The crews will repair a conduit between San Ildefonso Road and Camino Durasnilla and run a new coax line there.

A single lane closure will take place on the south lane from Ildefonso Road. Crews will be working on this south lane. It is expected that work will occur 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and be completed that day.

Motorists are urged to exercise caution when driving near this construction zone.

Direct questions regarding this work to the Read More

NMSP: Fatal Vehicle Rollover On I-25 In Santa Fe County

NMSP News:

SANTA FE – At approximately 1:53 p.m., the New Mexico State Police (NMSP) investigated a fatal crash on Interstate 25 near mile marker 291 north of Santa Fe.

The initial investigation indicates that a 2006 Toyota RAV4 was traveling north on Interstate 25 near mile marker 291. For reasons unknown, the driver of the Toyota left the roadway and rolled.

The driver, John Armijo, 65, of Pecos was ejected and sustained fatal injuries in the crash. Armijo was pronounced deceased by the Office of the Medical Investigator.

Alcohol does appear to be a factor and seatbelts do not appear to have been Read More

County: Atomic City Transit Route 2M (Main Hill) Will Not Operate Today Through Friday

COUNTY News:

Atomic City Transit will not operate Route 2M – Main Hill starting today, Sept. 20 through Friday, Sept. 24 due to a staffing shortage.

Please plan to use Route 2T – Truck Route, which will continue to operate its regular schedule 5:55 a.m. until 6:58 p.m., Monday through Friday. 

Call the Atomic City Transit office at 505.661.RIDE (7433) for any additional information or use the ACTracker to locate bus routes in real-time.

For specific route service schedules, visit this website. Read More

On The Job In The Española Valley: Award Winning Author Liddie Martinez Of Chile Line Foods, LLC Making Ristras

On the job this morning in the front yard of her Española Valley farm is award winning author Liddie Martinez of Chile Line Foods, LLC making chile ristras from chile grown in her garden. Martinez is the author of the popular Chile Line Cookbook: Historic Recipes of Northern New Mexico, available online at www.pajaritopress.com. Courtesy photo

On the job this morning Liddie Martinez is stringing together chile grown in garden of her Española Valley farm to make ristras. Courtesy photo

Liddie Martinez stringing chile together to make ristras from chile grown in her garden. Courtesy photo

The Read More

Posts From The Road: Grand Mesa National Scenic Byway

Early Color: As we rise to higher elevations on the scenic byway there are several areas where the fall colors of the aspen trees are beginning to shine. The Grand Mesa reaches an elevation of 11,332, which is a climb of about 6,000 feet above the valley floor around Grand Junction, Colo. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com

Land O’Lakes: The upper elevation of the Grand Mesa is known as the Land O’Lakes area. There are more than 300 stream fed lakes on the mesa making it a fishermen’s paradise. Shown is a lone fisherman in red across the lake from our viewpoint surrounded by fall reflections. Photo Read More

Fr. Glenn: Standing Fast

By Fr. Glenn Jones:

Hmm … equinox this week, and so autumn begins this week. Ah, spring and autumn—favorite times of the year … the first showcasing beauty of new life, and the autumn foliage an analogy for Christians of the inevitability of death, and yet with anticipation and faith of future resurrection.

Well, the kids are all firmly ensconced and absorbed with their classes by now. We certainly hope this year has lesser disruption than last when COVID burst upon the scene. Cheers to the teachers who had to do all the remote teaching, and at times remote and in-class teaching.

That came to mind with Read More

Cone Zone: Week Of Sept. 20, 2021

COUNTY News:

Public Works Projects: 

The projects listed in this section are being managed by County Public Works staff through contractors.

For more information, please e-mail lacpw@lacnm.us, call 505.662.150, or visit the “Projects/Public Works” link at www.losalamosnm.us. Please slow down and use caution within the construction work zones. Please note the below information is based on a schedule provided by the contractors and may change due to weather or other delays.

Canyon Rim Trail Underpass 

The current highway detour will be shifted to the north side of NM502 allowing the contractor Read More