Lifestyles

Posts From The Road: Texas Roadside Oddities

Outlaw Gas Station: During the prohibition era, many establishments secretly began to appear with one product in mind, moonshine. Often these businesses appeared to be legitimate establishments such as a gas station or other common business but moonshine sales were king. This gas station may have sold more moonshine than gas back in the day. The old station is in Glen Rose, Texas. The structure was constructed with stone, bricks, and petrified wood. Petrified wood was plentiful in the area and widely used in buildings in the area. After the prohibition era ended, the business but the shell of Read More

Fr. Glenn: Saints…and Sinners

By Fr. Glenn Jones:

Happy November everyone! Hard to believe we’re nearing the end of 2025 already. Ah, precious time. It’s like the words of that country song about the centenarian: “Don’t blink…A hundred years goes faster than you think.”

Yep, the time goes fast, and before you know it, we all inevitably look at the end of earthly life. Society tends to look at that end as tragic, but we Christians … not so much. As God is the master of life, we should not seek, and certainly never hasten, the end of life, but our greatest hope lies after this life with a future life with Him. As St. Paul so famously Read More

Interfaith Los Alamos Kicks Off Coat Drive For Refugees

Interfaith Los Alamos News:

As Winter sets in, Interfaith Los Alamos is once again collecting coats and gift cards for refugees, beginning Nov. 11 and running through Sunday, Nov. 23.

Lutheran Family Services takes its job seriously to support legal refugees through the complicated processes to become productive citizens in the United States, to hopefully be safe and make a home. Interfaith Los Alamos and Lutheran Family Services thank Los Alamos for its continued generosity to help those in need.

Although funds have been cut for the coming years, there is a refugee contingency in Albuquerque Read More

All Shall Be Well: For Such Is The Kingdom of God

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 The Rev. Mary Ann Hill
Rector
Trinity on the Hill

October 31-November 2 is what the Church sometimes calls “Allhallowtide.” These three days include All Saints/Hallows’ Eve on October 31, All Saints’ Day on November 1, and All Souls’ Day on November 2. This is the time of year when we intentionally remember that “great cloud of witnesses” of which St. Paul speaks.

Besides the official Saints of the Church, we also remember the ordinary Read More

Atomic City Transit Concludes Saturday Service Pilot Program, Seeks Feedback

COUNTY News:

Atomic City Transit (ACT) concluded its Saturday service pilot program with ACT MyRide on October 25, 2025. The County expresses thanks to all the riders who made the program a success by utilizing the service, and are grateful to customers who provided insight by taking the survey and sharing about their transit experience.

For 13 weeks, beginning Aug. 2, 2025, ACT was able to provide transportation service for Los Alamos and White Rock on Saturdays with its MyRide on-demand program, when traditional bus service is not provided.

Following is an overview of the successful pilot Read More

State Police To Conduct Checkpoints And Saturation Patrols In Counties Across New Mexico In November 2025

NMSP News:

Statewide – State Police will be conducting sobriety checkpoints, saturation patrols; and registration, insurance, and driver’s license checkpoints in all New Mexico counties during November 2025.

We are bringing awareness to these events to reduce impaired driving-related fatalities through continued media attention and intensive advertising.

These checkpoints are helping to change society’s attitude about driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs.

Hundreds of lives could be saved each year if every driver had the courage to make the Read More

Op-Ed: Support For Española Pathways Shelter

By Pastor Russ Hall
Valley View United Methodist

We all know that the pain of addiction, grief, and homelessness runs deeply within this community. We see the symptoms of decades of systems, structures, and neglect that is tearing families apart. We do not have to bring in outsiders to fill the Española Pathways Shelter because it is full with our sons and daughters, nieces and nephews, friends and community members who would otherwise be bereft.

The Española Pathways Shelter is a presence of hope in this community to those who have lost hope. We cannot imagine, nor do we want our community to endure Read More

Fr. Glenn: Not Me But Thee

By Fr. Glenn Jones:

Have you ever noticed how politicians say “I” and “me” a lot? I mean … how can you not have? And their minions praise them to the skies … at least in press conferences; who knows what is said behind closed doors? Whether presidents, governors, mayors … representatives, senators, etc., so many seem to do it. But in a way it appears to diminish the actions of their subordinates who actually get things done. Anyone who has been in the military knows that officers oftentimes are praised though it’s the sergeants and the lower ranks who do the work. Even in churches, we priests and Read More

Posts From The Road: Wimberley Glassworks In Texas

Shaping the Glass: Glassblower Wes Sweetser rolls a glass piece across the marver. The glass is attached to the blowpipe and rolled across the surface to create symmetry. After a short time, the piece is warmed again to keep the glass soft and pliable, which gives the artist more time to refine the process. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com

The Blowpipe: The blowpipe is an essential tool for glassblowing. The tool is designed to gather the liquid glass from the furnace. The artist then blows through the pipe to form the initial bubble of glass. The blowpipe is long enough to allow the glassblower Read More

Life After 50: Homecoming 2025!

Angela Aldrich, Pharm D Class of 1995, top right, Sylvester Jones ISU football receiver and running back 1989-1992, top left, and their daughter Amelia Jones, center, with friends, at the ISU Bengals game Sept. 6 at UNM in Albuquerque. Photo by Bernadette Lauritzen

ISU Class of 1991 graduate Bernadette Lauritzen and her husband and Navy sidekick Chad represented USU at a Sept. 6 game in Albuquerque. ISU holds its homecoming game today in Pocatello, Idaho. Photo by Bernadette Lauritzen

By BERNADETTE LAURITZEN
Executive Director
Champions of Youth Ambitions

I graduated in 1986 from Edgewater Read More