Lifestyles

Fr. Glenn: Losing The Drudge

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By Fr. Glenn Jones:

Beep. Beep. Beep.

Oh, the dreaded—the detested—alarm … the daily tocsin calling us forth from sound slumber unto another day’s labor. Yet, arise we must … though the warm tentacles of bedding wrap themselves ever more tightly until we force ourselves from their oh-so-seductive embrace so that we might face the day. Each day becomes much like its predecessor … as is its successor. As Job exclaims frustratingly: “Is not man’s life on earth a drudgery? Are not his days those of hirelings…who waits for his wages…” (Job 7:1-4) Hmmm … such a cheery thought.

Yet, that attitude Read More

Rotary Crab Fest Auction: ‘Bid Now, Bid High, Bid Often!’

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Kateri Morris earrings 2021. Photo by Jean Gindreau

Chimayo Rug 35×35 2021from Ortega’s. Photo by Jean Gindreau

Sunflowers knife oil painting by Rotarian Tatiana Klimov, a native of St. Petersburg, Russia, whose work has been shown in premier galleries in the Southwest. Photo by Jean Gindreau

By LINDA HULL
Vice President
Rotary Club of Los Alamos

“Bid now, bid high, and bid often!” These are the encouraging words shared by Rotarians Laura Loy and Jean Gindreau, the online auction coordinators for the Rotary Club’s 12th Annual Crab Fest.

You do not need to buy Crab Fest tickets to participate Read More

First United Methodist Church Provides Bagels To Frontline Healthcare Workers At Los Alamos Medical Center

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Mayra Lerna with bagels at Ruby K’s Friday morning prior to delivery to frontline healthcare workers at Los Alamos Medical Center. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

Ruby K’s employees help Camille Wescott of First United Methodist Church take the bagels to a waiting vehicle Friday morning for transport to LAMC. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

The bagels arrive Friday morning at Los Alamos Medical Center for distribution to every healthcare worker to thank them for their service. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

First United Methodist Church of Los Alamos News:

During the Read More

Rotary: Tony Chan Presents Talk About Chinese New Year

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Rotary Club Speaker Tony Chan

By LINDA HULL
Vice President
Rotary Club of Los Alamos

“It’s THE celebration of the year!” explained Rotarian Tony Chan, a native of Hong Kong, when he presented “Everything You Always Wanted to Know About the Chinese New Year” to the Rotary Club of Los Alamos during the Feb. 2 Zoom meeting.

Comparing its importance and magnitude to an American Thanksgiving, Chan described the Chinese New Year celebration, usually 16 days long, as a non-religious festival that generally falls in February although it sometimes appears on the calendar in January or March.

This year, Read More

New Mexico Tourism Secretary To Present FY22 Executive Budget Recommendation To Senate Finance Committee

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Tourism Secretary Jen Paul Schroer

NMTD News:

SANTA FE — Today at 1 p.m. (MT), Tourism Secretary Jen Paul Schroer will present the Tourism Department’s FY22 Executive Budget Recommendation to the Senate Finance Committee, which includes the proposed $25 million special appropriation for tourism recovery.

Secretary Schroer will provide more details on the $25 million special appropriation for tourism recovery during the presentation and more data that further documents the pandemic’s economic injury to New Mexico’s tourism industry.

WHAT: Senate Finance Committee Read More

Liddie’s Traditional New Mexican Dishes: Raspberry Cream Pie

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Video detailing how to prepare raspberry cream pie. Video by Liddie Martinez

Raspberry cream pie. Photo by Liddie Martinez

By LIDDIE MARTINEZ
Española Valley

For many families in northern New Mexico, a summer trip to Mora to go pick raspberries is a time-honored tradition shared generation after generation. Those memories of coming home with baskets of fresh berries and making jam or freezing those jewels for use later enters my brain when I see the fruit displayed at the grocery store and it is still a common practice in many northern New Mexican households. 

Can you remember singing in the car Read More

NMDOT: Virtual Car Seat Inspections Are Available

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NMDOT News:

SANTA FE — The New Mexico Department of Transportation Traffic Safety Division (NMDOT TSD) and Safer New Mexico Now are hosting virtual car seat checks through Zoom.

Nationally certified child passenger safety technicians provide parents and caregivers with one-on-one instruction on the proper selection, installation and use of their car seats. 

The virtual sessions are by appointment only and occur 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. every first and third Wednesday of the month.

Sessions also are offered on the second Saturday of the month between noon and 2 p.m. All participants are required to Read More

Traffic Alert: Intermittent Closures On Canyon Road

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Traffic Alert:

Los Alamos County announces that intermittent road closures on Canyon Road east of the Central Avenue intersection will be occurring 7 am to 4 pm. Feb. 3 through Feb. 12.

This location is adjacent to the United Church property. Closures will not block any property entrances.

The closures are to allow work on relocating a gas line in preparation for the start of the Kiddie/Multigenerational Pool Project.

Direct questions/comments to Steve Huebner with the Public Works Department at 505.663.1758 or steven.huebner@lacnm.us. Read More

LAPD Reminds Motorists: Slow Down In School Zones

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LAPD News:

The Los Alamos Police Department wants to remind motorists to be aware of all school zones when the lights are flashing.

Students have started back to school 1:30-3:20 p.m. Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays.

Officers will be present during these times and take appropriate enforcement actions.

“Let’s work together to ensure our children are safe,” Cmdr. Preston Ballew said. Read More