Lifestyles

Our Lady Of The Woods Offering Wicca 101 Classes

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OLW News:

Are you reaching out for community in this isolated time?

Our Lady of the Woods is offering a four week series, Wicca 101, to seekers interested in the Wiccan path encompassing northern New Mexico from Taos to Albuquerque. 

The class is free to the public and scheduled 7-9 p.m. Wednesdays in March via Zoom.

Our Lady of the Woods is a coven and congregation of the Wiccan religion, which is one of the nature-oriented spiritual traditions of ancient Europe. It is based in the Los Alamos/Santa Fe area and incorporated as a church in the State of New Mexico.

OLW has been meeting in the Los Alamos Read More

Posts From The Road: Yellowstone … An Abstract View

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Swirls: As a photographer, I was amazed at the colorful swirls created in this hydrothermal pool in Yellowstone, swirling colors creating an abstract work of art. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com

Tree Trunks: Trunks of dead trees stand in multicolored water in this larger hydrothermal pool. The branches and debris add to the abstract design in the image. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com

By GARY WARREN
Photographer
Formerly of Los Alamos

Yellowstone National Park was established in 1872 and is our oldest national park in the United States. Known for its natural beauty, the wildlife, Read More

Fr. Glenn: Authority

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By Fr. Glenn Jones:

Well, a new president with his staff now firmly ensconced, and now we look to four governed years no doubt very differently from the preceding four years due to vast differences between outgoing and incoming. As we witness daily in the media, the situation elicits cheers from the victorious and laments from the defeated. Yet, so it is with every change of administration in national, state or more local elections—speculations about “the devil we know and the devil we don’t” disparities.

This happens in religious groups as well, whether it be with pope or pastor … whisperings Read More

NMDOT Crews Tasked With Maintaining, Upgrading 31,000 Lane Miles Of Roadway Stuck Picking Up Rubbish

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Courtesy/NMDOT

By ROBERT NOTT
SFNM:

State transportation crews tasked with maintaining and upgrading 31,000 lane miles of roadway are increasingly caught up in a trashier chore.

Picking up rubbish.

Up to 90,000 work hours are dedicated to the job each year, at a cost of about $3.2 million, Rick Padilla, executive director of highway operations for the New Mexico Department of Transportation, told lawmakers Thursday.

“It’s one of the areas that is extremely demoralizing to maintenance crews,” Padilla said, speaking during a presentation to the House Transportation, Read More

Father Theophan: Winter Pottery

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Frozen pot from winter temperatures. Photo by Father Theophan

By Father Theophan
Saint Job of Pochaiv Orthodox Church
Los Alamos

The winter has put a damper on my throwing. The garage is detached from the house, unheated, and often inhabited by my car. There is, thankfully, a wood stove, but it takes a while to warm the place up. Fingers tend to stop doing what they’re told when throwing cold clay with cold water. To alleviate this, I have to fill a bucket with hot water from the house to throw with. The clay is still cold, but the hot water makes it workable at least.

Freezing is the only real danger with Read More

Special Parade Honors Retiree Corine Christman For Her Many Years Of Service To United Church Thrift Shop

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Corine Appreciation Day: United Church Thrift Shop board members held a drive-by appreciation parade this morning for their beloved chair Corine Christman, left, on her retirement. Her friend Nina Thayer holds thank you balloons and bouquets for her this morning in front of the Thrift Shop between Canyon Road and Rose Street. The parade of cars drove by Christman and the drivers honked and waved and thanked Christman for her many, many years of service, including eight years as chair or co-chair. Photo By John McHale/ladailypost.com’

Corine Christman, center, is honored by colleagues Read More

Albuquerque And Santa Fe Top MovieMaker Magazine’s Best Places To Live and Work

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NM FILM OFFICE News:

SANTA FE — MovieMaker Magazine named two New Mexico cities Tuesday on their list of Best Places To Live and Work as a Moviemaker in 2021.

For a third year in a row, Albuquerque is the #1 Best Place to Live and Work as a Moviemaker in the Big Cities category and Santa Fe was ranked #2 in the Small Cities and Towns category.

“This honor belongs to all of New Mexico, not just these two cities,” Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said. “The secret is well and truly out: New Mexico is the best place to film in all of the United States. With more long-term industry investments on Read More

Wreaths Across America Honors ‘The Four Chaplains’ Feb. 3

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Wreaths Across America News:

COLUMBIA FALLS, Maine — Wreaths Across America will honor the American heroes known as “The Four Chaplains” with a special Facebook live event at noon EST, Wednesday, Feb. 3.

Jan. 23, 1943, the U.S.A.T. Dorchester left New York harbor bound for Greenland carrying more than  900 officers, servicemen and civilian workers.

The ship was a coastal passenger steamship requisitioned and operated by the War Shipping Administration (WSA) for wartime use as a troop ship.

The ship was transiting the Labrador Sea when it was torpedoed by a German U-boat (U-233) Feb. 3, 1943. Read More

State Police Conduct Sobriety Checkpoints And Saturation Patrols Across New Mexico Counties In February 2021

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NMSP News:

Statewide — New Mexico State Police (NMSP) will be conducting sobriety checkpoints; saturation patrols; and registration, insurance and driver’s license checks in all New Mexico counties during the month of February 2021.

NMSP is bringing awareness to these events in an effort to reduce alcohol related fatalities through continued media attention and intensive advertising. These checkpoints are helping to change society’s attitude about drinking and driving.

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