Lifestyles

Solo Traveler: Cave Homes

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The living room of Shel Neymark’s cave home. Photo by Sherry Hardage
 
Cave bathroom. Photo by Sherry Hardage
 
Solo Traveler
By SHERRY HARDAGE
 
Cave Homes

I had the fortune a few years ago to house-sit for a Dutch woman who owned a cave home in Ortahisar, Cappadocia.

Her house was built over an old cave that started out as a large bubble in a hot ash flow. The soft volcanic tuff was enlarged in prehistoric times to form a living space.

The guestroom was created when the cave entrance was walled in with blocks of the same volcanic rock. The room once had two large holes in the roof for Read More

New Business Surveys Interest In Lunchtime Restaurant Delivery

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BUSINESS News:
 
SimpleLunch is looking at how to bring lunchtime restaurant delivery to Los Alamos.
 
“We think we can make it easier for people at LANL and LAHS to get good lunches, and give our local restaurants a way to keep bringing in customers,” spokesperson Seth Stradling said. “We’re conducting a survey to find out a little more about what works (and doesn’t) so far in Los Alamos County, and to get a sense of what people really want.”
 
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How The Hen House Turns: Chicks In Danger (2)

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How the Hen House Turns
By CAROLYN (CARY) NEEPER PH.D.
 
Chicks In Danger (2)

A few days after Peeky’s second brood hatched, disaster once again loomed large over the chicken pen. I heard the mother hen suddenly cut loose with her unmistakable S.O.S. call, and I envisioned all five chicks in the drink this time. But when I looked out, I had to laugh at the scene in the chicken pen.

Peeky was flapping madly from the ground to the top of the six-foot fence, up and down, ferociously and futilely launching attack after attack at a cool black predator (nearly her size) sitting on the top railing, his head Read More

Tips For Seniors With Hear Loss Presentation Tuesday

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LARSO News:

Nathan Gomme from the New Mexico Commission on Deaf & Hard of Hearing will be at the Betty Ehart Senior Center at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, April 28 to offer tips and tricks related to smartphone technology for seniors with hearing challenges. 

The community is invited to attend and bring their devices and learn from Gomme’s experience. Read More

Pope Appoints New Archbishop Of Santa Fe

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Most Rev. John C. Wester

ARCHDIOCESE News:

ALBUQUERQUE – Pope Francis has appointed Most Rev. John C. Wester, Bishop of Salt Lake City, as the 12th Archbishop of Santa Fe.

He succeeds Archbishop Michael J. Sheehan, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe upon reaching the age limit has been accepted by the Holy Father.

Archbishop-Elect Wester was ordained a Priest May 15, 1976 for his native Archdiocese of San Francisco. He has earned degrees from Saint Joseph College, Saint Patrick College, Saint Patrick Seminary, the University of San Francisco and Holy Names Read More

Smart Design With Suzette: A Kitchen Renovation … Getting Started

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A newly renovated kitchen. Courtesy/Suzette Fox
 
A white kitchen. Courtesy/Suzette Fox
 
 
Smart Design With Suzette
A Kitchen Renovation – Getting Started
By SUZZETTE FOX

The kitchen is my favorite room to design. Kitchens represent family, nourishment, friends and laughter. Kitchens are also the most challenging. Huge mistakes can be made. These mistakes have lasting implications as a result of decisions that were not thought through.

This article will be the first in a series on kitchen renovation. I will walk you through getting started, a budget, space planning, layout Read More

Visit LAAOR’s 28 Top Open Houses Today!

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LAAOR News:

The Los Alamos Association of REALTORS® is sponsoring Open House Sunday today with 28 homes participating throughout Los Alamos and White Rock, hosted by 10 local REALTORS®. 

The times and locations for these 28 open houses are published on the front page and in the Real Estate Section of the Los Alamos Daily Post. The list also is available on the LAAOR website at www.laaor.org under the LAAOR Documents tab.

The Los Alamos Association of REALTORS® (LAAOR) was established in 1977. Originally it consisted of 16 REALTORS®. It has been as large as 100 members and today is 42 members. Read More

Home Country By Slim Randles: To Gentle A Horse

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Home Country
By SLIM RANDLES

Steve, the tall cowboy of us philosophy types, was riding a young horse through town the other day to get him used to “boogers.”

To gentle a horse, he explained, you give them something to booger at, and then talk them out of it. You keep coming up with new boogers and calming the horse until screaming fire engines and jet exhaust are no problem at all.

He rode up to the Campbell house and saw Anita, Dud’s wife, shaking out a throw rug. The young horse began blowing nuclear snot all over the front yard and his eyes bugged out.

“Anita,” Steve said, “would you mind coming over here Read More

Pastor Granillo: Words Matter

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By Pastor Raul Granillo
Los Alamos

Words Matter

My mother has washed my mouth out with soap on more than one occasion. Of course my parents came from a time when this was acceptable and they believed that what came out of your mouth mattered.

Today this practice is probably less common, and maybe even frowned upon, but I would argue that what comes out of your mouth still matters. What each one of us says or does makes a difference—whether good or bad.

In Mark 7:14-15 (NIV), Jesus told the crowd around Him, “Listen to me, everyone, and understand this. Nothing outside a man can make him ‘unclean’ by going Read More

Job Of Pochaiv Orthodox Church Receives Icon Of Christ

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Hand-painted icon of Christ at the Saint Job of Pochaiv Orthodox Church. Courtesy photo
 
 
CHURCH News:
 
Saint Job of Pochaiv Orthodox Church in Los Alamos was blessed to receive a generous gift from their sister parish of Saint Anthony of the Desert in Las Cruces. 
 
They received the largest hand-painted icon of Christ on a panel in New Mexico. The icon is 7-feet in diameter and has been installed on the ceiling of the church.
 
During a short service Sunday, April 26, beginning at noon at Saint Job of Pochaiv Orthodox Church, 2270 39th St., a blessing
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