Lifestyles

Griggs: Dateline Monterrico, Feb. 13, 2015

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Nighttime photo captures the eruption of Fuego Volcano last week overlooking Guatemala’s former capital, Antigua. Photo by David Griggs
 
 
By DAVID H. GRIGGS
Hotel El Delfin, Monterrico, Guatemala
Formerly of Los Alamos

Dateline: Monterrico, Feb. 13, 2015

The above dramatic nighttime photo captures the eruption of Fuego Volcano at the end of last week. About 30 miles from where I have been spending the winter on Lake Atitlán, Fuego is one of three large stratovolcanoes overlooking Guatemala’s former capital, Antigua.

I rode past Fuego Volcano last Wednesday, on Read More

Kitchen Makeover Revealed At American Legion Breakfast 7-11 A.M. Sunday

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The kitchen makeover at the American Legion Post is complete and ready to go and the community is invited to check it out 7-11 a.m., Sunday at 1325 Trinity Dr. The Legion will offer periodic breakfasts and dinners to the public but will not host these events on Posse Lodge Sundays or the Elks dinner pay day Thursdays. Courtesy/ALP 90 Read More

Solo Traveler: Passports And Money

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Sherry Hardage with her safety first purse with zippers and a cut-proof strap. Courtesy photo
 
Solo Traveler
Passports and Money
By SHERRY HARDAGE

My friend Monica recently wrote to me about her upcoming trip to England. It will be her first trip overseas. I couldn’t help her with suggestions about things to see or do in England since I’ve only been to Scotland. But I was able to give some advice on security.

With travel apps, travel sites, bloggers rambling on about their adventures, guide books, and a plethora of travel related magazines, it seems like any needed answer would be forthcoming Read More

Pegg: Beginning Weight Training

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By Kent Pegg
Los Alamos

Whether you’re trying to rehabilitate an injury, build your bone density, lose weight, or increase your functional strength, weight training should be an essential component of your exercise routine. If you’re just starting out, consider checking with your physician, especially if you have any medical concerns, and then get started.

You’ll want to start slow. Begin performing one or two exercises for each body part and start with two sets of 12 repetitions for each exercise. Once you’ve gotten the feel for the different exercises for various body parts, and after developing Read More

Food on the Hill: Spinach Balls

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Food on the Hill
By FELICIA ORTH

“Knife and Fork,”  “Sip and Sup,”  “Circle Supper” – all names for monthly dinner parties organized by a volunteer coordinator at the church who randomly mixes and re-mixes couples and singles into groups of 8-10. We meet at a different residence on the first Sunday evening of each month. The hosts provide beverages and appetizers; each of the other participants brings one of the other courses: entrée, bread or starch, vegetable or salad, dessert. These are invariably delightful evenings in which we get to know one another in a deeper, more personal

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Smart Design With Suzette: Powder Rooms

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Smart Design with Suzette
Powder Rooms
By SUZETTE FOX

Thanks to its petite size – 4 by 5 feet on average – a powder room can be one of the least expensive rooms in the house to renovate.

Powder rooms are unique in the sense that they are not bound to any other room’s design. They are a great place to experiment with bolder colors, patterns and textures. Adding some fun and personality to the powder room can create an unexpected design surprise for guests.

 
 
Photo by Suzette Fox
 

Here’s how to remodel your powder room so you’re never afraid to say, “Yes!” Read More

Rev. Mackey: Church Used To Be Center Of Community

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By Rev. THEOPHAN MACKEY
Los Alamos

Church attendance in the United States has been on the decline now for about 20 years. There have been many studies conducted which have tried to solve this problem; however, there may be more than one answer.

The church used to be the center of the community. Many immigrant populations used the church as their anchor in this new world, a place to belong and restart a life which was lost moving across the ocean. The early churches in America provided familiarity in a strange land. They provided commonality and stability during times of change.

Before immigration, Read More

Pastor Granillo: Gloriously Human

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By Pastor RAUL GRANILLO
Los Alamos

Dietrich Bonhoeffer once said, “A Christian is someone who shares the sufferings of God in the world.” How many of us know pain and suffering? It may be through betrayal, death, fear or physical pains that bring us to our knees; but I am willing bet that every person knows a bit about suffering.

I believe, with all that I am, that God also knows about suffering. Knowing that His time was coming—that those who walked with Him would betray Him, that those He came to save would spit in His face, and that soon He would suffer an excruciating death—knowing all Read More

How The Hen House Turns—Remembering Susie

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How the Hen House Turns:
Remembering Susie
By Carolyn A. (Cary) Neeper, Ph. D.

Two thousand years ago, a lady of the Chinese Imperial family designed a dog to look like a lion, as requested by Buddhist monks.

Breeding, she decided, should continue to select for small hairy dogs with black faces and low foreheads, large eyes and bent forelegs. When such a dog was presented to England’s Queen Victoria as a present, it became valued as a high class lap dog. Thereafter, the breed was called Pekinese.

My grandmother Ethel Almond Snyder had a Pekinese named Susie. She was a friendly middle-aged dog when Read More