Lifestyles

How the Hen House Turns: Chickens, Dogs and Retirement

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How the Hen House Turns:
Chickens, Dogs and Retirement
By Carolyn A. (Cary) Neeper, Ph. D.

In retirement communities, residents are usually encouraged to have pets, but they must weigh no more than 25 pounds. Guinea pigs and chinchillas are nice, friendly choices. They don’t have to be walked, nor let out like cats, but they do add to one’s housekeeping chores.

Gwendolyn, my Americauna hen, weighed less than 25 pounds, and our kind director said I could bring her here to California. However, a little thoughtful consideration made me realize she would have to be caged–not a happy option for Read More

Food on the Hill: Burns Night and Scotch Eggs

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Food on the Hill
By FELICIA ORTH
 
This Week’s Recipe: Scotch Eggs
 
 
 
 
Photo by Felicia Orth

“Fair fa’ your honest, sonsie face, Great Chieftan o’ the Puddin-race!

Aboon them a’ ye tak your place, Painch, tripe, or thairm:

Weel are ye wordy of a grace As lang’s my arm.”

The national poet of Scotland, Robert Burns, wrote these words as part of an ode to a haggis in 1786. Haggis is a seasoned pudding of sheep or beef organ meats, onions and oatmeal boiled in a stomach casing. The piercing of that casing with a shiny dagger (sgian-dubh) while Read More

Smart Design With Suzette: 2015 Color of the Year

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Smart Design with Suzette
2015 Color of the Year
By SUZETTE FOX

Pantone LLC, a subsidiary of X-Rite, announced Marsala, an earthy wine red, as the Color of the Year for 2015. X-Rite is a global leader in color science and technology.

What does this mean? This means you will see this hue everywhere, from the runways, to make up, to interior design.

 

Courtesy photo
 
“Marsala is a subtly seductive shade, one that draws us in to its embracing warmth,” said Leatrice Eiseman, Executive Director of Pantone Color Institute. “Nurturing and fulfilling, Marsala is a natural fit for the kitchen
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TOTH: Come On Down!

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Map of the Old Testament world. Courtesy/bible-history.com
 
Come On Down!
By Lisa Rothrock
TOTH

Come on down and join us this Sunday evening, Jan. 25, at Trinity on the Hill Episcopal Church, for our Contemporary Worship Service, where seminarian Laurie Triplett will be teaching on why Christians believe the Old Testament.

Also, be sure to attend as we bless and say farewell to our awesome guitarist and vocalist, Jason Osborn — he will be heading to boot camp for the National Guard. We will truly miss him (but the good news is that he will be returning this summer)!

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Mrs. Beadsley’s Jewel Box: An Introduction To Vintage

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Debra Lowensteil at Mrs. Beadsely Vintage Jewelry, 2101 Trinity Dr., Suite G. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon
 
By DEBRA LOWENSTEIN, Owner
Mrs. Beadsley Vintage Jewelry

I am Debra Lowenstein, the owner of Mrs. Beadsley Vintage Jewelry. I am new to Los Alamos, having moved here three years ago. Nine months ago I moved my shop up the hill from Santa Fe where I was in business for approximately eight years. This is the first of a monthly series of columns I will be writing on various aspects of vintage jewelry.

Since I now live in a town that, in general, appreciates the gift of knowledge, I hope my Read More

Scenes From Great Blessing Of Water At Ashley Pond

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Rev. Theophan Mackey of the Saint Job of Pochaiv Orthodox Church in Los Alamos submerges a cross in the water three times Sunday at Ashley Pond to call down new blessings during the great blessings of water celebration. Courtesy photo
 
Rev. Theophan Mackey and members of the Saint Job of Pochaiv Orthodox Church gather for the Great Blessing of Water Sunday at Ashley Pond. Courtesy photo
 
CHURCH News:

At noon Sunday, the people of Saint Job of Pochaiv Orthodox Church gathered at noon Sunday at Ashley Pond for the Great Blessing of Water.

Rev. Theophan Mackey of the Saint Job of Pochaiv

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Smart Design With Suzette: Trash To Treasure

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Smart Design with Suzette
Trash To Treasure
By SUZETTE FOX

Have you ever thought about updating some old furniture with a coat of paint or adding something new to an old piece? Until I became passionate about eco-design, it never occurred to me.

Recently, I ran across a pair of vintage mid-century modern chairs at a local thrift store. They struck me because they had great lines but were in such a sorry state. I HAD to rescue them. I purchased the pair for $20 and drove off with a big smile on my face. I was very excited about the thought of recovering them and saving them from the landfill. Yay!

Better yet, Read More

How the Hen House Turns: The Carnivore Dilemma

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How the Hen House Turns
The Carnivore Dilemma
By Carolyn A. (Cary) Neeper, Ph. D.

Next to the mayo-drenched BLT, I like chicken salad sandwiches best, even though I have come to know and to love chickens for who they are, far better than I ever knew a pig.

All this didn’t strike me until I was eating a chicken salad sandwich one day in 1975, some 30 years after I heard a pig’s death squeal on our World War II Victory Farm. Deep is the irony that lies in the nature of humans as both carnivores and animal lovers.

I had brought my chicken salad sandwich out to the picnic table because I wanted to be with my daughter’s Read More

‘Blue Buses’ Not In Service MLK Day

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NCRTD News:

The North Central Regional Transit District (NCRTD) has announced that the RTD “Blue Buses” will not be in service Monday, Jan. 19 in observance of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.                                                                                                Read More