Lifestyles

Sustainability Tip: Switch to Reusable Shopping Bags

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Weekly Sustainability Tip:

Switch to Reusable Shopping Bags

Switch to reusable shopping bags. Americans are addicted to plastic bags with approximately 380 billion bags used annually, which is more than 1,200 bags per year per person. 

This is a dangerous addiction that results in the use of 12 million barrels of oil, and negatively affects 267 species of marine wildlife. 

Do your part to end this national addiction by using reusable bags on your errands. And remember to recycle that pile of plastic bags you have at home at the entrance of Smith’s. 

Don’t be the cause of pollution, Read More

Hygea Health Bite: 6 Tips to a Sexy Healthy Body

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Hygea Health Bite: 6 Tips to a Sexy Healthy Body
By Lisa C. Bakosi, CHC

Our relationship with food is easily the most intimate one we have. Sound crazy? Think about it, the food you ingest becomes your body parts – making up our blood, brain, lungs, and every other part of us.

Providing your body with the building blocks it needs means that you’re going to feel FABULOUS – looking FANTASTIC is also a welcomed side effect. Nothing is sexier than a healthy body and here are six tips to get you started.

Eat Your Colors – We have to thank Mother Nature for color-coding our nutrients for us. Phytonutrients (“phyto” Read More

High Tea and Fashion Show Aug. 17

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Emcee Jeff Favorite assists two models during the 2012 House of Hope and Trinity Builders High Tea and Fashion Show Fashion Show. Courtesy/photo

Martha Hawkins models a pantsuit for travel or the office. Courtesy/photo

COMMUNITY News:

The House of Hope and Trinity Builders house-building mission teams are preparing for their fourth annual fund raising event—the High Tea and Fashion Show to benefit their mission trips this fall. 

This year’s Tea and Fashion Show event will start promptly at 2:30 pm, Saturday, Aug. 17, in Kelly Hall at Trinity on the Hill Episcopal Church, 3900 Trinity Read More

How the Hen House Turns: Dogs As Bird-Sitters

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How the Hen House Turns
Column by Carolyn A. (Cary) Neeper, Ph. D.

Dogs As Bird-Sitters

When our first chickens arrived in a cardboard box 40 years ago, including Peeper’s mom Peeky, we had already adopted Poncho.

As a “Santa Fe Shepherd,” his instincts were just about right. He helped us herd the chickens back into the pen for the night. (Chickens don’t herd, but that’s another story.)

We didn’t try to train Poncho as a sheepdog, but we did train DeeDee and Scooter, pointer-heeler shelter dogs we adopted after the 2000 fire in Los Alamos. They were natural Read More

LACDC Releases Los Alamos MainStreet Survey Results

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Courtesy/LACDC

Courtesy/LACDC

LACDC News:

What are the people of Los Alamos interested in having as retail and dining options? Where does Los Alamos prefer to shop? What time do people prefer to shop in Los Alamos? What products, brand, and stores do people wish there was in Los Alamos? 

Los Alamos Commerce and Development Corporation developed and conducted a survey to help provide retail owners and restaurateurs the answers to these age old questions. This was an online survey through Los Alamos MainStreet website that was conducted during April. There were business cards and signs Read More

Column: Fall Prevention and Improving Gait and Balance through Exercise

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Fitness Column
By KENT PEGG

Fall Prevention and Improving Gait and Balance through Exercise

Proper balance and gait are essential components of physical function. If a person is going to be able to perform most activities of daily living, they need to have the capacity to safely stand and walk.

There are many causes of affected gait and balance including chronic disease, muscle weakness, neurological conditions, aging, cognitive impairments, and extremity disabilities.

Balance is a person’s ability to control upright posture under a variety of conditions. There are three sensory systems Read More

Rare Chance to Explore Abandoned Copper Mine

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Nacimiento Copper Mine site. Courtesy photo

PEEC News:

The Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC) is offering a rare chance to visit the abandoned Nacimiento Copper Mine near Cuba Aug.10.

The trip, led by local geology expert Patrick Rowe, will be fun and hands-on for both adults and children. Participants will explore the area, with ample chances to find beautiful specimens such as petrified wood.

Specimens found at the Nacimiento Cooper Mine site. Courtesy photo

In addition to petrified wood specimens, which are regularly covered with exquisite green malachite and blue azurite, Read More

Solo Traveler: Tours

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Solo Traveler: Tours
Column by SHERRY HARDAGE

Those of us who travel independently sometimes have disdain for tours. We know how much things generally cost and think tours are often a rip-off.

I do not enjoy being taken to a restaurant the tour company has chosen, and then told what to order off a limited “tourist” menu. And I’ve come to despise being taken to a “crafts workshop” that is actually nothing more than a high priced trinket store on the pretext of a “cultural” experience.

But sometimes I opt for day-tours so I can be assured of getting to the places of interest in relative safely. In a country Read More

Tie One On at Thursday’s Farmer’s Market

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Bill Orr ties a fly at the Farmer’s Market. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com

A yak tail hair fly in progress. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com

FARMER’S MARKET News:

Bill Orr of Quarter Circle U, purveyor of fine jams and jellies and Joy Robertshaw of Taos Mountain Yaks have formed an interesting collaboration.

Orr, a fly fisherman and expert fly tyer, is now using hair from the tails of Robertshaw’s yaks in some of his flies. Not only is yak hair very long, it also has a translucent quality that makes it ideal for fly tying.

Robertshaw is selling packages of yak hair Read More

Food on the Hill: Yeast Rolls

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This Week’s Recipe:
Yeast Rolls

Photo by Sue York/ladailypost.com

Ingredients:

  • 1 pkg. dry yeast
  • 1/4 cup lukewarm water(90-95 degrees)
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 1/4 butter
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup scalded milk (just until you see small bubbles on the edge of the pan)
  • 1 egg, beaten
  • About 4 cups of sifted flour

Directions:

Photo by Sue York/ladailypost.com

Proof yeast: Mix yeast and warm water and 1/2 teaspoon of the sugar and set aside. Wait about 5 minutes to see small bubbles on top (then ready to use)

Photo by Sue York/ladailypost.com

While waiting for the yeast to proof, in another large bowl add
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