Lifestyles

Catherine LeClaire Memorial Organ Fund Concert 4 p.m. Sunday at IHM

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IHM News:

The public is invited to attend an upcoming musical concert hosted by Immaculate Heart of Mary (IHM) Catholic Church of Los Alamos — the third in its series of free concerts to raise money for the Catherine LeClaire Memorial Organ Fund.

The concert will take place at 4 p.m. Sunday, May 19 at IHM, and will showcase the talents of a number of fine musicians from IHM and other churches and musical groups from around northern New Mexico.

Among the featured groups will be an accapella group of twelve voices “Memorare” (meaning ‘To Remember’) formed from experienced singers who were friends Read More

Heart to Heart: Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes

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Heart to Heart: Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes

Column by BONNIE J. GORDON
Los Alamos Daily Post
 
 
June English of Professional Skin Care Choices hosted “Spring Forward,” a make-over event in April. As part of the event, guest makeup artist Jenna from Rock, Paper, Scissors in Santa Fe gave me a make-over and a make-up lesson with the Jane Iredale makeup products English carries.

As I looked in the mirror at the new me, I could see that I looked a lot better. But for some reason what I felt was nervous. I looked better, but did I look good enough yet? Was this the best I could look? Could I reproduce the effects Read More

How the Hen House Turns: Hunting With Turkey One

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How the Hen House Turns: Turkeys are not Chickens
Column by Carolyn A. (Cary) Neeper, Ph. D.

Turkey One, we called her Turkey, arrived from the feed store with one other turkey poult and three chicken chicks. She didn’t bond with the latter three, not even after the second turkey poult refused to live.

They do that. Some newly hatched turkeys give up. It doesn’t make sense after all that work getting out of the shell. Some simply refuse to eat. Websites tell me that commercial turkey raisers run colored beads through the feed so they will be stimulated to “hunt.”

When our two new turkey Read More

Travel to Portugal with CIR

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Basilica de Santa Luzia, situated atop the hill of Santa Luzia in Viana do Castelo, Portugal. Courtesy photo

CIR News:

This September the Santa Fe Council on International Relations is offering a trip to Portugal focused on the country’s history, culture and art. 

The trip takes place Sept. 19-Oct. 1 and originates in Lisbon.

CIR is a nonpartisan, nonprofit educational resource of about 600 members, dedicated to promoting the understanding of international and cultural affairs and to promoting “grassroots diplomacy.” 

“CIR has a very interesting and diverse Read More

Tour the Jandacek Dome Thursday

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Petr Jandacek as Buckminster Fuller outside his dome. Courtesy/jandacek.com

LASE News:

Los Alamos Sustainable Energy Network (LASE Network) will sponsor a potluck picnic and tour of Petr and Louise Jandacek’s geodesic dome home at 127 La Senda Road in White Rock 6-8 p.m. Thursday, May 16.

The study of non-traditional architecture and environmental optimal design led the Jandaceks to decide upon Buckminster Fuller’s geodesic dome when making plans to build their home in Los Alamos. It was a natural choice for a minimum surface area for maximum inside volume, Petr wrote on his website. The Read More

Food on the Hill: Baked Fish Fillet

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This week’s Recipe:
Baked Fish Fillet
 
Photo by Sue York/ladailypost.com
 
Ingredients:
This can be any kind of fish. I used salmon in this set of pictures, but I prefer a rainbow trout, cod, or halibut.
Enough fish fillet to feed 4 people
Olive Oil
Lemon slices (about 2 lemons)
¼ cup green olives, halved
¼ cup black olives, halved
1/8 cup onion slices
1/8 cup tomato pieces
½ cup marinated artichoke hearts (cut in half lengthwise) plus liquid
    ***(you can buy these off the olive bar @ Smiths) or you can just buy the jar.
Salt and cracked pepper
Red pepper
Salt free
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Savor the Flavor Debuts June 2

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Staff Report:

SANTA FE—Delicious New Mexico, a statewide non-profit dedicated to creating a strong and sustainable food economy through the growth of food businesses, has joined with the Museum of International Folk Art to celebrate New Mexican flavor.

The two will combine efforts Sunday, June 2 on Museum Hill, with Savor the Flavor, an event featuring New Mexico businesses, demonstrations, books, and, of course, food. From their booths in the museum’s atrium, locally owned New Mexico food businesses will have food for sample and sale.

While the New World Cuisine: The Histories of Chocolate, Read More

Mules and More at Bond House Museum

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Archival photograph of the Bond House in former days. Courtesy/Center for SW Reach Archives at UNM

By SHERRY HARDAGE

Our neighboring city of Española is where many of us shop. We know about Wal-Mart, Lowes, maybe even the bowling alley in the casino, but what about their history museum?

Who knew there was such a gem as the Bond House? It’s behind the church on the plaza. Most of us pass right by it when we head home to Los Alamos.

Franklin Bond arrived from Canada, when Española was little more than a dirt rail yard on the banks of the Rio Grande. Some form of town had existed there for 300 years, but the early

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Day Journeys to the Middle of Nowhere: Discovering Madrid

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Travel Column by KIRSTEN LASKEY

It’s been said that the most valuable experience while on travel isn’t actually arriving at the destination, but the journey to the destination.

However, while in a small gallery/gift store in Madrid, N.M., I was reminded about an equally important aspect of travel – the memories collected while traveling.

My recent tour of Madrid proved both these statements true. The road to Madrid starts with the bustle and traffic of Santa Fe, but the further my mother and I continued down U.S. 285, U.S. 84 and then N.M. 14, the more the houses and buildings dwindled before disappearing Read More

TOTH: Father Kelly’s Final Service Sunday, May 12

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Father Colin Kelly at Saturday’s retirement party. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

TOTH News:

Celebrate new beginnings—starting all over for the first time! That will be the theme of Trinity on the Hill Episcopal Church’s contemporary service this Mother’s Day, May 12.

Please be sure to join us for a free dinner at 5:15 p.m. and service at 6:07 p.m. as we celebrate Father Kelly’s very last service with us, as well as several baptisms.

Father Kelly and Sue Ellen will be starting a new beginning in retirement, and those being baptized will be beginning again as new lives in Christ. Read More