Lifestyles

Pastor Granillo: My Worst Enemy

By Pastor RAUL GRANILLO
Los Alamos

Growing up with siblings, being married, and even just being a part of the general public has caused me to realize that we fight a lot of different battles in our lives.

As I looked back at the many battles I’ve fought, I realized that there were more than a few that got me nowhere or even caused me to lose ground. In most of those battles, my opponent and I were fighting about two entirely different matters and didn’t even realize it. We named the war similarly, but there was no hope of resolution because even our disagreement didn’t actually have a common ground.

The others,

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Movement Of Large Military Aircraft To Occur On New Mexico Roads

The movement of this large, oversized load consisting of a military aircraft will move through the state this weekend and ending on Monday. Courtesy/NMDOT

The movement of this large, oversized load consisting of a military aircraft will move through the state this weekend and ending on Monday. Courtesy/NMDOT

NMDOT News:

SANTA FE – The New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT) has announced that the movement of a large, oversized load consisting of a military aircraft will move through the state starting this weekend and ending on Monday.

The oversized load will travel through five Read More

255 Mountain Trail Bus To Run Weekend/Holiday Schedule Daily March 7-18

RTD News:
 
In recognition of Spring Break, the North Central Regional Transit District RTD 255 Mountain Trail bus to Ski Santa Fe will be operating on its weekend/holiday schedule each day throughout the Spring Break period Monday, March 7 through Friday, March 18.
 
The weekend/holiday schedule provides seven roundtrips per day to Ski Santa Fe, rather than the normal weekday schedule that provides three roundtrips per day.
 
The fare is $5 each way, exact change required. Riders to the Ski basin will be given a token upon exiting the bus that
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SFCC Culinary Arts Students Present ‘A Taste Of Italy II’

Baba rum cake. Courtesy photo
 
SFCC News:
 
SANTA FE  Current and future chefs with Santa Fe Community College’s Culinary Arts Program will present an elaborate Southern Italian feast in the Jemez Rooms on campus Friday, March 11. The event is a benefit for the program’s study abroad fund.
 
The sumptuous Napolitano dinner will include grilled calamari and shrimp with lemon aioli, pizza margherita, eggplant rolls stuffed with basil and smoked provolone, and pork loin stuffed with garlic, pine nuts, spinach, artichokes and ricotta. Dessert is baba rum
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A Trip To India Of Contrasts: Tropical Kerala And Desert Rajasthan March 18

SFCIR News:
 
Santa Fe Council on International Relations presents a talk and slide presentation entitled, “A Trip to India of Contrasts: Tropical Kerala and Desert Rajasthan” by Martha and Ray Wallace, former Naval Attaché at the U.S. Embassy in India.
 
This special event is 5 p.m. Friday, March 18 at Tipton Hall, Santa Fe University of Art and Design, 1600 St. Michael’s Dr. in Santa Fe. The presentation is free and open to the public.
 
This presentation begins with a description of India as it exists today–some facts and figures about the country, which will be
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Griggs: The Wet Side Of Morocco – Not To Be Mythed

David Griggs next to a cannon on the ramparts at Essaouira, where Orson Welles filmed his 1952 classic version of ‘Othello’. Courtesy photo
 
 
By DAVID H. GRIGGS
Foreign Correspondent
Los Alamos Daily Post
 
I apologize for the double pun in the title, and blame it all on the influence of a headmaster under whom I worked early in my career.
 
It was at this school, also, that I taught a course in Greek Mythology to a rambunctious lot of second, third and fourth graders, who loved to act out the stories of gods and goddesses and heroes and monsters.
 
So it was with great
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March Cowboy Breakfast At Posse Lodge Canceled

The Cowboy Breakfast scheduled for Sunday at the Los Alamos Sheriff’s Posse Lodge is canceled.

The remodeling project underway at the Posse Lodge is not quite completed. Read More

Celebrate Los Alamos Co+op’s 5th Birthday Saturday

Scenes from the Los Alamos Cooperative Market. Courtesy/LACM
 
 
By WHITNEY SPIVEY
Co+op Board Member
 
The Los Alamos Cooperative Market (Co+op) turns five this spring, and community members (Co+op members and non-members alike) are invited to a birthday celebration Saturday, March
5. 
 
“Who doesn’t love a good party?” Interim General Manager Rebekah Valentine said. “Five years is a huge milestone, made even more significant when looking back over the struggles we’ve had during the last year or so.”
 
To celebrate, the deli will make
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PEEC Offers Yoga Class Beginning March 3

Yoga class. Courtesy photo

PEEC News:

Beginning March 3, the Los Alamos Nature Center will have a different type of class ─ yoga.

The Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC) is working with registered yoga instructor, Christa Tyson, to provide weekly yoga sessions with a view of nature.

The yoga classes will take place at 6:30 p.m. Thursdays where participants can enjoy the nature center’s breathtaking view of the Los Alamos canyons, skies, and wildlife. When the weather permits, this class will take place on the patio outside the nature center, where the sounds and smells of nature Read More

Smart Design With Suzette: Tips For Updating Lighting Fixtures

Mark the Electrician, right, and staff person Virgil install paper flowers on an oversized Ikea light fixture. Courtesy photo
 
By SUZETTE FOX
Los Alamos

Good lighting can literally light up your life. It can make the difference between “nice place” and “wow, love your pad.” But, in most homes, the lighting is too complicated and too dim. Before you do anything else to your home, consider changing your lighting.

Whether you live in an apartment or own a house, we’ve all had that moment where we realize it’s time to switch things up. One of the quickest and easiest Read More

How The Hen House Turns: Conversation With Jays

Conversation With Jays
Column by Carolyn A. (Cary) Neeper, Ph. D.

One scrub jay we knew in Los Alamos would take peanuts from our hand, even from our visiting daughter’s hand, but only if we were at the porch railing. That’s where we usually put out the morning peanuts.

Years later another jay learned that we watched from inside the house while eating breakfast. He would position himself on the porch fencepost and fluff up his feathers, like a baby begging from a parent bird. Of course, we obeyed. Three times. We were delighted with the clear communication between species.

After the third peanut,

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Pastor Granillo: Write Them On Your Doorframes

Pastor RAUL GRANILLO
Los Alamos

There was a popular question that used to pop up in Christian circles, “If you were accused of being a Christian, would a jury of your peers find you guilty?” In other words, do you really live your life as if you believe what you claim to believe? The problem I have with that question, is that the current social definition of a Christian is pretty weak.

Perhaps the question should be rephrased, “If you were accused of trying to be like Jesus, would you be convicted by a jury of your peers?” Because the sad truth is that too often there is a huge gap between being considered Read More

LAHS Graduate Joshua Grimes Advances To Final Round Of Food Network’s Cutthroat Kitchen

Chef Joshua Grimes, a 2002 LAHS graduate, advances to the final round in the Food Network’s Cutthroat Kitchen. Courtesy photo

By KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post

Joshua Grimes, a 2002 Los Alamos High School graduate, achieved a career highlight few others share – he showcased his culinary skills on a national television program.

The nation watched as Grimes competed Feb. 21 on the Food Network’s Cutthroat Kitchen. The show requires its contestants to create the same dish and whoever makes it the best advances to the next round.

What makes the program cutthroat is the chefs are sabotaged Read More

Pig And Fig Grand Opening Showcases Tasty Treats

Pig and Fig owner Laura Hamilton shows off her pastry tower created for Thursday’s Grand Opening of the restaurant at 35 Rover Blvd., Suite G in White Rock. The bakery and café serves breakfast and lunch and is open 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Saturday and hosts various food pairing dinners throughout the month. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
Executive Chef and owner Laura Hamilton cuts the ribbon at Pig and Fig Thursday with help from Sous Chef Jessica Martinez. The Los Alamos Chamber of Commerce sponsored the event and Chamber Manager Nancy Partridge is on
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Music Group Manic Drive Plays Los Alamos March 5

 
MUSIC News:
 
Pop/rock band Manic Drive, touring from Canada via Wisconsin, Texas and on to California, will be in Los Alamos March 5. Listen to KRSN for an artist interview next week.
 
Local organizer, Infinity Squared Music (Phil Jacobson), continues to bring internationally acclaimed talent to Northern New Mexico – more than three years running now. A pre-show tailgate party will start at 4 p.m., with doors opening 6:30 p.m., at White Rock Baptist Church. Show starts promptly at 7 p.m. All ages welcome.
 
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Celebrate New Mexico Restaurant Week With ‘New Mexico True’ Dishes And Events

NMTD News:
 
SANTA FE  As if New Mexico Restaurant Week weren’t already enticing enough, this year it’s even more tempting with the addition of ‘New Mexico True’ designated menus and events.
 
New Mexico Restaurant Week, which covers three different weeks in three New Mexico cities, runs Feb. 21 to March 13, so that foodies can satisfy their palates for much more than a week.
 
This year marks the first time that New Mexico Restaurant Week has teamed up with the New Mexico Tourism Department. Through the New Mexico True Event Sponsorship Program,
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United Church Of Los Alamos Hosts Auctions March 6

Courtesy photo
 
UCLA News:
 
The United Church of Los Alamos on Canyon Road will host a silent auction at 2 p.m., and a live auction at 3 p.m., March 6, to send 45 campers to Mexico during spring break to build homes for the poor.
 
UCLA along with the Universalist Unitarian Church hope to raise $16,000 to fee the campers and buy the supplies to build two to three homes during the week. Items include horsehair pottery, Disney collectibles, old fashioned sewing machines, gift certificates and more.
 
Items can still be donated by calling
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Food On The Hill: Bacon Brownies

Bacon Brownies. Photo by Felicia Orth
 
Food On The Hill
By FELICIA ORTH

Bacon Brownies

You can blame or credit Janice Muir of Los Alamos and Facebook for this one, even though she did not send me the recipe directly. Janice is a friend on Facebook and IRL (in real life), and my Facebook newsfeed informed me that she liked, or “liked,” King Arthur Flour. Clicking on the item meant that I saw several subsequent posts from his highness’ flour company, each of which featured a recipe. I tried the bacon brownie recipe, modified it to reduce sugar and served it at the monthly Los Alamos Mountaineers Club Read More

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