Rumelia Packs the Pyramid Saturday Night
Diners packed the Pyramid Restaurant in Mari Mac Saturday night to hear Rumelia and watch local folk dancers perform in the aisles. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
Food on the Hill: Crème Brulee Pie
Crème Brulee Pie
It took me three tries to get this pie to turn out. Sometimes everyone has trouble in the kitchen. The first try never congealed. It was a wet mess! The second filling was boiled too long and went into the hard cracked stage of sugar, and had a deep burned taste. The third time was the charm. You must watch the sugar boiling. You have about 15 seconds of a window that it needs to come off the stove top before you have over-cooked it.
I start with a freezer pie crust. Thaw it for about 10 minutes and press the areas together Read More
They’re Off! Local Teens Jet to Europe
How the Hen House Turns: Turkey Two
Turkey Two, these days, like Turkey One, barks at me when I open the back door, but it is only one small sound in a chorus of demanding honks, croaks, and quacks from the pen, insisting, “Let us out of here. Now!”
Since Turkey Two never quite bonded with me, the whole pecking order thing took a bad turn when she matured. Having been raised by a devoted white Silkie chicken, Turkey Two knew me only as a big female creature who daily invaded her territory and stole eggs from all the birds.
Her challenge, Read More
White Rock Baptist Church Vacation Bible School Starts Monday
WRBC News:
White Rock Baptist Church will hold its annual Vacation Bible School next week, 8:45 a.m. to noon June 17 through June 21.
All children ages four years old through sixth grade are welcome.
This year’s theme is Colossal Coaster World, and children will learn about facing fear and trusting God.
The church will host VBS Family Night, Friday June 21, which will include a short music program and a barbecue dinner for children who attend VBS and their families. White Rock Baptist Church is at 80 N.M. 4 in White Rock.
Register for VBS online at www.wrbcnm.org or call Read More
Hygea Health Bite: 4 Simple Ways to Stay Healthy at Work
4 Simple Ways to Stay Healthy at Work
Is your office to blame for your muffin top? Trying to be healthy in an unhealthy workplace can be tough.
Over the years, I have been the unhealthy slug in the office and I have also been the annoying healthy one that people loath at parties. This column includes a few of my top strategies for staying healthy without becoming the annoying health nut at work.
Keep a water bottle at work…
Water, in my opinion, is the easiest healthy habit to get into and it has the fastest payoff. You need at least half of your body weight in ounces Read More
Food on the Hill: Very Garlic Pasta
Directions
Mix together Read More
Solo Traveler: Traveling For Inspiration
People who travel broadly do it for a variety of reasons. Personally I love to experience life and culture outside the realm to which I’ve become accustomed.
And in the process, I am often inspired to look at an incident and see it in a wider global context, to put some normal life occurrence into a broader perspective. Once in a while, poetry even gets written.
Alaskan Excursion
First Baptist Church Holds Vacation Bible School
FBC News:
First Baptist Church, 2200 Diamond. Dr., will host Vacation Bible School from 9 a.m.-noon, June 17-21.
Children ages four through just completed sixth grade are welcome. Fifth and sixth graders will be used as “Leaders in Training” helpers.
At 11:45 a.m., Friday, parents and siblings are invited to a program to hear the VBS kids sing songs and recite their Scripture memory verses, followed by a free indoor picnic in the gym.
Pre-register by going to www.fbc-la.org and clicking on “Register for VBS,” then on “learner registration,” or arrive Read More
Do Taiji in the Park This Summer
Staff Report:
Taiji in the Park at Ashley Pond continues through the summer, weather permitting, three times a week, at 7-8 p.m. Tuesdays, 8-9 a.m. Thursdays and 10-11 a.m. Saturdays.
This program is free and open to the public. Instructor KokHeong McNaughton and some of her advanced Taiji students will take turn leading the practice sessions.
The sessions begin with a walk around Ashley Pond to pick up trash as a public service, so bring a small plastic bag and gloves if you wish.This is followed by 15 minutes of warm-up Qigong exercises using the first set of the Taiji Qigong 18 Forms routine, Read More
Create a Wildflower Meadow at PEEC
Courtesy/PEEC
PEEC News:
Gail Haggard of Plants of the Southwest will come to Los Alamos at 6 p.m. Thursday, June 13 to create a wildflower meadow near PEEC’s new Mud Kitchen, and participants can watch and learn.
Have you wanted to have a profusion of wildflowers in your yard but aren’t sure how to go about it? Haggard will share tips about how to seed an area to create that beautiful effect. She’ll also discuss which seeds work best, when to plant, and how to care for your flowers.
Plants of the Southwest has been in operation in Santa Fe since 1976 and Haggard has been working there since it opened. Read More
Registration for Dog Training Starts June 10
Kalem Smith and Bantu do agility training. Courtesy/Carl Necker
LADOC News:
Registration for the next session of dog training classes offered by the Los Alamos Dog Obedience Club (LADOC) will begin June 10.
Classes this session include Puppy Kindergarten, Basic Manners, Intermediate Agility, Recall and Competitive Obedience, and will begin the week of July 8.
Class schedule, registration guidelines and registration form will be available on the LADOC website at http://ladoc.dogbits.com/ and at the LADOC building at 246 East Road, Los Alamos.
Registration is first-come, Read More
Demonstration Garden Fair 9 a.m. to Noon Saturday
LAMG News:
The Los Alamos Master Gardeners will hold a free Demonstration Garden Fair 9 a.m.-noon Saturday, June 8 at the Demonstration Garden, located on the corner of Oppenheimer and Central Avenue in Los Alamos.
Mini-talks will be held regarding gopher management and garden pests. Another feature will be a plant clinic to which visitors may bring ill plants, pesky insects, questions and concerns.
Los Alamos Master Gardeners will be in the Garden to provide information on the different sections of the garden and specific plants.
A plant sale of plants grown by Master Gardeners will be held Read More
Immaculate Heart of Mary Hosts 26 Pilgrims
Courtesy/IHM
Courtesy/IHM
IHM News:
Twenty six pilgrims arrived Thursday at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church on Canyon Road in Los Alamos.
They are traveling from Albuquerque to Chimayo on a pilgrimage for vocations of all kinds: they are praying and walking for an increased number of priests, nuns, and religious men and women.
Their journey, which began Monday, will end Sunday in Chimayo, 100 miles from start to finish. Five different groups of pilgrims started from different locations this week and will converge as they walk towards Chimayo.
This group is one of two female groups Read More
How the Hen House Turns: Two Bear Attacks
During late summer 2002, I split the pen surrounding the Hen House in order to provide egg-laying privacy and security for an old red hen named Jupiter. A white Silkie chicken was busy raising the two Polish chicks and one turkey chick who had recently survived two bear attacks.
It was the second summer after the big fire of 2000 that had burned over 400 homes and acres of forest on the periphery of town. The bears were very hungry. One bear ate great chunks from the redwood posts on our front deck and tore several shingles Read More
Fellowship, Dinner, Music, Scripture at TOTH Sunday
Members of the Generations band perform at Trinity on the Hill Episcopal Church June 9. Courtesy photo.
TOTH News:
As Father’s Day approaches, we want to bring attention to God the Father as our parent: our perfect parent. He loves us unconditionally. He always forgives us. He wants us to be happy. He wants us to honor Him, as we should our own parents.
Love brings forth forgiveness and honor—it is the key. Love shines through in our relationships, be it parent to child or friendships. Friendships strengthen our bonds with one another and give us a sense of belonging, a sense of security.
We Read More
Food on the Hill: Reindeer Balls
Bring first set of ingredients to boil for 2 minutes.
Take off heat and add second set, mix well.
Shape into balls and roll in coconut. Keep in Read More
Solo Traveler: Pueblo Magico Comitán de Domíngues
Pueblo Magico Comitán de Domíngues
The Mexican Tourism Board has given the designation Pueblo Magico to a number of cities around the country.
It is an honor indicating a place of exceptional beauty, historical significance, and tourist opportunities that provide a “magical” experience.
Most of them are colonial cities, built during the first 150 years of Spanish occupation. Some, like San Cristóbal de las Casas and Comitán de Domíngues in Chiapas, were founded a mere 50 years after Cortes invaded Mexico.
Comitán is lower in altitude than Read More