Opinion & Columns

Pastor Granillo: Hard Things

By Pastor RAUL GRANILLO
Los Alamos

Hard Things

I ran into an old high school friend who I hadn’t seen in 20 years. We reminisced about another mutual friend, Mike, who died far too young.

We talked about how everything seemed easy for Mike: getting great grades, learning music, wrestling, socializing, and even getting into the Air Force Academy. It turns out we both felt a bit jealous of him even though the three of us were pretty close.

Looking back I realize that it wasn’t that things were easy for Mike, he just approached things differently than most people. Mike aimed well above normal or average Read More

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How The Hen House Turns: Peeper’s Grasshopper

How the Hen House Turns
Peeper’s Grasshopper
By CAROLYN (CARY) NEEPER Ph.D.

Early in Peeky’s setting I had forgotten to candle her adoptive eggs and throw out the infertile ones. Therefore, her only chick was Peeper, who soon grew into a magnificent game cock with razor-sharp spurs on his legs and a tail that soared with iridescent flecks of gold high above his blood-red comb.

The county was hopping with grasshoppers the year Peeper hatched, and, in order to encourage them, we left the grass high around the chicken pen. Every once in a while one hopper would take off in the wrong direction and provide Read More

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Travel The Silk Road With Ethos

Ethos Percussion Group. Photo by Michael McCarthy

Classical Music World: Ethos

By Ann McLaughlin, Artistic Director
Los Alamos Concert Association

The next Los Alamos Concert Association event featuring the Ethos Percussion Group may have some of you scratching your heads and wondering, “What is a program called Rhythms of the Silk Road doing on a classical music series? The story goes back a long, long way. 

In 1699, the Austrian and the Ottoman Empires signed the Treaty of Karlowitz. Although this marked the beginning of the end for the Ottomans, their diplomatic delegation brought Read More

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Letter To The Editor: Against Holding Valles Caldera ‘In Trust’ For Pueblo

By STEVE PATTILLO
Los Alamos

While the possibility of joint management of the preserve by the National Park Service and Jemez Pueblo is possibly a good idea: I am against the holding, by the National Park Service, of the Valles “in trust” for the pueblo.

The Pueblo have repeatedly tried and failed to gain control of the Valles through the courts and appears to now be attempting to create facts on the ground as a method of eventually gaining control.

I object to this backdoor effort. Read More

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Letter To The Editor: Why Ban Single-use Carryout Plastic Bags

By MARK JONES, Chair
Pajarito Group of the Sierra Club

The United States used over 100 billion plastic bags in 2009. Significant resources are used to create these bags –oil or natural gas are used as the feedstock. And considerable energy is used transporting them to the stores where they are dispensed.

The very idea of using scarce and expensive resources on an item intended to be used once, for a few hours, and then thrown away is the antithesis of sustainability.

These bags are intended to be used once to carry groceries or other purchases to the car, then to the house, and then be discarded. Many Read More

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Living Well Los Alamos: Spring Cleaning Your Kitchen

Living Well Los Alamos
Spring Cleaning Your Kitchen
By HELEN IDZOREK

When we think of spring cleaning most of us think about cleaning the gutters, washing the windows, shampooing the carpets or sweeping the garage.

Don’t forget about the kitchen when you are making your list of things to get done. Spring is a good time to go through your cupboards, refrigerator and freezer to take stock of what you have and to develop a plan to use up or discard any products that may be past their prime.

The following is a sampling of storage guidelines for best quality. While food may be safe after the suggestions below, Read More

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Food On The Hill: Pinon Chile Beans

A bowl of pinon chile beans. Photo by Felicia Orth
 
By FELICIA ORTH
Los Alamos

I first became aware of Chef Lois Ellen Frank when I watched her cooking demonstration during a Wine and Chile Festival in Santa Fe 25 years ago. She made an exquisite and simple tomato sauce, and the fact that I still remember it so clearly speaks to her profound influence.

Chef Frank, part Kiowa, is a Native food historian, photographer, teacher and culinary anthropologist. You can find her biography, menus and other information on the Red Mesa Cuisine webpage.  

We often go with friends to Santa Fe for “Art Read More

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