How the Hen House Turns: A Homesick Dog?
How the Hen House TurnsIn late summer 1983 we drove to Flagstaff, Ariz. to begin a delightful year of teaching and folk dancing. Our Santa Fe shepherd, Poncho, went with us. He hated riding in the car, until we stopped at a Kentucky Fried Chicken in Gallup and shared our lunch with him.
What a mood change! Instead of moping, all curled up in the back seat, he sat up and stuck his nose eagerly into the crack in the rear window, all the way to our rented house on the hill above the railroad station in Flagstaff.
The house was nice enough there, but Read More
Letter to the Editor: DPU Commended For Improvement Efforts Through QNM
By BILL WADT
Immediate past chair of the QNM Board
I commend the Los Alamos Department of Public Utilities on their continued efforts at systematic and systemic improvement using independent, third-party feedback through the New Mexico Performance Excellence Award process administered by Quality New Mexico.
In 2008, DPU received Roadrunner recognition for demonstrated performance improvements and this year DPU is pursuing the process again in their quest to achieve performance excellence. As the immediate past chair of the QNM Board and a former lead judge in the awards process, I have
Solo Traveler: Spectacular Rocks
Beefsteak Hill on the road from Albuquerque to Los Alamos. Photo by Sherry Hardage
Fall color in the Jemez. Photo by Sherry HardageSolo Traveler: Spectacular Rocks
When I returned to my home state in the 1980s, I bought Halka Chronic’s book, “Roadside Geology of New Mexico.” Her books are a great resource for people who want to know more about the amazing scenery they drive through.
But the New Mexico book left me cold because one of the prettiest drives in the state wasn’t even mentioned – the road from San Isidro north to Jemez Springs and on to Read More
This Week at the Reel Deal
Column By JIM O’DONNELL Reel Deal Tuesday’s are back! All movies, all day Tuesday, are only $6.50! Holidays, winter and summer break excluded.
This week we are opening The Book of Life and John Wick. We will hold Fury and Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day for another week.
The Judge and Gone Girl will end this Thursday. I liked both of these films very much. Do see them on the big screen if you can.
Movie poster for ‘The Book of Life.’ Courtesy/Reel Deal Theater
The Book of Life is a vibrant fantasy-adventure, tells the legend Read More
Letter to the Editor: Suggestion For Use Of Old Smith’s Building
By NICOLAS PILATLetter to the Editor: Read Fine Print On PAC Ads Before Blaming Candidates
By JOANN JOHNSONPolitical Action Committees (PACS) are running amok. I have been a political activist since the early 1980s. I have never seen campaigning so out of control as it is now. Political parties such as the Democrat and Republican Party have financial limits on spending. Not so – PACS.
PACS are free to advertise for candidates without the candidate’s authorization. Most of the time the candidate isn’t even aware of what the PAC has planned.
I do not have a suggestion for fixing this problem. For every law, there is someone who will find a loophole to get around the law.
I can only Read More
Letter to the Editor: Annoying Noise Can Be Reminder We’re Not Alone
By SHARON E. SMITHThe first morning home after the Cerro Grande Fire, I awoke to total silence. It was a lonely day.
The second morning home, I awoke to three things generally considered annoying: an early morning lawn mower, a barking dog, and the sound of the garbage truck coming down the street. They were the most beautiful sounds I ever heard!
I think of that day whenever I hear these sounds, even dogs late at night. I am not alone. I am in a neighborhood and a community I love. Read More
