Lifestyles

Smart Design With Suzette: Green Living

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Green living. Courtesy photo
 
Smart Design With Suzette
By SUZETTE FOX
 
Green Living

For a while now I have wanted to write a series of articles on the latest green products for your home. One of my desires is to get the word out to folks far and wide so when it comes time to make renovations there is information available to make decisions with the least negative effect on our environment and our own health. I plan on putting these products in my own home right along with you.

Every object you own — your furniture, your clothing, your beer cans, your stuff — comes from somewhere; Read More

Pastor Granillo: Constant Change

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By Pastor RAUL GRANILLO
Los Alamos

Schoolwork has changed drastically since I was a kid. I realized this a few years ago when my oldest daughter started school, but it was only a little while back that I considered how much it had changed even between my time and my parents’ time.

I remember telling my mom about the new Apple IIe’s at our elementary school and how amazed she was at the idea of computers in public schools. Things had certainly changed since she was a child decades before.

We have all heard, many times, that the only constant is change. Peter wrote—almost 2,000 years ago—that, “[God’s] Read More

Los Alamos Single Family Home Sales Hold Steady Condo Sales Up

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By CINDY HOLLABAUGH, President
Los Alamos Association Of Realtors

Single Family Home sales held nearly steady from 69 in the 3rd quarter of 2014 to 68 this quarter. 

Single Family Home sales volumes also remained nearly flat from $21.1M in 2014 to $21.2M for the 3rd quarter of 2015. Condo and Townhome sales jumped in the 3rd quarter of 2015 to 21 units compared to 14 units sold in the same quarter of 2014. 

The median price of Single Family Home sales fell when compared to the 3rd quarter of 2014 or $282,250 to $276,500 in this quarter. During this same period, the median price of Condos/Townhomes Read More

History Of Jews In LANL’s Theoretical Division Discussed At Public Presentation Oct. 4

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LANL News:

Acting Los Alamos National Laboratory Theoretical Division Leader Jack Shlachter discusses the history of Jews in T Division during the Manhattan Project in a special presentation at 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 4 at the Bradbury Science Museum in downtown Los Alamos. The talk is free and open to the public.

Shlachter notes that in 1945 a “disproportionate fraction” of T Division management was of Jewish origin. He will talk about several of these individuals and explore what role, if any, their religious background played in their lives.

A snapshot of the Theoretical Division Read More

Experience 17 New Mexico True Adventures During Balloon Fiesta Beginning Saturday Oct. 3

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The Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta begins Saturday. CourtesyNMT

STATE News:

The New Mexico Tourism Department has created a list of 17 things for visitors to do during Balloon Fiesta week, encouraging an extended stay for the hundreds of thousands of visitors that travel to see New Mexico’s sky burst with color in early October.
 
The list, titled “17 New Mexico True Adventures You Need to Experience During Balloon Fiesta,” showcases the wide variety of cultural activities and authentic experiences visitors can encounter before, during and after the Albuquerque International Read More

Food On The Hill: Red Green Chile With Corn, Mushrooms And Goat Cheese

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Red and green chile with corn, mushrooms and goat cheese. Photo by Felicia Orth
 
Roasted red chile. Photo by Felicia Orth
 
Food On The Hill
By FELICIA ORTH

Red Green Chile With Corn, Mushrooms And Goat Cheese

I get as excited as any New Mexican in the summer when first greeted at the market by the smell of roasting green chiles, the whoosh of the flames, and the crackling of the blistering pepper skin.

I get just as excited at the end of the chile roasting season, right about now, because this is the time the green chile is ripening to deep red. This is when I purchase my sacks of chile for the freezer, Read More

This Week At Farmers Market Oct. 1

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LAFM News:
 
Look and see what’s at Farmers Market this week:
 
Chiles, peppers, egg plant, cucumbers, tomatoes, squash, carrots, ungraded eggs, cheeses, apples, grapes, honey, honey sticks, weavings, pickled cucumbers and beets, jams, vinegars, pork, beef, garlic, onions, sharpening service, kettle corn, plants, cut flowers, kohl robi, green beans, potatoes, corn, apple cider, cider snowcones, coffee, breakfast rolls, tarts, breads, tortillas, sprouts, pea and mung bean, sage decorations, goat milk soap, soaps, lavender body products, pies, fruit breads, herb
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How The Hen House Turns: Nesting

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How the Hen House Turns
By CAROLYN (CARY) NEEPER Ph.D.
 
Nesting

David Attenborough has hosted a special on PBS called “Animal Dwellings”, which reminds us that we are not alone in needing shelter or knowing how to construct it.

Beavers do a fine job of building dams and water lodges that contain a vented family room, a mud room, and a moat to protect it all.

But it is the birds that practice a wide variety of specialized architectural skills. We are amazed at the Merganser ducks that hatch in a hollow tree and jump 50 feet out of the nest when mother calls for a walk through the woods to water.

Hummingbirds Read More