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Scenes Of Snowy Day Around Downtown Los Alamos

Crews clear snow from the sidewalk near the LANL Community Programs Office today on Central Avenue. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

A lone raven perches on a tree top today in downtown Los Alamos. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

Snow falls today and rests on the back and head of the elephant statue at Ashley Pond Park. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com Read More

Santa Fe Opera Appoints David Lomelí Chief Artistic Officer

David Lomelí

SFO News:

SANTA FE — The Santa Fe Opera (SFO) announced Friday the appointment of David Lomelí as Chief Artistic Officer commencing May 1.

Lomelí will be responsible for the artistic operations of the company including casting. This newly created position combines key aspects of two current positions, that of outgoing Artistic Director Alexander Neef and recently retired Director of Artistic Administration Brad Woolbright.

“I could not be more thrilled to welcome David to the Santa Fe Opera,” SFO General Director Robert K. Meya said. “Not only is he one of the leading casting Read More

Local Scout Sasha Carr Creates Birdhouses For PEEC

Local Scout Sasha Carr created birdhouses to donate to the Pajarito Environmental Education Center. These unique birdhouses are for sale in PEEC’s online gift shop now. Courtesy/PEEC

Birdhouses created by local Scout Sasha Carr are for sale in PEEC’s online gift shop. Courtesy/PEEC

PEEC News: 

When you’re a Scout charged with doing community service, but it’s 2020 and a pandemic, how do you accomplish this?

For local Scout Sasha Carr, the answer was to make birdhouses and donate them to the Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC) for sale in their online gift shop.

“My father was a very Read More

View Of Snow And Icicles At Soda Dam Hot Spring

View this morning of snow and icicles at the Soda Dam Hot Spring, also known as the Jemez Springs Soda Dam or simply Soda Dam. the Soda Dam Hot Spring is a grouping of 15 hot springs. The Soda Dam was formed by calcium carbonate and travertine deposits from thermal spring water that was built up over the course of 7,000 years. The river flows through the dome-like bridge created by the deposition of these minerals across the river. The waterfall is more than 300 feet long, 50 feet high and 50 feet wide at the base. The hot spring water is heated by volcanic magma of the Valles Caldera. The water percolates Read More

Snow Rests In Patches On Oppie And Groves

Snow rests in patches on the statues of Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer, left, and Gen. Leslie Groves Sunday near Fuller Lodge Art Center in downtown Los Alamos. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More

County Crews Plowing And Sanding Snow Packed Roads

County road crews are out plowing and sanding the streets but due to cold temperatures streets are snow packed as shown here early this morning on Diamond Drive. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com Read More

Father Theophan: Tools

Pottery tools. Photo by Father Theophan

By Father Theophan
Saint Job of Pochaiv Orthodox Church
Los Alamos

I’ve come to realize something over the years of puttering around in my workshops, both here and in the previous places I’ve lived and worked: I like tools. If there is a hobby that requires a bunch of tools, equipment, and/or skills, there is a better chance that I will like pursuing it. That may be why I’d rather rock-climb than run. All the harnesses, ropes, and carabiners are fun and interesting! Running shoes? Bah! Everyone has shoes!

Pottery is one of those things in which, the deeper you Read More

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