Dr. Cook: Suicide Prevention …Knowing Signs, Getting Help
By GLENDON COOK, MD
Los Alamos Medical Center
Suicide is a complex and alarming public health issue that causes pain to hundreds of thousands of people each year. Suicide continues to be one of the fastest-growing epidemics around the world and is a leading cause of death in the U.S. In fact, the U.S. suicide rate in 2020 was 30 percent higher than in 2000, with nearly 46,000 deaths due to suicide. In the same year, there were an estimated 12.2 million Americans that seriously thought about suicide, while 3.2 million planned an attempt and 1.2 million actually attempted suicide.
With September serving Read More
An Open Book: The Big Momma Tent
By DAVID IZRAELEVITZ
Los Alamos
I have constructed and updated spreadsheets for every upcoming and possible money-related life-cycle decision. I have to consult Consumer Reports and online reviews for any substantial purchase, which by my definition is anything over $50. Someone who agonizes over such monetary matters is, almost by definition, not an impulse buyer. Yet, it was an impulse purchase thirty years ago that has provided me with some of my most cherished memories. I thought I was getting a good buy; I didn’t realize just how valuable it was.
My wife and I have enjoyed the outdoors since
Home Country: Flip You For It
Home Country
By SLIM RANDLES
The evening was one of those that come back to you time after time, year after long year.
It comes back and whispers of how good life can be when you’re well fed, enjoying life, and a good friend shares the front porch with you on a summer’s evening.
It was that way with Doc and Steve the other night. Doc thought he might have to do a scientific paper on the soporific effects of iced tea, fried chicken, and corn on the cob. As long as it didn’t take any effort.
So, when this huge meal had been bull-snaked down, the two grinning friends came out to the porch to watch the sun go down behind Read More
Amateur Naturalist: Observing Small Insect Life
Picture 1: Mosquitoes have three forms of symmetry for their legs and their body sections. Symmetry for their left and right sides; Symmetry of three legs on each side and each leg has three sections; Symmetry along their back: Two antennae, two eyes, two stripes and two wings. Photo by Robert Dryja
Picture 2: Adult Ladybird beetle: Smooth and round; Three parallel lines of dots; Mostly yellow with some black. Photo by Robert Dryja
Picture 3: Larval stage of the Ladybird beetle: Pointed and skinny; Three parallel yellow bands; Mostly black with some yellow. Photo by Robert Dryja
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Anderson: Let’s Be Better Neighbors … Stop Vandalizing
Someone slashed this ‘Ronchetti for Governor’ sign this morning and knocked over a ‘Stradling for Council’ sign in the yard of a residence on Barranca Mesa. Courtesy/Joyce Brinton Anderson
By JOYCE BRINTON ANDERSON
Los Alamos
I’ve lived in Los Alamos for almost 20 years. Fourteen of those years I lived in North Community, and for almost five years I’ve lived on Barranca Mesa, on the main road through the neighborhood.In these 20 years we’ve put signs out for mostly Republicans, for some Libertarians and yes, even the rare Democrat, but never once have had trouble. I’ve loved the fact that my neighbors Read More
Posts From The Road: Manito Park And Botanical Gardens
Duncan Gardens: The Duncan Gardens is the most impressive garden at Manito Park and Botanical Gardens. The formal English Garden is a lush display of manicured grass and a colorful display of annual bedding plants. Shown is a visitor entering the gardens on the left while two gardeners work on one of the beds on the right. A beautiful water fountain is set in the center of the garden. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com
Flowering Onion: A group of colorful flowering onion blooms stand out against the green foliage backdrop. The flowering onion blooms in May and June at Manito Park and Botanical Read More
Fr. Glenn: Laboring For Success
Fr. Glenn Jones:
Well, here we are at Labor Day again, when many take a holiday from … labor. Hmmm … seems a little strange. Not that I’m complaining. 😉
Of course, Labor Day was founded “to honor and recognize the American labor movement and the works and contributions of laborers to the development and achievements of the United States.” (Wikipedia). Hopefully our labor contributes to the benefit of not only ourselves and families, but of society as a whole. We labor with the aim of being “successful”.
But that begs the question: What is success?
Of course, many view success as the attainment Read More
