Weekly Fishing Report: Oct. 4
The Conejos River Valley. Photo by George Morse/ladailypost.com
Cumbres Pass scenery. Photo by George Morse/ladailypost.com
By GEORGE MORSE The recent rainfall has muddied rivers and raised water levels in lakes and reservoirs. Once the water clears, the fishing should be good. The rain also benefits the vegetation, as perennial plants, grasses and trees that are starting to go dormant now will have a moist and favorable environment for their roots. Surprisingly, we have not had a frost yet here in the Espanola Valley.
It’s time to start seeing Read More
Letter To The Editor: Thank You For Attending Memorial Service For Nancy Bearss
By SARAH and ANNETTE FOXLetter To The Editor: Perspective On Respect – A Yard And A Home
By HELEN MILENSKICinema Cindy Reviews American Made
By CYNTHIA BIDDLECOMB“American Made” is the latest movie in which Tom Cruise plays a cheeky character caught up in shady deals. While a fun action film, American Made has a serious side to it; the film gives us a look into the morally questionable lengths to which the U.S. went in order to attempt the overthrow of leftist regimes in Central America. “Is all this legal,” asks Tom Cruise’s character? “It is when the good guys do it,” is the reply.
Cruise plays Barry Seal, a real life pilot who flew surveillance planes in Central America, then ran guns to the Contras—the insurgent group that
Fr. Glenn: Seeking The Good
By Rev. Glenn JonesYou may remember the movie “Letters from Iwo Jima” that came out about 10 years ago. “Letters” is fairly unique (in American cinema, at least) in telling the story of that World War II battle from a Japanese point of view. A particularly moving scene is when a Japanese soldier who knows English translates a killed Marine’s letter from home to a group of Japanese soldiers—a letter which transforms their attitudes from viewing the Americans as barbarians to seeing them as fellow men and warriors also simply doing what they see Read More
Amateur Naturalist: Growth Of Ponderosa Trees
A mature ponderosa stops growing upward but its horizontal branches continue to grow, becoming twisted and thicker. Photo by Robert Dryja 
Amateur Naturalist: The Growth of Ponderosa TreesTales Of Our Times: Essential Truth Requires Assembly
Tales of Our Times
By JOHN BARTLIT
New Mexico Citizens
for Clean Air & Water
Essential Truth Requires Assembly
The sharpest picture we have of how humans relate to others is the familiar parable of the six blind men and the elephant.
Generations of us learned from the imagery of the blind men. The meanings of it remain vivid today. One blind man touched a side and said an elephant is like a wall. One felt the tail and said an elephant is a rope. One felt a tusk and said an elephant is a spear. A leg made one say an elephant is a pillar. One felt an ear and said an elephant is a canvas butterfly and a man at the Read More
