Ask Nancy Q+A: Lacking Neighborly Love

Dear Nancy, Three years ago, I was in a devastating car accident that changed my life. The severity of the wreck badly burned my entire body with most of the damage done to my face. My right arm had to be amputated below my elbow.

Always Living and Learning

Decorated Native American writer and college professor N (Navarre) Scott Momaday once wrote an essay about his one and only meeting with his great grandmother, an aged, loving woman named Keahdinekeah. The essay appeared in Momaday’s 1976 book called `The Names,’ a memoir of his life.

Letters to the Editor

Bad Legislation Dear editor, Every NM State Legislative Session I hold my breath waiting to see what happens with the terrible bills that are brought forth. New Mexico is the most liberal state in the southwest. We are also ranked very near to the bottom in education, poverty, economic development.

Scratchin' Out A Little Living

When the COVID-19 pandemic surged in the spring of 2020, and we all accepted the reality of how lethal this virus was, non-essential workers were mandated to leave job sites and work from home if possible. Businesses shuttered and many never recovered.

Letters to the Editor

Dear editor, Sad to hear about the recent passing of another former policeman Mr. Bill Johnson who was a former Chief of Police of Grants, and Acoma. Bill started his own investigator company in Albuquerque for many years and was a good man.

The Postscript

My mother has a pet squirrel named Stubby. He is not, technically, her pet, as he lives outdoors as a wild squirrel.

Civics Potpourri

Every day we are bombarded with restrictions on what we should or should not say. We are told what we should own or not own. We are told how we should or should not live. I and millions of others tend to think about where you should place your restrictions.

Letters to the Editor

LAMS Pride Dear editor, Vivian Carlson coaches the young ladies from Los Alamitos Middle School. Those of us that have watched her teams play know why they are undefeated.

Get Your H.A.T.

Although everyone thinks Valentine’s Day started off romantic, it did not. The origin of Valentine’s Day is unclear, but what is thought to be the origin started in Rome. It was possibly in the third century, Saint Valentine, along with another man preached on the streets.

State of Affairs

The United States is under threat. The Free World is under threat. Our liberties and way of life is under threat. Now is the time to wake up.