By Optum New Mexico July Fourth weekend is a time for family gatherings and flavorful barbecues and picnics. During this time, it’s important to take precautions when it comes to safe food handling, preparation and cooking to avoid food-borne illnesses like salmonella...
By Kimberly Blaker Whether you guffaw, chuckle, chortle, cackle, roar, howl, or giggle, the ability to laugh is shared by all people around the world. Humans even share this ability with apes and other primates. Charles Darwin and many other researchers have recorded...
By Autumn Gray Rosemarie was about 5 years old when she became enamored with the metal dog in a lightbulb. Its faint pink glow mesmerized her from the lamp on her mother’s nightstand. To Rosemarie’s delight, she inherited the lamp, and that Scottie under glass had –...
By Barry W. Ramo Medical Director, New Heart Fitness and Health Bob Odenkirk, better known as the star of the Albuquerque-based Better Call Saul TV series, was in the city for filming in July 2021. Without warning, he collapsed, unconscious on set. He had experienced...
By Eli Folick With travel, vacations, and social gatherings increasing during summer months, opportunities for eating multiply. Family get-togethers, camping and boating excursions, offer chances to share food and experience new restaurants in new places. Many of the...
By Brian D’Ambrosio Somers Randolph’s initial attraction to sculpture occurred when he was in high school. With most subjects, he realized, it was the teacher who held the knowledge, and the answers were largely preset. But in wood shop, Randolph could mutiny and...
Dog, cat shelters at maximum capacity need help By Autumn Gray Much of New Mexico has looked and felt like hell on earth during the past few months as the state’s largest fire in history torched 300,000+ acres east of Santa Fe. As of deadline for this story, that was...
By Lee Munson I’m going to let you in on a little secret: Getting old is no fun. But money can smooth over many of the aches and pains of growing older. Over the last 25 years, I’ve seen people do things with money that would blow your mind or bore you to death. Below...
By Brian D’Ambrosio Bladesmith Mardi Meshejian creates knives that shout with color and contrast, conveying the dignity, beauty, and intricacy of a craft that dates back thousands of years and across multiple continents. The son of a jeweler, the 51-year-old New York...
By Eli Follick Individuals trying to lose weight are not created equal. It is important to recognize before beginning a weight loss or wellness journey that everybody begins with a unique set of pre-existing challenges, conditions, mindsets, and body types. Keeping...
