By Brian D’Ambrosio Carlis Chee was born on the Navajo Nation in Arizona, where his parents abandoned him, and he was shuttled between unstable living situations and austere boarding schools. He describes his upbringing as broken, full of strife, and marked by food...
By Lewis Lang One of the questions seniors most frequently ask me is, “What company should I use for cell phone service?” I do have some recommendations depending on a couple of different factors, and if you are not satisfied with you current provider, you should know...
By Kimberly Blaker Getting startled by a strange noise after going to bed is a common experience, and it’s easy to fear that it may be an intruder. Fortunately, most of the time, those bumps in the night turn out to be little more than the ice maker or the house...
By Optum New Mexico New Mexicans sleep a little better than most Americans. According to the United Health Foundation’s Annual America’s Health Rankings, 32.3 percent of adults report insufficient sleep, defined as sleeping fewer than seven hours in a 24-hour period....
By Tania Soussan Carol Briggs is so devoted to Treetop that she tries not to leave the little cat home alone too often. She’ll sometimes even ask her son to “babysit” when she goes to volunteer every Thursday afternoon at Gentiva Hospice. The blue-eyed beauty who...
By Tania Soussan Mark Dyke’s bronze sandhill crane is so graceful, it could be a sculpture of a ballerina, and that’s no coincidence. The Albuquerque artist spends a lot of time in nature, including in the Rio Grande Bosque, watching the cranes landing, taking off...
By Kimberly Blaker What better way to spend quality time with your grandchildren and get in touch with nature than through a fresh, invigorating walk in the woods, along a river, or at the beach? What’s more, family hikes make for fun learning opportunities for...
Setting Resolutions for 2023 is a Simple Way to Start By Optum New Mexico A new year brings new resolutions that can lead to improvements in daily habits as well as health benefits for many older New Mexicans. In fact, according to a 2019 report published in JAMA,...
By Autumn Gray Give Linda Anderman an inch and she’ll take a kilometer. The Los Alamos National Laboratory retiree has spent 10 years and $25,000 trying to kickstart a serious federal conversation about replacing the U.S. measurement system with the metric system. She...
By Kimberly Blaker As the holidays approach, are your grandkids scrounging to buy gifts they can't afford for family and friends? If so, here are some fun craft ideas you and the little ones can work on together when they visit and that make great gifts, too. Tell a...
