“Gladiator II” has some awfully big sandals to fill, both commercially and creatively. Its predecessor, 2000’s “Gladiator,” made $187 million at the domestic box office. The new film has thus far made an estimated $132 million after three weekends of release. With a lot of money up for grabs in the upcoming holiday season, another […]
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Backyard Reflections: The Grandfathers
Sapawe is an ancestral Tewa Pueblo located outside of El Rito. Until this weekend, I had never been to the ruin. I didn’t know, for example, that it was the largest ruin in New Mexico, and perhaps the entire Southwest, or that during the period it was built and occupied (1300-1500s), 10,000 people lived […]
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Kids’ Book Review: ‘The Outsmarters’
The Outsmarters By Deborah Ellis This is definitely a Middle School/Young Adult read, full of shock and awe, The Outsmarters is a realistic fiction novel published in 2024. While reading this selection, I found myself feeling angry, sad, bewildered, and even happy at times. Some parts were ironically funny! Kate is a 12-year-old, very […]
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Movie Review: ‘Moana 2’
2016’s “Moana” is probably my favorite animated Disney movie of the modern era. I have plenty of nice things to say about “Frozen,” “Zootopia,” “Encanto,” and several others, but “Moana,” with its timelessly relatable main character, sharp physical comedy, and multiple memorable songs, puts it just coir above the competition. When an evidently rushed sequel […]
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Backyard Reflections: Winterberry Wonder
During the early autumn, I search for the first native wild winterberry’s bittersweet orange to scarlet fruits. Winterberry, a member of the holly family, loves to have wet feet and grows the best along the shorelines around the ponds and other lowlands. If it’s a good year for fruiting, after the shrub’s oval leaves […]
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Do you have room in your heart?
We are very excited to introduce you to Milo. Milo is a hound/staffy mix. He is a strong young dog, we are estimating that he is between 10-12 months old. Milo came to us as a stray over the summer. He has so much personality and is very active. We have been working with him […]
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News You can Use – Winter isolation
The colorful fall leaves are long gone, and the shorter days of December have arrived with the promise of starry nights and maybe a hint of snow. There is a feeling of expectation in the air as we hurry along thinking of the upcoming holidays. Perhaps it is my northern Scottish heritage, but I just […]
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News You can Use – Winter isolation
The colorful fall leaves are long gone, and the shorter days of December have arrived with the promise of starry nights and maybe a hint of snow. There is a feeling of expectation in the air as we hurry along thinking of the upcoming holidays. Perhaps it is my northern Scottish heritage, but I just […]
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Movie Review: ‘Wicked’
It was in the spring of 2004 that I first saw Idina Menzel and Kristen Chenoweth perform the showstopping “Defying Gravity” from the Broadway blockbuster “Wicked” at the Tony Awards. Since that moment was over 20 years ago, it means that I have waited literal decades for a big-screen version of “Wicked.” I’ve more than […]
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Do you have room in your heart?
Often, we have long-term resident cats or dogs who need a particular type of household, or those who don’t stand out much to humans – like our Solone. A good Samaritan found Solone in their yard with her kittens, and she wasn’t very friendly, which led us to believe she had been living outside for […]