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Photo courtesy Ann Berg                                Ann Berg and her husband, Bob, can be seen in March 1995 during a -17-degree cold snap.

Pioneer Potluck: Not like the old days

A far cry from the days when we could brave freezing tempatures with no power

  • Jan 14, 2020
Photo courtesy Ann Berg                                Ann Berg and her husband, Bob, can be seen in March 1995 during a -17-degree cold snap.
Schools briefs for the week of Jan. 13-19, 2020

Schools briefs for the week of Jan. 13-19, 2020

What’s happening this week

  • Jan 11, 2020
Schools briefs for the week of Jan. 13-19, 2020
Minister’s Message: What is your 2020 plan?

Minister’s Message: What is your 2020 plan?

The Bible speaks a lot about making plans.

  • Jan 9, 2020
Minister’s Message: What is your 2020 plan?
Refuge Notebook: Exploring agriculture of the Kenai, 1897-1898

Refuge Notebook: Exploring agriculture of the Kenai, 1897-1898

On June 8, 1897, Dr. Walter H. Evans of the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Benton Killin, a retired lawyer and regent of the Oregon… Continue reading

Refuge Notebook: Exploring agriculture of the Kenai, 1897-1898
Tangled Up in Blue: Heart’s Invisible Furies

Tangled Up in Blue: Heart’s Invisible Furies

I came up with a handful of good, meaningful New Year’s resolutions but by Jan. 2, I had failed most of them. My resolutions usually… Continue reading

Tangled Up in Blue: Heart’s Invisible Furies
Ann Berg

Pioneer Potluck: Memories of my mom on her birthday

This week’s recipes: banana bread, stir-fried chicken, Mexican fiesta bake, sour cream lemon pie.

  • Jan 7, 2020
  • By ANN “GRANNIE ANNIE” BERG For the Peninsula Clarion
Ann Berg
Kachemak Cuisine: Make tasty oyster dishes with fresh, local seafood

Kachemak Cuisine: Make tasty oyster dishes with fresh, local seafood

The oysters farmed in Kachemak Bay are some of the best anywhere.

Kachemak Cuisine: Make tasty oyster dishes with fresh, local seafood
Opinion: The 2010s were a decade of perseverance for small businesses

Opinion: The 2010s were a decade of perseverance for small businesses

True to the entrepreneurial spirit and American dream, small businesses persevered.

Opinion: The 2010s were a decade of perseverance for small businesses
A Chinook salmon pictured in Oregon’s McKenzie River. This adult fish is shorter in length than its predecessors were.                                (File photo)

Voices of the Peninsula: Politicians must keep their promises and protect our salmon

Ours are but a few of the last great remaining intact salmon runs.

  • Jan 6, 2020
A Chinook salmon pictured in Oregon’s McKenzie River. This adult fish is shorter in length than its predecessors were.                                (File photo)
It’s a beautiful day

It’s a beautiful day

When I’m thinking casual wardrobe, a hooded sweatshirt isn’t the first thing that comes to mind.

  • Jan 4, 2020
  • By WILL MORROW For the Peninsula Clarion
It’s a beautiful day
Michael Armstrong stands by Knik Arm in Anchorage shortly after arriving in Alaska in December 1979. The weird glow is caused by taking a photo of a slide illuminated by a desk lamp. (Photo provided by Mark Heffernan)

Out of the Office: From Florida to Alaska — A wild 40 years

Like true superheroes, every Alaskan has an origin story. The really cool origin story might involve being born a sixth-generation Alaskan from a sourdough ancestor… Continue reading

Michael Armstrong stands by Knik Arm in Anchorage shortly after arriving in Alaska in December 1979. The weird glow is caused by taking a photo of a slide illuminated by a desk lamp. (Photo provided by Mark Heffernan)
Minister’s Message: A new year and new beginnings

Minister’s Message: A new year and new beginnings

Well, here we are again. It is a new year. Perhaps some of you have made New Year’s resolutions. Resolutions are the promises we make… Continue reading

  • Jan 2, 2020
Minister’s Message: A new year and new beginnings
Refuge Notebook: Tales of a wildlife biologist

Refuge Notebook: Tales of a wildlife biologist

In 1975, as a freshman in Wildlife Ecology at the University of Wisconsin, I was required to take a weekly no-credit orientation seminar during my… Continue reading

Refuge Notebook: Tales of a wildlife biologist
Carla Cope and her daughter, Nova, pose next to their paintings at left at the Nov. 8, 2019, opening of the 10x10 show at Bunnell Street Arts Center in Homer, Alaska. Nova painted the background elements to the paintings and her mother added to that. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

Cope’s ‘Burst’ show sparks light in dark of winter

Cope has been an almost lifelong artist who knew from age 2 she wanted to create.

Carla Cope and her daughter, Nova, pose next to their paintings at left at the Nov. 8, 2019, opening of the 10x10 show at Bunnell Street Arts Center in Homer, Alaska. Nova painted the background elements to the paintings and her mother added to that. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
Nick Varney

Unhinged Alaska: The Neanderthal and the procrastinator

On the eve of Christmas Eve, I received an annual phone call from a great friend.

Nick Varney
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Minister’s Message: Rejoice in the power of a name

A young engaged couple each had a supernatural encounter about the name of their son.

  • Dec 26, 2019
  • Mitch Glover For the Peninsula Clarion
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Tangled Up in Blue: Wrapping Up

Tangled Up in Blue: Wrapping Up

I picked up my journal this morning, ready to start closing out another year in its pages. Instead, I found myself looking back at previous… Continue reading

Tangled Up in Blue: Wrapping Up
Refuge Notebook: Stories of refuge’s past and present

Refuge Notebook: Stories of refuge’s past and present

It is the time of year for reflection, where we look back at the year and express gratitude for the many good things that happened,… Continue reading

Refuge Notebook: Stories of refuge’s past and present

All ages use imagination for Kenai gingerbread house contest

Some of the sweetest ideas featured at the annual gingerbread house contest hosted by the Kenai Chamber of Commerce prove that age is not a… Continue reading

Minister’s Message: Remembering the greatest gift of all on Christmas

Minister’s Message: Remembering the greatest gift of all on Christmas

Christmas is about the gifts. But not the kind that can be purchased with a credit card.

  • Dec 19, 2019
  • Rick Cupp Minister, Kenai Fellowship
Minister’s Message: Remembering the greatest gift of all on Christmas