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Learning for Life: Portion distortion

Portion distortion In the last 20 years, portion sizes of food have substantially increased. An average serving of french fries today contains 400 more calories… Continue reading

How Alaskans fared during the transition of rule

By SHANA LOSHBAUGH For the Clarion The Treaty of Cession, for all practical purposes, left many Alaskans in limbo. After the news reached the far-flung… Continue reading

Unhinged Alaska: Officially it’s spring, so now what?

After several weeks of intense sunshine showering the landscape with rays of cold so intense that the official arrival of spring felt more like stepping… Continue reading

Church News

Priscilla Shirer live simulcast New Life Assembly is a peninsula host location for the live simulcast of Bible teacher and author Priscilla Shirer. The event… Continue reading

This June 6, 2010 photo taken in New Market, Va., shows hydrangea blooming red and blue on the same bush. Hydrangea are coarse-textured plants that draw the eye because of their contrasts in shape or appearance. (Dean Fosdick via AP)

Don’t forget about texture when planning your garden

The most popular element in landscape design is color, but texture is another important building block. Texture in gardening can be seen as well as… Continue reading

This June 6, 2010 photo taken in New Market, Va., shows hydrangea blooming red and blue on the same bush. Hydrangea are coarse-textured plants that draw the eye because of their contrasts in shape or appearance. (Dean Fosdick via AP)
This Sept. 6, 2008 photo provided by John Chao shows the Fire & Ice sign in Mount Rainier National Park in Washington. Photographer John Chao captured this good example of how interpretive signs work best: this panel in the park is placed in front of the geological feature it describes, so visitors can see the landscape and read about it at the same time. (John Chao via AP)

A lot of design goes into those helpful park and trail maps

By KIM COOK Associated Press A hike in the woods or a stroll through a preserve or park can be enhanced by a good trail… Continue reading

This Sept. 6, 2008 photo provided by John Chao shows the Fire & Ice sign in Mount Rainier National Park in Washington. Photographer John Chao captured this good example of how interpretive signs work best: this panel in the park is placed in front of the geological feature it describes, so visitors can see the landscape and read about it at the same time. (John Chao via AP)

An Outdoor View: Friends

It’s sad when your children die before you do, but it’s also sad when you outlive your friends. On Mar. 25, 2017, Howard Van Ness,… Continue reading

A view from the top of the hill overlooking Marsh Lake in the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge. Various animal tracks can be seen along the trail. (Photo by Travis Mabe, USFWS)

Refuge Notebook: Breaking in Marsh Lake Trail

As March becomes a distant memory, time does remain for some end-of-the-season skiing or snowshoeing before spring finally decides to roll into town. I’ve been… Continue reading

A view from the top of the hill overlooking Marsh Lake in the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge. Various animal tracks can be seen along the trail. (Photo by Travis Mabe, USFWS)
Musher Gus Guenther takes off from the starting line of Freddie’s Midnight Run on Saturday, April 1 in Caribou Hills after the race’s shotgun start, where mushers race from their sleeping bags and hook up their dogs before starting on the trail. (Kat Sorensen/Peninsula Clarion).

Freddie’s Midnight Runners

There were only two rules at the Freddie’s Midnight Run dog sled race through the Caribou Hills on Saturday — be nice and don’t cheat.… Continue reading

Musher Gus Guenther takes off from the starting line of Freddie’s Midnight Run on Saturday, April 1 in Caribou Hills after the race’s shotgun start, where mushers race from their sleeping bags and hook up their dogs before starting on the trail. (Kat Sorensen/Peninsula Clarion).
Metoo the sled dog protects baby Lynx. The challenge of bringing home a newborn daughter to a life with 40 dogs is just one of the stories shared in “Life with Forty Dogs,” by Kasilof musher Joseph Robertia, which came out Tuesday, April 4, 2017. (Photo courtesy Joseph Robertia)

A kennel of characters: Dogs get their day with Kasilof musher, writer

One Kasilof family has turned their love of animals into a sled dog kennel where the stories of the dogs take center stage. Those stories… Continue reading

Metoo the sled dog protects baby Lynx. The challenge of bringing home a newborn daughter to a life with 40 dogs is just one of the stories shared in “Life with Forty Dogs,” by Kasilof musher Joseph Robertia, which came out Tuesday, April 4, 2017. (Photo courtesy Joseph Robertia)
The Bookworm Sez: Work with others? Read this

The Bookworm Sez: Work with others? Read this

Your co-worker is an idiot. All day long, he’s blah-blah-blah, telling you how great he is, the coolest guy ever. If you’ve done something, he’s… Continue reading

The Bookworm Sez: Work with others? Read this
In this image released by Paramount Pictures, Scarlett Johansson appears in a scene from, “Ghost in the Shell.” (Jasin Boland/Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks Pictures via AP)

Reeling it in: More than a machine in ‘Ghost in the Shell’

“Ghost in the Shell” Paramount Pictures 1 hour, 47 minutes I read an article recently where the author postulated that Scarlett Johansson is at her… Continue reading

In this image released by Paramount Pictures, Scarlett Johansson appears in a scene from, “Ghost in the Shell.” (Jasin Boland/Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks Pictures via AP)
This 2017 photo shows Italian stuffed strawberries in New York. This dish is from a recipe by Sara Moulton. (Sara Moulton via AP)

This strawberry season, make a dessert inspired by cannoli

I developed this recipe to take advantage of strawberry season. Some of you are naturally scratching your head. “Strawberry season? Name a time of year… Continue reading

  • Apr 4, 2017
  • By SARA MOULTON
  • Food
This 2017 photo shows Italian stuffed strawberries in New York. This dish is from a recipe by Sara Moulton. (Sara Moulton via AP)
This March 24, 2017 photo provided by The Culinary Institute of America shows a Ginnie Meyer cocktail in Hyde Park, N.Y. This dish is from a recipe by the CIA. (Phil Mansfield/The Culinary Institute of America via AP)

For a summer cocktail, look no further than a Ginnie Meyer

As we ease on down that road toward spring, you might start dipping your toe back into outdoor living. It starts with two minutes of… Continue reading

  • Apr 4, 2017
  • By The Culinary Institute of America
  • Food
This March 24, 2017 photo provided by The Culinary Institute of America shows a Ginnie Meyer cocktail in Hyde Park, N.Y. This dish is from a recipe by the CIA. (Phil Mansfield/The Culinary Institute of America via AP)
This March 26, 2017 photo shows Dijon and sherry chicken tenders in Coronado, Calif. This dish is from a recipe by Melissa d’Arabian. (Melissa d’Arabian via AP)

Mustard and sherry inspire adult-friendly chicken tenders

I mentioned to my husband recently that I had mastered an oven-baked chicken tender recipe, and his response was a little underwhelming; dismissive even. It… Continue reading

  • Apr 4, 2017
  • By MELISSA D’ARABIAN
  • Food
This March 26, 2017 photo shows Dijon and sherry chicken tenders in Coronado, Calif. This dish is from a recipe by Melissa d’Arabian. (Melissa d’Arabian via AP)
This February 2017 photo shows a burrata and prosciutto pizza in New York. This dish is from a recipe by Katie Workman. (Sarah Crowder via AP)

COOKING ON DEADLINE: Burrata and Prosciutto Pizza

If you haven’t had the chance to try burrata, I would be honored if this recipe became the first occasion. Burrata is a semisoft, white… Continue reading

  • Apr 4, 2017
  • By KATIE WORKMAN
  • Food
This February 2017 photo shows a burrata and prosciutto pizza in New York. This dish is from a recipe by Katie Workman. (Sarah Crowder via AP)
Gray man as a tow-head &

Pioneer Potluck: My hair, your hair, everybody’s hair

What is the first thing you notice when you talk to your friends, your neighbors or a stranger? I bet it is their hair! What… Continue reading

  • Apr 4, 2017
  • By Ann ‘Granie Annie’ Berg
  • Food
Gray man as a tow-head &
Jed Davis of Adrianne Bosic's class at Nikiski North Star Elementary recited his speech on Bob Ross, host of "The Joy of Painting," at the school's wax museum on Thursday, March 30. Davis sported Ross' signature hair and his pet, Peapod the Pocket Squirrel. (Kat Sorensen/Peninsula Clarion)

Move over, Madame Tussauds

Students at Nikiski North Star Elementary took a page from Madame Tussaud’s playbook on Thursday when they hosted their own wax museum highlighting important figures… Continue reading

Jed Davis of Adrianne Bosic's class at Nikiski North Star Elementary recited his speech on Bob Ross, host of "The Joy of Painting," at the school's wax museum on Thursday, March 30. Davis sported Ross' signature hair and his pet, Peapod the Pocket Squirrel. (Kat Sorensen/Peninsula Clarion)

Alaskans and the Treaty of Cession

In the summer of 1867, in the village of Nikolaevsk (not the one now bearing that name, but the one now called Kenai), the priest,… Continue reading

4-H’er of the Month: Pederson brings creativity to 4-H club

4-H’er of the Month: Pederson brings creativity to 4-H club

Pederson brings creativity to 4-H club Adela Pederson is Homer All’s 4-H Club, 4-H’er of the Month. Despite having her mother as a club leader,… Continue reading

4-H’er of the Month: Pederson brings creativity to 4-H club