The best and worst of 2016

The best and worst of 2016

2016 is come and gone and though it was definitely a dramatic year in a lot of ways, I’m not sure how monumental it was… Continue reading

The best and worst of 2016
The Bookworm Sez: Putting fat in perspective

The Bookworm Sez: Putting fat in perspective

Here’s something important: your pants don’t fit anymore. The blame, you’re sure, lands squarely with the holidays: too many toddies, too much figgy pudding. Perhaps… Continue reading

The Bookworm Sez: Putting fat in perspective

Business News

■ The KPEDD Industry Outlook Forum is Wednesday from 8 a.m.-7:30 p.m. at the Kenai Visitors Center, 11471 Kenai Spur Highway in Kenai, with lunch… Continue reading

Life in the Pedestrian Lane: 2017: We’re all in this together

Happy New Year!Here we are, eight days into the New Year. We’re slowly gaining daylight; the political spitting contest is slowing down, or heating up,… Continue reading

Notes from the Recycling Bin

— Original recipes by Alaska chefs, farmers and fishermen featuring Alaska Seafood and Alaska Grown produce are available at wildalaskaseafood.com/eatalaska. Celebrate the flavors of Alaska… Continue reading

Lois Jean Reimer

Births, News and Notes

Carly and Adam Reimer of Soldotna announce the birth of their daughter, Lois Jean Reimer, on Sept. 17, 2016. She weighed 7 pounds, 13 ounces… Continue reading

Lois Jean Reimer

Learning for Life: : Get back on track after the holidays

January tends to find most people with a few tins of leftover goodies in the pantry, a few extra pounds, a New Year’s Resolution to… Continue reading

Church News

Our Lady of Perpetual Help sets a place at the table A Place at the Table, a new outreach ministry at Our Lady of Perpetual… Continue reading

This undated photo shows a poinsettia flower in New Paltz, N.Y. Poinsettia's true flowers - the small, rounded structures at the very tips of the stems - aren't as showy as its red bracts, but are quite fascinating under a magnifying glass. (Lee Reich via AP)

There’s more to poinsettias than their showy leaves

Early winter is when poinsettias come into the limelight, showing off their colors in homes and shop windows. But a poinsettia is more than just… Continue reading

This undated photo shows a poinsettia flower in New Paltz, N.Y. Poinsettia's true flowers - the small, rounded structures at the very tips of the stems - aren't as showy as its red bracts, but are quite fascinating under a magnifying glass. (Lee Reich via AP)
In this Jan. 2, 2016 photo, Adam Holt, of Bend, rides a fat bike on one of the groomed singletrack trails at Wanoga Sno-park in Bend, Ore. For those who just refuse to stop mountain biking, even when most Central Oregon singletrack is covered in snow - fatbikes are an option.  (Joe Kline/The Bulletin via AP)

Fatbike tracks make mountain biking a year-round sport

BEND, Ore. — For those who just refuse to stop mountain biking, even when most Central Oregon singletrack is covered in snow — fatbikes are… Continue reading

In this Jan. 2, 2016 photo, Adam Holt, of Bend, rides a fat bike on one of the groomed singletrack trails at Wanoga Sno-park in Bend, Ore. For those who just refuse to stop mountain biking, even when most Central Oregon singletrack is covered in snow - fatbikes are an option.  (Joe Kline/The Bulletin via AP)
This map shows that goldeneyes banded in Alaska and the Yukon Territory, Canada, were mostly recovered on the southern Kenai Peninsula and Kodiak. (Data from the National Bird Banding Lab, Patuxent, MD)

Refuge Notebook: An eye on goldeneyes

During the past two summers, I have had strange encounters with a duck flying through the woods on my property. Usually in the dusky early… Continue reading

This map shows that goldeneyes banded in Alaska and the Yukon Territory, Canada, were mostly recovered on the southern Kenai Peninsula and Kodiak. (Data from the National Bird Banding Lab, Patuxent, MD)

An Outdoor View: Reader’s quiz

This week, a quiz for Peninsula Clarion readers:1. Snowy River is(a) a tributary of the Kasilof River.(b) a major river in the Australian states of… Continue reading

Lucy and Leo wait for Clarion editor Will Morrow on the front porch of Barber Cabin on Lower Russian Lake in Chugach National Forest on Sunday, Jan. 1, 2017. (Photo by Will Morrow/Peninsula Clarion)
Lucy and Leo wait for Clarion editor Will Morrow on the front porch of Barber Cabin on Lower Russian Lake in Chugach National Forest on Sunday, Jan. 1, 2017. (Photo by Will Morrow/Peninsula Clarion)

Voices of Faith: Resolution vs. renewal

Now that the season of Christmas is behind us, we enter into a new year. It’s a special time, a time when local gyms and… Continue reading

This image released by Universal Pictures shows Ash, voiced by Scarlett Johansson, in a scene from "Sing." (Illumination Entertainment/Universal Pictures via AP)

Reeling it in: ‘Sing’ has chops; ‘Assassin’s Creed’ stumbles

“Sing” Universal Pictures 1 hour, 48 minutes   “Assassin’s Creed” Twentieth Century Fox 1 hour, 55 minutes   This week, with Christmas break in full… Continue reading

This image released by Universal Pictures shows Ash, voiced by Scarlett Johansson, in a scene from "Sing." (Illumination Entertainment/Universal Pictures via AP)

What’s Happening for Jan. 5

Events and Exhibitions ■ The Performing Arts Society announces the return of two favorites in concert. Flutist Tomoka Raften will join forces with UAA guitarist… Continue reading

The Bookworm Sez: Will it really make us stronger? Book aims to find out

The Bookworm Sez: Will it really make us stronger? Book aims to find out

You might need an extra blanket tonight. Or three, because the temperature doesn’t seem to match your comfort level. Brrrrrrrrr. Yes, it’s winter and yes,… Continue reading

The Bookworm Sez: Will it really make us stronger? Book aims to find out

Poet’s Corner: Debbie

DebbieBy Brent Johnson, Clam Gulch Could we hear cottonwoods whispering soft?The voice must be Debbie’s somewhere aloft.Ole cutie owl hootie-hoo’s to the dovebeams like a… Continue reading

Pioneer Potluck: About filling the memory jar. A sauna story.

Nikiski, Alaska 1986 to 1990 Building Christmas memories Christmas Eve 2016   Memory Number One: We once lived in a small log cabin with one… Continue reading

Preserve the past, safeguard the future with heirloom keeper recipes

For the holidays over the past few years, my friend, Lainey Smith, of Bluffton, has baked me a cheese pie made from a special passed-down… Continue reading