This photo provided by courtesy of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden shows a Malus slant style bonsai in Spring in New York. The very best bonsai stories are about passion and beauty and transformation. "A dewdrop hanging for a split-second, that is bonsai," says Julian Velasco, curator of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden's bonsai collection, one of the largest and oldest outside Japan. (AP Photo/Brooklyn Botanic Garden)

Bonsai: the haiku of the tree world

NEW YORK — Many people have a bonsai story: a first bonsai, a struggling bonsai. And many of these stories do not end happily, at… Continue reading

This photo provided by courtesy of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden shows a Malus slant style bonsai in Spring in New York. The very best bonsai stories are about passion and beauty and transformation. "A dewdrop hanging for a split-second, that is bonsai," says Julian Velasco, curator of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden's bonsai collection, one of the largest and oldest outside Japan. (AP Photo/Brooklyn Botanic Garden)

Poem: For Salvador

For SalvadorBy Byron Nalos, Nikiskipulling anchors from the seaand squinting in Susitna’s breeze,anchorlines ten fathoms longsnagged and gilled Leviathan, snagged in mud, or even morea… Continue reading

Out of the box recipes with cereal

Some new, out-of-the box recipes, from our friends at Post Foods, makes it possible to enjoy one of America’s favorite breakfast cereals, Honey Bunches of… Continue reading

  • Apr 1, 2014
  • By Sue Ade
  • Food

Pioneer Potluck: About growing up on the farm

1937 to 1955 Northern Colorado   If you turned off Highway 14 going east out of Fort Collins, at Cactus Hill Observatory Grade School District… Continue reading

  • Apr 1, 2014
  • By Grannie Annie
  • Food
This 'What are YOU looking at?" expression epitomizes CeCi's attitude, say CECi's owners, Tony and Cindy Olds of Kenai. CeCi is a rescue cat.
This 'What are YOU looking at?" expression epitomizes CeCi's attitude, say CECi's owners, Tony and Cindy Olds of Kenai. CeCi is a rescue cat.

Food for thought

If we didn’t know it before, the credit card bill from our spring break trip to Hawaii confirmed it: my family is a bunch of… Continue reading

Community news and notes

Community news and notes

Josh and Brooke Mastre of Soldotna announce the birth of their daughter, Danica Brynn Mastre, born Tuesday, March 18, at 10:19 p.m. at Central Peninsula… Continue reading

Community news and notes

Learning for Life: Backyard birch tapping

Ever wonder how to make Birch Syrup from our native birch trees? Cooperative Extension Service has a new publication out “Backyard Birch Tapping Basics” that… Continue reading

Church news

Youth at Our Lady of the Angels to perform Stations of the Cross The youth at Our Lady of the Angels, Catholic Church will be… Continue reading

Wetlands donated to Montana’s Outdoor Legacy Foundation

BIGFORK, Mont. (AP) — Thirty acres of land with 3,500 feet of Flathead River shoreline has been donated to Montana’s Outdoor Legacy Foundation. The Missoulian… Continue reading

Photo courtesy Kenai National Wildlife Refuge

Refuge Notebook: Defining Wilderness in a climate changing world

What is “wilderness”? It’s much easier to say what it isn’t than what it is.  It certainly isn’t Central Park. Sometimes it’s tough to acknowledge… Continue reading

Photo courtesy Kenai National Wildlife Refuge

Les Palmer: Remember the Exxon Valdez

Author’s note: The Clarion first published this column on Mar. 17, 2009, the 20th anniversary of Alaska’s worst environmental disaster to date. Lest we forget,… Continue reading

In this photo taken March 7, 2014, Brian Grossman, poses with his mountain bike near Shevlin Park in Bend, Ore.  Grossman is racing the Cape Epic, an eight-day, 445-mile mountain bike race in South Africa that includes more than 48,720 feet of vertical climbing in temperatures over 100 degrees. Grossman is racing to raise funds and awareness for Kids in the Game, a Bend nonprofit he co-founded that provides financial support for underprivileged youths to help them get active and participate in sports. (AP Photo/The Bulletin, Robb Kerr)

Mountain biker headed for epic Africa race

BEND, Ore. — It has been called the Tour de France of mountain bike stage races. The eight-day Cape Epic in South Africa spans nearly… Continue reading

In this photo taken March 7, 2014, Brian Grossman, poses with his mountain bike near Shevlin Park in Bend, Ore.  Grossman is racing the Cape Epic, an eight-day, 445-mile mountain bike race in South Africa that includes more than 48,720 feet of vertical climbing in temperatures over 100 degrees. Grossman is racing to raise funds and awareness for Kids in the Game, a Bend nonprofit he co-founded that provides financial support for underprivileged youths to help them get active and participate in sports. (AP Photo/The Bulletin, Robb Kerr)
In this photo taken March 7, 2014, a number of self healing targets are displayed including some that have taken hundreds of rounds from pistols and rifles in Emmett, Idaho. If you're a shooter, you know putting holes in paper can get boring. No matter how tight a group you can shoot, it can be just as satisfying to make an aluminum can dance with a .22 rifle. With the exploding popularity of AR-15 rifles, lots of folks have taken their plinking to a new level at longer distances and with different targets. (AP Photo/Idaho Statesman, Roger Phillips)

Spring plinking: a guide to safe target shooting

BOISE, Idaho — If you’re a shooter, you know putting holes in paper can get boring. No matter how tight a group you can shoot,… Continue reading

In this photo taken March 7, 2014, a number of self healing targets are displayed including some that have taken hundreds of rounds from pistols and rifles in Emmett, Idaho. If you're a shooter, you know putting holes in paper can get boring. No matter how tight a group you can shoot, it can be just as satisfying to make an aluminum can dance with a .22 rifle. With the exploding popularity of AR-15 rifles, lots of folks have taken their plinking to a new level at longer distances and with different targets. (AP Photo/Idaho Statesman, Roger Phillips)

We need more ‘salt of the earth’ people

“They’re the salt of the earth,” we often say of people we hold in high regard.Why?What’s the origin of this complimentary comment?Our Lord called His… Continue reading

Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion Students rehearse during a run-through for "Twelve Angry Jurors", Soldotna High School's modernization of Reginald Roses's play "Twelve Angry Men", on Tuesday, March 25, in the SoHi auditorium.

SoHi modernizes ’12 Angry Men’

Humming with fresh critiques about the first half of an afternoon run-through, Soldotna High School students clustered on the half-lit stage in an otherwise empty… Continue reading

Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion Students rehearse during a run-through for "Twelve Angry Jurors", Soldotna High School's modernization of Reginald Roses's play "Twelve Angry Men", on Tuesday, March 25, in the SoHi auditorium.

Poet’s Corner: All Shook Up

All Shook Up Bill Lowe, Sterling   Fifty years ago started out another normal day, but at five thirty six pm Alaska entered disarray. Suddenly… Continue reading

What’s Happening

Events and Exhibits  Kenai Peninsula College and the Alaska Native Oratory Society invite the public to attend a presentation by renowned storyteller Jack Dalton… Continue reading

No Gurlz Allowed

No Gurlz Allowed

No Gurlz Allowed.Once upon a time, you might’ve seen a sign that said that, or hung one in spite. Girls had cooties then. Boys were… Continue reading

No Gurlz Allowed
This photo released by Summit Entertainment, LLC shows Maggie Q, left, as Tori and Shailene Woodley as Beatrice "Tris" Prior, in the film, "Divergent." The film releases Friday, March 21, 2014. (AP Photo/Summit Entertainment, Jaap Buitendijk)

Lots of hype, not a good story in “Divergent”

“Divergent” 2hr 20minPG-13ActionThis week finally saw the release of the highly anticipated, much talked about, long-awaited big screen adaptation of the smash hit YA novel,… Continue reading

This photo released by Summit Entertainment, LLC shows Maggie Q, left, as Tori and Shailene Woodley as Beatrice "Tris" Prior, in the film, "Divergent." The film releases Friday, March 21, 2014. (AP Photo/Summit Entertainment, Jaap Buitendijk)