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Minister’s Message: Trophies of grace on display

The greatest “trophy” my life can live out, is to be a testimony of God’s grace working to…

A copy of Toni Morrison’s “The Bluest Eye” rests against a typewriter on Wednesday, April 6, 2022, in Kenai, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Off the Shelf: Reckoning with a challenged author in times of censorship

Off the Shelf is a bimonthly literature column written by the staff of The Peninsula Clarion

McNeil Canyon Elementary School student Cedar Galbraith's watercolor and ink painting. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Jubilee! art show highlights youth talent

Featuring art by youth in kindergarten through high school

Korean kimbap with tuna, kimchi, lettuce and carrots makes a perfect to-go meal. (Photo by Tressa Dale/ Peninsula Clarion)

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On the strawberry patch: Good to go

Kimbap is a staple of every school picnic day and hiking trip for Korean families

Will Morrow (courtesy)

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Stay loose

As it turns out, muscles really do work better when they’re warm and loose

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Minister’s Message: Becoming stewards of attention

Maybe stewardship is a good way to think about our attention?

Salisbury steak, a classic of American cuisine, is served with mushrooms and broccoli. (Photo by Tressa Dale/Peninsula Clarion)

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On the strawberry patch: The forgiving art of food

Salisbury steak painted in a new light

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Unhinged Alaska: Here we go again …

If memory serves, the years leading up to 2008 inflation had quite a run

A copy of “I am Malala” is seen on Saturday, March 19, 2022, near Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Off the Shelf: Taking back the pen

Malala Yousafzi writes of the struggle for education in Afghanistan

Bunnell Street Arts Center visiting artist-in-residence Berith Stennabb poses next to one of her pieces, "Anomicholistic ar.35." (Photo by Sean McDermott)

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Connected threads: A Swedish and Alaska artist exchange

Stennabb is in Homer as part of a two-month-long artist in residency exchange with the Konstmuseet, Skövde Kulturhus…

Isabella Valenzuela prepares for the Forever Dance company showcase “Among Dreams” during a rehearsal on Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at the Renee C. Henderson Auditorium in Kenai, Alaska. (Camille Botello/Peninsula Clarion)

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A dreamland for dancers

Forever Dance showcase ‘Among Dreams’ opens

Garbanzo beans and beets are topped with feta to provide a colorful dip for springtime crudité. (Photo by Tressa Dale/Peninsula Clarion)

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Brighten up breakup

The vibrancy of beet hummus brings color to a gray season

Virginia Walters (Courtesy photo)

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Life in the Pedestrian Lane: I love Western movies

Watching them now reminds me of when I was a kid going to movies and cheering on the…

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Minister’s Message: Face change with Grace

All of us must deal with change in this ever-changing world. It is inescapable.

“Selected Works and Sketches by Gaye Wolfe,” showing at the Homer Council on the Arts through March, includes these two paintings by Wolfe: a painting of a wildfire, right, and then a self-portrait of Wolfe, left, creating the painting. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Arts council shows eclectic collection of late artist

Gaye Wolfe estate donated vast collection of works to arts council.

These strawberry grain bars with zero processed sugar and a few nutrient-rich ingredients provide a healthy snack. (Photo by Tressa Dale/Peninsula Clarion)

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On the strawberry patch: Baked goodness

Homemade grain bars with sugar-free jam offer a tasty snack for the pickiest of eaters

Chester LeRoy Oughton was in his mid-60s and still serving a life sentence for first-degree murder in Alaska when these photos were taken at McNeil Island federal penitentiary in Washington in 1972. (Image courtesy of the National Archives in San Francisco)

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The Seward jailbreak of 1952 — Part 2

Prisoners Frank Charles Oliver and Chester LeRoy Oughton had been foiled in their attempt to reach the central…

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Minister’s Message: Overcoming impossible odds in Ukraine

From the Bible, we know that it is God who fights for us and wins battles

A photo by Lisa Williams of Peter Anahanok Sr., part of her show at the Pratt Museum & Park in Homer, Alaska. (Photo provided/Pratt Museum & Park))

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New photo exhibits at the Pratt celebrate community

Pratt Museum & Park photo exhibits feature works by three photographers

Curried lentils are served with basmati rice and garnished with cilantro. (Photo by Tressa Dale/Peninsula Clarion)

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An introduction to Indian-style curry

This red lentil curry is mild and accessible