Nick Varney

Unhinged Alaska: Thrasher’s resurrection

Hopefully, as you read this piece you are doing so without a dramatic new body piercing in an ultra sensitive place or a Russian River… Continue reading

Unhinged Alaska: Mungo bites it and a king’s revenge

Before I get rolling, I’d like to publicly admit that I’ve finally seen the light, especially after last year’s series of fishing safari debacles that… Continue reading

Unhinged Alaska: When does spring really arrive?

Everyone seems to have their personal definition of when spring officially arrives.Some stick with the “official” March equinox designation that claims it occurs when the… Continue reading

Unhinged Alaska: Willie’s little dark cloud

My buddy Willie is one of those guys who always seem to be 10 laps down when it comes to participating in life’s grand race.He… Continue reading

Unhinged Alaska: Thar’s gold in those silver winter kings

The Unhinged Alaska staff has been inundated with questions, beefs and psychotic rants about the new marijuana law.We have somberly discussed the situation and the… Continue reading

Unhinged Alaska: The morning after

A great Sunday morning to you — unless of course you read the paper online, then all bets are off because Unhinged usually shows up… Continue reading

Unhinged Alaska: DISH doldrums

A few weeks ago my buddy Turk called and was so fired up I could feel the plastic in my phone starting to soften from… Continue reading

Unhinged Alaska: Silent night, heavenly light

Come this Christmas Eve it will two decades since I experienced an unrivaled eruption of grandeur helping me sidestep a pointless night of lonesomeness.It began… Continue reading

Unhinged Alaska: A call from Cuz

I just got off the phone with a slightly deranged cousin who lives back east where the snow is roaring out of the sky in… Continue reading

Unhinged Alaska: Grump Month

I’m not sure what it is about October that puts me into a mood that my wife refers to as my “Grump Month” but it… Continue reading

Unhinged Alaska: The trip

I hold a trip to Anchorage in the same esteem as a “pick up poop patrol” in a heavily populated elephant compound. So, when my… Continue reading

Unhinged Alaska: As the Fishing Hole slips into hibernation, the tourists slide south

Around mid July, silvers started arriving in small fleets both inside and outside the Nick Dudiak Fishing Lagoon in Homer.Things were so good that folks… Continue reading

You’ve got to be kidding me

It has been a classic summer so far with stunning sunscreen weather blanketing the peninsula encouraging a significant surge of visitors.  Even the few stretches… Continue reading

Alaska Unhinged: Spit overload

The Fourth of July celebration was enveloped by such a superb three day weather forecast that northern worker bees were attracted to our area in… Continue reading

Unhinged Alaska: What’s next, Godzilla?

OK, I get it.We needed a serious change in the weather to put a smack down on the Funny River wildfire and so when the… Continue reading

Alaska Unhinged: The three true signs of spring

It really wasn’t much of a winter around here. In fact, it was more like putting up with a sickly spring with a cold since… Continue reading

OK, April, what’s next?

Normally it’s tough to settle on subjects for this monthly column. It was easy this time around. There is a deepening political overcast covering the… Continue reading

Rockin’ the 2014 Winter Olympics

Just as I was getting our cabin back in order from a rather successful but somewhat pre-apocalyptic Super Bowl party, along comes the Winter Olympics.Except… Continue reading