Arts & Entertainment
Poet’s Corner: Where Luck Comes In
Where Luck Comes In By Brent Johnson, Clam Gulch The edge of English morphs a bit as tongues…
Arts & Entertainment
Reeling it in: ‘Don’t Think Twice’ about getting a shot at your dream
“Don’t Think Twice” The Film Arcade 1 hour, 32 minutes This week, as the theaters seem to be…
Arts & Entertainment
The Bookworm Sez: ‘Cradles of Power’ looks at the people who raised presidents
Your parents had such high hopes for you. You were going to make it, and make something of…
Life
Nordic-Ware cookie stamps
For best impressions, Nordic Ware suggests making cookie doughs “from scratch” for use with their cast aluminum cookie…
Life
recipes 12.07
This is the best in the whole world and we make it every year for Christmas and Halloween…
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stamped shortbeard
Yield: Approximately 15 (3-inch) cookies 1 cup salted butter, softened 2/3 cup confectioners’ sugar, sifted 2 cups all-purpose…
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Make a good first impression with stamped cookies
Buttery and rich, shortbread and sugar cookies are among the most popular of all the holiday cookies of…
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Geo stamped cookies
Yield: About 1½ dozen (3-inch) cookies 1 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature 1 cup packed brown sugar…
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Pioneer Potluck: About an abducted Christmas tree
Christmas 1979 Anchorage, Alaska Reminiscence of Christmases Past Christmas 1979 was looking very bleak and lonely. Being the…
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Business Briefs
■ The Soldotna Chamber of Commerce meets at noon today at Froso’s Restaurant in Soldotna. A presentation on…
Life
It is what it is: Keep it simple
So I’m probably not one of those people who can chuck it all and move into a tiny…
Life
Learning for Life: Healthy and sustainable living gifts
The social network I’m a part of believes in healthy and sustainable living. No wonder most of the…
Life
Refuge Notebook: Reflecting on the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge’s 75th anniversary (Part 1)
On December 16, 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued Executive Order 8979 establishing the Kenai National Moose Range.…
Life
An Outdoor View: On adversity
While listening to the radio the other day, I heard two people talking about going to Mars. One…
Life
Gardening offers payback at the holidays in form of gifts
Gardeners make good friends, especially during the holidays when they give out foods preserved from their gardens. The…
Life
Outdoorsman create card game for hunters
FAIRBANKS — As in hunting, success in the new card game Gut Pile is a matter of preparation…
Life
Voices of Faith: Advent: A season of expectant waiting
A season of expectant waiting: what in the world can that mean? All of us are waiting for…
Life
Church News
‘One Small Candle,’ ‘The Way He Came,’ at Apostolic Assembly Apostolic Assembly of Jesus Christ Sunday School Department…
Arts & Entertainment
Homer Nutcracker ballet continues the magic
Homer might be as cold as Moscow this winter, but when it comes to the annual production of…
Arts & Entertainment
Reeling it in: ‘Moana’ authentic in its storytelling
“Moana” Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures 1 hour, 43 minutes The holiday season brings with it risky Oscar-bait…