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Music lovers dance to Nervis Rex at the KBBI Concert on the Lawn on July 28, 2012, at Karen Hornaday Park in Homer.

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Concert on the Lawn returns

COTL line up includes The English Bay Band, a group that played in 1980

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Gigi Monroe welcomes guests to Glitz at Centennial Hall, a major annual drag event celebrated every Pride Month, on June 18.

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Packed houses, back to back: GLITZ a roaring success

Sold-out sets and heavy-hitting headliners

Chewy and sweet the macaroons are done in 30 minutes flat. (Tressa Dale/Peninsula Clarion)

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Sophisticated, simplified

When macarons are too complicated, make these delicious, simple macaroons

Marcia and Mary Alice Grainge pose in 1980 with a pair of caribou antlers they found in 1972. The sisters dug the antlers from deep snow and detached them from a dead caribou. (Photo provided by Marcia Grainge King)

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Fortune and misfortune on the Kenai — Part 2

In Kasilof, and on Kachemak Bay, in Seldovia and later in Unga, Petersen worked various jobs before being…

Nick Varney

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Unhinged Alaska: Who knows what lurks within a deck of cards

Chill. Don’t despair.

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Minister’s Message: Do not worry … that’s easy for you to say!

What options do you run to for refuge?

The Western Flyers. (Photo provided)

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Seldovia Solstice Fest features 4 days of music, art

The Seldovia Solstice Festival starts at 11 a.m. today, June 16, with a music jam on the Seldovia…

“Glimmer of Hope: How Tragedy Sparked a Movement” was published in 2018 by Razorbill and Dutton, imprints of Penguin Random House LLC. (Image via amazon.com)

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Off the Shelf: The power of personal voice

“A Glimmer of Hope: How Tragedy Sparked a Movement” provides first-person accounts of the school shooting in Parkland,…

Korean Citron Tea is made using a sweet and versatile lemon “tea” syrup. (Photo by Tressa Dale/Peninsula Clarion)

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A sweet offering for the fairies

Make magic with this versatile lemon “tea” syrup

Virginia Walters (Courtesy photo)

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Life in the Pedestrian Lane: Cars

My folks had a ‘48 Dodge four-door sedan when I was a kid

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Minister’s Message: The depths of God’s love

Jonah wasn’t expecting a whale, but one found him anyway

Tarryn Zerbinos shows one of her paintings to be displayed in June at Grace Ridge Breweing. (Photo provided)

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Art, Alaska lure Zerbinos back to her roots

Zerbinos markets work through social media with novel products like stickers.

Blueberry buckle conjures warm memories of family. (Photo by Tressa Dale/Peninsula Clarion)

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On the strawberry patch: Blueberry buckle, made with love

Our family gathered at the banks of a very special river to celebrate the life of our departed…

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Ed Back, left, and Bill Gross chat with Ridgeway homeowner Betty Karsten as they install a natural gas hookup to her home in 1961. Betty and Emmett Karsten became Alaska’s first civilian consumers of natural gas.

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Fortune and misfortune on the Kenai — Part 1

Sometimes timing is everything

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Minister’s Message: Spring forth

The Bible talks about water springing forth

This potato salad recipe incorporates eggs, apples and Greek yogurt into the classic barbecue fare. (Photo by Tressa Dale/Peninsula Clarion)

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Setting the summer table

Fill out your barbecue spread with this creative potato salad

Will Morrow (courtesy)

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Safety first

“My DIY projects have been drawing less and less blood over the years”

The 10 participants in season 9 of “Alone,” premiering on May 26, 2022, on the History Channel. Terry Burns of Homer is the third from left, back. Another Alaskan in the series, Jacques Tourcotte of Juneau, is the fourth from left, back. (Photo by Brendan George Ko/History Channel)

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Homer man goes it ‘Alone’

Burns brings lifetime of wilderness experience to survival series

Thes chocolate chip cookie require no equipment, no pre-planning, and are done from start to finish in one hour. (Photo by Tressa Dale/Peninsula Clarion)

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On the strawberry patch: Forever home chocolate chip cookies

This past week I moved into my first forever home

Nick Varney

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Unhinged Alaska: This purge won’t be a movie sequel

What’s forthcoming is a very rare occurrence and, in my case, uncommon as bifocals on a Shih Tzu…