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Minister’s Message: Basking in an intentional moment of thankfulness

I am long past feeling the need to get “my fair share” of fabulous bargains.

Kachemak Cuisine: The experts agree: Don’t mess with Thanksgiving traditions

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Kachemak Cuisine: The experts agree: Don’t mess with Thanksgiving traditions

Thanksgiving and Christmas are not the times when you should exercise your kitchen skills.

Ann Berg

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Pioneer Potluck: So many memories arise around the holidays

I had to make new Thanksgiving traditions here in Alaska.

<strong>• By Virginia Walters, For the Peninsula Clarion</strong>                                Virginia Walters (Courtesy photo)

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Life in the Pedestrian Lane: Holidays, time to eat

It’s that time of year to pull out the old recipe box and find something that brings back…

New Pratt book gives personal history of Homer

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New Pratt book gives personal history of Homer

Using narratives and family photographs, the book covers the 60 years of Homer’s growth.

Roasted butternut squash tossed green salad offers a new take on traditional Thanksgiving meal flavors, as seen here ion Nov. 12, 2019, in Teri Robl’s kitchen in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Teri Robl)

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Kachemak Cuisine: Spice up Thanksgiving with butternut squash salad

From year to year, the guests at our table may have changed, but the food served hasn’t much…

Remembering old-fashioned Thanksgiving on the farm

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Remembering old-fashioned Thanksgiving on the farm

The McClure old-fashioned Thanksgiving dinners of the past created wonderful memories for me.

James “Little Jim” Dunmire (left) and James “Big Jim” O’Brien. (Photo courtesy of Mona Painter)

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History Lessons: Coming in for the Landing: An Origin Story

Jim’s Landing honors two close friends: James (“Big Jim”) O’Brien and James (“Little Jim”) Dunmire.

The envelope to a letter to a soldier in France during World War I is seen here. The letter was discovered among family archives. (Photo courtesy Ann Berg)

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Pioneer Potluck: Sharing memories in honor of Veterans Day

“Thank you to all the veterans, past and present, good Luck and Long Life.”

<strong>• By Will Morrow, For the Peninsula Clarion</strong>

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An emptiness outside

I know there are a lot of peninsula residents missing trees right now, after the Swan Lake fire.

Minister’s Message: Do you remember?

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Minister’s Message: Do you remember?

What if “remembering” was an actual call and response to engagement?

An oil painting by Jen DePesa hangs on the wall during a First Friday art exhibit opening Friday, Nov. 1, 2019 at Kachemak Bay Campus in Homer, Alaska. The exhibit features art by students in a class taught at the college by Asia Freeman. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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KBC students explore color in Freeman painting class

The bright, dynamic colors illustrate a technique that dates back to the Old Masters.

The family tradition of cookie baking during the holidays has been carried through generations of “Grannie Annie” Berg’s family. Above, a tray of holiday favorites. (Photo courtesy Ann Berg)

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Pioneer Potluck: All about cookie-baking traditions

I guess I learned very early about sugar cookies from my Grandma Cogswell.

Nick Varney

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Unhinged Alaska: Once upon a phone call

“Why don’t ya cut out the jester routine and get down to some serious investigative reporting?”

Minister’s Message: Providing your grandchild with Christ’s spiritual legacy

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Minister’s Message: Providing your grandchild with Christ’s spiritual legacy

So many grandparents think their role is to spoil them, fill them up with sugar and send them…

A little bit of pumpkin butter is the perfect complement to Teri Robl’s pumpkin bread, as in here in her kitchen on Oct. 29, 2019, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Teri Robl)

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Kachemak Cuisine: Cooking with pumpkin and squash is perfect for rainy fall days

Fall brings us pumpkins, squash, mushrooms, cranberries, apples and pears. I love them all.

Dried corn also can be seen with pumpkins all over Wisconsin at roadside stands, as seen here in this photo taken on Oct. 14, 2019. (Photo by Teri Robl)

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Kachemak Cuisine: Wisconsin visit inspires Dutch baby ham-and-cheese recipe

I wanted to share a gloriously puffed-up Parmesan, Fontina, and country ham-studded Dutch baby.

Pioneer Potluck: Trip to Colorado, Part II: What memories are made of

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Pioneer Potluck: Trip to Colorado, Part II: What memories are made of

This week’s recipes: Susan’s Insta-pot beef teriyaki and Mexican chocolate-cherry cake

Virginia Walters (Courtesy photo)

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Life in the pedestrian lane: Kids!

Every time I turn on the news I hear another thing that sets my teeth on edge.

Drew at King Country Creek cabin remains are pictured in 1999. All that remains of the last King County Creek cabin, just inland from Skilak Lake, are these well-weathered logs, which are difficult to find in the tall grass at that location. (Photo by Clark Fair)

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An unusual and difficult journey to the Kenai (part 2)

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the second part of a two-part story about the Kings County Mining Company’s expedition…