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…

Grannie Annie’s sister, Ginger, can be seen holding her teddybear in this photo taken in June, 1945. (Photo courtesy Ann Berg)

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Pioneer Potluck: When Dad left Ginger at the church

Chicken lasagna, rice, Hungarian mushroom soup, cornmeal biscuits

<em>Will Morrow lives in Kenai. Email him at wkmorrow@ptialaska.net.</em>

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Rolling through changes

I think my kids are going to come home to find it’s their parents who have changed.

Ann Berg

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Pioneer Potluck: Memories from the past

Sunshine cake, frank fritters, California pork chops and beans, Russian dressing, eggless mayonnaise

Nick Varney

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Unhinged Alaska: Sea Side Story: ‘The Rumble’

Well done, September.

Minister’s Message: There is joy in serving others

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Minister’s Message: There is joy in serving others

As Disciples of Christ we are called to serve God and others.

Ann “Grannie Annie” Berg

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Remembering the airplanes of World War II

Recipes this week: Peanut butter bread, tomato sauce pot roast, carrot pie

Life in the Pedestrian Lane: Travel Time

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Life in the Pedestrian Lane: Travel Time

We visited family and friends, drove back roads, ate out and took advantage of being on vacation.

Pioneer Potluck: How could this happen? It was not even Friday the 13th1

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Pioneer Potluck: How could this happen? It was not even Friday the 13th1

“Grannie” Annie shares a tale of bad luck and recipes for good food.

Pictured is Henry W. Rozell, one of the principal founders of the Kings County Mining Company. Rozell, shown here eight years after the expedition to the Kenai Peninsula, was the group’s treasurer. (Photo from ancestry.com)

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History Lesson: An unusual and difficult journey to the Kenai

New history column kicks off with the story of Kings County Mining Company’s expedition to peninsula.

Minister’s Message: Seeking wisdom in memories

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Minister’s Message: Seeking wisdom in memories

I felt I was led as a child through a dark forest at night while holding tight to…

Reeling ‘Em In: Nick says ‘So long, and thanks for all the feedback, tips and tales’

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Reeling ‘Em In: Nick says ‘So long, and thanks for all the feedback, tips and tales’

Nick Varney says farewell to the summer fishing season.

Mary Latham stands by her borrowed blue Subaru Outback on Sept. 16, 2019, in Homer, Alaska. Latham has been touring the United States collecting stories of human kindness to put in a book for people to read in hospital waiting rooms. Alaska is the 48th state Latham has visited since starting her trip in September 2016. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Out of loss, New York writer seeks to find ‘more good’

Her journey started with an act of kindness in the midst of horrible tragedy.