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The author is seen here, skiing on Christmas Day. She took a selfie to send to her mother, proving that she wasn’t sad to spend the holidays far from family. (Photo by Kat Sorensen/Peninsula Clarion)

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Tangled up in blue: O Holy Night!

Each year at Christmas Eve dinner, my grandmother sings an operatic rendition of ‘O Holy Night.’

Bookworm Sez: ‘(Don’t) Call Me Crazy’ offers a chorus of writers on surviving mental illness

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Bookworm Sez: ‘(Don’t) Call Me Crazy’ offers a chorus of writers on surviving mental illness

Ouch, you twisted your shoulder and it hurts.

Now Playing: ‘Aquaman’ a sea adventure that heads DC in the right direction

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Now Playing: ‘Aquaman’ a sea adventure that heads DC in the right direction

Growing up, I was never a DC guy. I, of course, liked Superman and Batman because, well, because…

Ann “Grannie Annie” Berg

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Pioneer Potluck: About being curious and reminiscing

I came here in July 1967. Fifty years ago! I have a curiosity that always runs through my…

Alaska Waste employees show off their handiwork. (Photo courtesy of Alaska Waste)

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Alaska Waste donates kids’ bikes to Love Inc.

This holiday season, Alaska Waste donated 30 bikes, 8 scooters and 4 tricycles that our team built for…

Simon Nissen organizes students in his choir class, grouping singers of similar vocals in the same section on December 15, 2017 at Kenai Central High School in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Kat Sorensen/Peninsula Clarion)                                Simon Nissen organizes students in his choir class, grouping singers of similar vocals in the same section on December 15, 2017 at Kenai Central High School in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Kat Sorensen/Peninsula Clarion)                                 Simon Nissen organizes students in his choir class, grouping singers of similar vocals in the same section on Dec. 15, 2017 at Kenai Central High School in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Kat Sorensen/Peninsula Clarion)

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Evening of Christmas: Thanks for a great show

Sunday evening Mr. Simon Nissen directed the Kenai Central High School Choir in a concert entitled Songs for…

What goes around …

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What goes around …

What’s the most meaningful gift you’ve ever received?

Maria Bernier stands by her painting, “Chop,” at the First Friday, Dec 7, 2018, opening of Bunnell Street Arts Center’s 10x10 show in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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10 x 10 show encourages collecting, gifting

Like some other Homer galleries, Bunnell Street Arts Center periodically opens up its walls to community art. With…

Spider-Man’s theory of everything — An animated sequel that works in any universe

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Spider-Man’s theory of everything — An animated sequel that works in any universe

It’s rare for a movie to go so far against my expectations for me to be actually floored…

Poet’s Corner: December

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Poet’s Corner: December

December By Bonnie Marie Playle

Bookworm Sez: ‘If You Ask Me’ — Old advice made new again

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Bookworm Sez: ‘If You Ask Me’ — Old advice made new again

What should you do?

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Minister’s Message: The Light has come

Today is the day — December 21st — the longest day of darkness. Throughout the ages and the…

Recycling bin: Recycle your old electronics

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Recycling bin: Recycle your old electronics

Many electronic devices — laptops, cellphones, tablets, and TVs — are a big part part of gift giving.…

Pioneer Potluck: About Christmas Past — On the farm

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Pioneer Potluck: About Christmas Past — On the farm

NORTHERN COLORADO

This undated photo provided by America’s Test Kitchen in September 2018 shows a deep dish apple pie in Brookline, Mass. (Carl Tremblay/America’s Test Kitchen via AP)

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Healthier Holidays

Healthier Holidays

Unhinged Alaska: A different kind of gift

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Unhinged Alaska: A different kind of gift

Dec. 11, 2018 nearly slowed my Christmas spirit roll to a complete stop when Old Man Winter suddenly…

Recycling Bin: Walk green

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Recycling Bin: Walk green

Walk green

(Simon & Schuster)

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A beagle finds his forever home with royalty in ‘His Royal Dogness’

Wow, you’re getting so big!

(Lions Gate)

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Now Playing: ‘The Spy Who Dumped Me’ — for when blockbusters and indies don’t appeal

You would think with streaming video being the norm and the fact that there are a million different…

(Photo/Joshua L. Jones, Athens Banner-Herald)

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Pioneer Potluck: About an abducted Christmas tree

CHRISTMAS 1979