No matter the source, home garden, farmers market or your favorite grocery store, there’s no better time to enjoy zucchini, a variety of summer squash,… Continue reading
Anchorage Airport, 1996 We had stayed so long on the ground in Denver, because of a lightening, thunder, rain storm, our arrival time in… Continue reading
Nicholas Russell and Laurie Booth of Soldotna announce the birth of their daughter, Aveline Faye Russell, at 5:08 a.m. on June 10, 2015. She weighed… Continue reading
I was flipping through channels the other day looking for something to watch and came upon Disney’s “The Living Desert” issued in 1953, on Turner… Continue reading
Last Monday, my oncologist walked into his examination room to give my wife and me the results of my bone marrow analysis. It had been… Continue reading
There’s never enough space in your closet. So maybe it’s time to purge, to donate things that don’t fit anymore. That’d make a lot of… Continue reading
Whether you enjoy lounging around listening to a babbling creek in Upper Skilak Campground, watching a colony of beavers collect logs for their lodge on… Continue reading
All we needed were red knit caps.On a recent weekday tour of Kachemak Bay, I felt like one of the crew of Jacques Cousteau’s famous… Continue reading
Standing at the top of the Russian River Falls Trail I could not help but be overwhelmed by the majesty of God’s creation. Despite the… Continue reading
For Erin Coughlin Hollowell, the poet who in early July became executive director of Alaska’s largest writing group, 49 Writers, part of being a writer… Continue reading
“Ant-Man” Marvel Studios 1 hour, 57 minutes The early reviews for this week’s latest Marvel Comics outing, “Ant-Man,” were decidedly mediocre. Looking at sites… Continue reading
■ Check out the Progress Days festival at Soldotna Creek Park in Soldotna, which includes live entertainment from 11:45 a.m.-10 p.m. Saturday and 11:45 a.m.-4… Continue reading
Vegan or not, Richa Hingle’s first cookbook, “Vegan Richa’s Indian Kitchen: Traditional and Creative Recipes for the Home Cook” is worth exploring. Though exotic and… Continue reading
Boulder, Colorado and Denver International Airport 1996 Our trip visiting relatives and friends was over and time to return to Alaska. I was staying… Continue reading
Everywhere you look, Korean food is screaming off the trend charts. Kimchee has become a household condiment. Korean barbecue is universally loved. Gochujang is about… Continue reading
This is the ultimate breakfast-for-dinner dish: bacon, eggs and toast (in the form of buttery crumbs), combined with spaghetti. Comfort food to the highest degree,… Continue reading
Carla and Nels Anderson stooped over two tarnished cylinders set on a Dutch oven stand, and filled to the brim with smoking, hot coals on… Continue reading
In my last few months as mayor and a physician in the local community I have had a chance to reflect on 33 great years… Continue reading
Chambers set schedules ■ The Kenai and Soldotna Chambers of Commerce will host a joint luncheon at noon today at the Kenai Visitor Center. Randall… Continue reading
It’s sad to see Greece make headlines for all the wrong reasons. We see its people suffering under financial turmoil and unwise political moves instead… Continue reading
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