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My snowy driveway one winter morning, near Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)

Life

Pioneer Potluck: Frigid days and a broken arm

North Kenai, now Nikiski

Ann “Grannie Annie” Berg

Life

Pioneer Potluck: About Birthday Presents

Happy Birthday to Grandson Arleigh Bacarella. Born Jan. 6, 1986.

Ann “Grannie Annie” Berg

Life

Pioneer Potluck: About today and 5 years ago

The following article was written five years ago!! It is nice to read what has happened and the…

Ann “Grannie Annie” Berg

Life

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…

Pioneer Potluck: About Christmas Past — On the farm

Life

Pioneer Potluck: About Christmas Past — On the farm

NORTHERN COLORADO

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

Life

Pioneer Potluck: About an abducted Christmas tree

CHRISTMAS 1979

Traffic moves west along I-70 near Lawrence, Kan., Sunday, Nov. 25, 2018. I-70 is closed west of Junction City, Kan. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)

Life

Pioneer Potluck: About blizzards in Northern Colorado

East and north of Fort Collins, Colorado

Ann “Grannie Annie” Berg

Life

Pioneer Potluck: About words we used and fun sayings!

I grew up with all kinds of fun sayings.

A measuring cup full of bog cranberries (Vaccinium oxycoccos) is seen in the kitchen of Erin Anais Heist on Oct. 14, 2018. (Erin Anais Heist | For the Juneau Empire)

Life

Pioneer Potluck: How times change

1937 TO 2018

Ann “Grannie Annie” Berg

Life

The Greatest Generation: Part II

1930s to 1960s

Ann “Grannie Annie” Berg

Life

Pioneer Potluck: About the Greatest Generation

1930s AND EARLY 40s

A cow moose munches on some bushes Thursday, March 1, 2018 on Ohlson Mountain Road outside Homer, Alaska. She, another moose and a calf browsed just along the side of the road, where the snow was slightly less deep. With March bringing with it the whiplash of repeated snow falls and thawing, many moose are gravitating toward roads to give themselves an easier time navigating. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

Life

Pioneer Potluck: Moose Meat Meat Loaf, a truly Alaskan meal

NIKISKI, ALASKA (formally North Kenai)

Ann “Grannie Annie” Berg

Life

Pioneer Potluck: About Halloween

In Colorado in the 50s and 60s

Ann “Grannie Annie” Berg

Life

Pioneer Potluck: Ready for winter — Canning, freezing garden’s bounty

This is the time of year in Alaska that we put things away that we drug out of…

Pioneer Potluck: Memories of Costco

Life

Pioneer Potluck: Memories of Costco

The State Of Alaska sends residents who have lived here for one year a check that was at…

Pioneer Potluck: In celebration of my little brother Jim McClure’s 71st birthday

Arts & Entertainment

Pioneer Potluck: In celebration of my little brother Jim McClure’s 71st birthday

By Ann “Grannie Annie” Berg

Life

Pioneer Potluck: Eggless, milkless, butterless cake

Eggless, milkless, butterless cake

Life

Pioneer Potluck: A reflection of the memories of the Hunger Hut Bar

Year — 1967

Food & Drink

Pioneer Potluck: About memories of Grandpa and Grandma Cogswell

Grandma Freda Cogswell was my mother’s Mom. She was born in 1895 and died in 1976. Her birthday…

Food & Drink

Pioneer Potluck: About your very first day at school

I was five years old when I started school, no pre-kindergarten, no kindergarten, no preschool. (And that was…