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Out of the Office: On Andrews’ legacy
I thought it would be appropriate to rerun my column, originally published on June 5, 2001
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Out of the Office: Finding grace on the beach
Last Monday while walking the Homer Spit beach I came across two red roses and a scattering of…
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Out of the Office: Deep breath, long drive
I’ve made the drive between Soldotna and Anchorage probably hundreds of times, including twice a week for a…
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Out of the Office: Walking
“Only ideas won by walking have any value,” 20th century German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche once wrote.
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Out of the Office: One day at a time
So, it snowed this week. Not, like, a little bit — it snowed a lot. I’d guess about…
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Out of the Office: Journey to Cancerland
These Out of the Office columns give the writers of the Homer News and Peninsula Clarion an opportunity…
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Out of the Office: Eye-opener
It’s a cliche that folks from Alaska take Alaska for granted. I know I definitely always have.
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OOTO: Our Soccer Community
Imagine a park ranger, a lawyer, a teacher, an artist, a fisherman, a student, an engineer and more…
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Out of the Office: Acceleration
Sometimes a standard run can feel incredible, and I now have a theory as to why.
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Out of the Office: Rain happens
As I write this Sept. 8, since July 1 Homer has had eight days of clear weather, 30…
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Out of the Office: Coaching
Sport has been a well of vitality that has nourished me since I was a young child. Growing…
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Out of the office: Race thyself
During the pandemic, I questioned the value of regular community racing and the numbers show I wasn’t the…
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Out of the Office: Take the long way around
“Slow Down. What’s the hurry?” reads an inscription on the Reuben Call bench at the end of the…
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Out of the Office: I’ll always have Alaska
The first time I came to the Kenai Peninsula I was on a solo weekend vacation about a…
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Out of the Office: Simple gifts
It’s always humbling to be reminded of what we take for granted in this life.
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Out of the Office: Keeping Mount Marathon Race local
How does the Mount Marathon Race stay local?
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Refuge Notebook: It takes a village to keep bears wild on the Kenai
It has been a while since I have been up close and personal with a bear. It happened…
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Out of the Office: Time well spent
There really only seem to be two seasons in Alaska: winter season and construction season.
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Out of the Office: Road trippin’
You know how you’ve done something so long and so often it becomes routine, and yet it still…