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Out of the Office: Back to basics
What do column writing and cross-country skiing have in common? Sometimes, they’re like pulling teeth.
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Out of the Office: Dropping a line
In my ongoing quest to shake off my Florida roots and achieve the illustrious title of “Real Alaskan,”…
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El Paso or bust
It was minus 22 when we left for the Anchorage airport earlier this month. It was a sunny,…
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Out of the Office: From Florida to Alaska — A wild 40 years
Like true superheroes, every Alaskan has an origin story. The really cool origin story might involve being born…
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Out of the office: The bigger the moment, the bigger the reaction
There’s something about big moments and important games that I just can’t get enough of. As a sportswriter,…
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Out of the office: Best place on the peninsula
Columnist’s note: I felt compelled to write this column Sunday night, even though it wasn’t due until Thursday…
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Out of the office: Summery salmon memories
Wednesday evening, everything on my dinner plate was either caught in Alaska or grown in Alaska.
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Out of the Office: Need an exercise plan? Get a dog — a really rowdy, rambunctious dog
Suppose at your latest physical you got a stern lecture from your doctor. Suppose she told you to…
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Out of the Office: Let’s pour one out for Mother Tutka
For the two years I’ve lived in Homer, I’ve managed just two trips across Kachemak Bay that haven’t…
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Out of the office: Taking our time on Tutka Backdoor Trail
“21 miles and 6,000 feet of climb? In four days?”
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Dipping into dipnetting
The net needed to be assembled. The two pieces, one very long rod, connected to a shorter rod…
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Out of the Office: A love for camping becomes the glue of a lifelong bond
Tents are windows to adventure
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Out of the office: Ruffled feathers
Life often has a funny way of coming full circle. I like to think I’m a pretty rational…
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Column: What will 30 bring for me?
I’ve turned 30 years old recently, and as this occasion arrived, I wondered how different it would feel…
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Out of the office: Winter to summer
In January, it took allusions to neuroscience, the Green Bay Packers and Metallica for me to explain in…
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Out of the Office: A sister school experience
As I write this column, I’m drowning in stories of Legislature budgets, potential school closures and some guy…
