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Bear Lake. Seward, Alaska. (Photo by Kat Sorensen/For the Clarion)

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Tangled Up in Blue: A Bear Lake Loop

All summer long, you can find rowers, kayakers and more on Bear Lake just outside of Seward. Somewhere…

Tangled Up in Blue: Heart’s Invisible Furies

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Tangled Up in Blue: Heart’s Invisible Furies

I came up with a handful of good, meaningful New Year’s resolutions but by Jan. 2, I had…

Tangled Up in Blue: Wrapping Up

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Tangled Up in Blue: Wrapping Up

I picked up my journal this morning, ready to start closing out another year in its pages. Instead,…

The author is seen here sometime in the past decade trying to look cool in front of a Bob Dylan mural in Tennessee. (Photo provided by Kat Sorensen)

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Tangled Up in Blue: Where is ‘Tangled Up in Blue’?

As we approach the roaring 2020s, we’re all in the midst of our online apps telling us how…

Tangled Up in Blue: Love & Volleyball

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Tangled Up in Blue: Love & Volleyball

My boyfriend won’t let me be on his volleyball team.

The author ran a marathon in the snow and has been feeling pretty blue since. (Photo courtesy Kat Sorensen)

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Tangled up in Runner’s Blues

I’m always looking for the right answer, the right way to do things. I manipulate my Google searches…

A hiker avoids an icy, frozen boardwalk on a morning hike from the Dan Moller Cabin in Juneau in October 2019. (Photo by Kat Sorensen/Peninsula Clarion)

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Tangled up in Blue: Winter isn’t coming

On a late September early morning drive back from Talkeetna, I saw winter surprise three different drivers.

The writer is seen in this ridiculous photo posted immediately to her mother’s Facebook as she leaves for Alaska in February 2017 with only one coat, the army jacket she wears in this photo. (Photo courtesy of Eileen Sorensen)

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A little bit richer

I woke up this morning a bit richer.

The author and her first cousin once removed, August Murphy, play at the waterfront playground in Seward, Alaska, in late August 2019. (Photo courtesy of Michelle Murphy)

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Tangled up in Blue: Viewscapes

I want to start reflecting on this summer with an onslaught of adjectives — hot, exciting, adventurous, challenging…

Kat Sorensen, the author, walks alongside her 1996 Jeep Grand Cherokee on Kenai Beach in May 2018. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Tangled up in Blue: Miles and miles

I bought my 1996 Jeep Grand Cherokee when I first moved to Alaska after a failed fling with…

In April, a sunrise was often paired with rain in Seward. (Photo by Kat Sorensen/Peninsula Clarion)

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Tangled Up in Blue: All this rain

When I asked Peter what I should write my column about this week, he suggested I talk about…

There are a lot of paths to choose from in Seward, like the Lost Lake Trail. (Photo by Kat Sorensen/Peninsula Clarion)

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Tangled up in Blue: Too many roads to travel

The idea of multiverses has been big lately, in this one at least.

In lieu of a photo of a deformed fingernail, the author shows off some funky fingernails and daydreams of a day soon when she can get a manicure without explaining what happened to her thumbnail. (Photo by Kat Sorensen/Peninsula Clarion)

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Tangled up in Blue: Thumbs up

I accidentally ripped my fingernail out just as I was about to meet a large group of people.

Kat Sorensen runs along a crossover trail on the descent on July 4, 2019, during the 92nd Mount Marathon Race in Seward, Alaska. (Photo courtesy of Kat Sorensen)

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Tangled up in Blue: A few Irish steps

In their extravagant dresses and tightly wound curls, my cousins would dance their weekends away.

The old windows in Kat Sorensen’s apartment are painted shut from the inside and the outside which can cause some issues on hot, Alaska afternoons. (Photo by Kat Sorensen/Peninsula Clarion)

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Tangled up in Blue: Windows

My slanted, attic apartment downtown in Seward has a lot of charming flaws. I have to brush my…

Hallie Bergwall makes a move in a Scrabble game on Thursday at Resurrect Art Coffee House in Seward, Alaska. Bergwall took home the win. (Photo by Kat Sorensen/Peninsula Clarion)

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Tangled up in Blue: Just playin’

I learned how to play a new card game.

Tangled up in Blue: Showing up

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Tangled up in Blue: Showing up

The competition is constantly changing, wherever you go.

Tangled up in Blue: Plastic is not my bag

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Tangled up in Blue: Plastic is not my bag

My car’s rear window is full of stickers. I have a few inspired by the Grateful Dead, a…

Tangled up in Blue: Alley Cats

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Tangled up in Blue: Alley Cats

Wednesday night, all the cats of Seward took over the alleys.

Nikki Aufiero practices a handstand at Fourth of July Beach near Seward, Alaska, in April 2019. (Photo by Kat Sorensen/Peninsula Clarion)

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Tangled up in Blue: The other ocean

I got confused looking out at Resurrection Bay recently.