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    Articles by Kat Sorensen
    Patrick Lewis hikes out of the Grand Canyon on a recent five-day trip to the National Park. (Photo by Kat Sorensen)
    Tangled Up In Blue: We’ll meet again someday
    By Kat Sorensen • December 29, 2021 2:30 am

    Over the five years that I’ve written Tangled Up In Blue, a lot has happened that seems so insignificant now.

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    Ice sits ready to skate at Bottenintnin Lake in the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska on Nov. 1, 2020. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)
    Tangled Up in Blue: Skipping skating
    By Kat Sorensen • November 24, 2021 2:30 am

    I was looking forward to ice skating this winter. I had bought a pair of Nordic blades a little too…

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    A pleasant snow day in Seward, Alaska, on Thursday, Oct. 28, 2021. (Photo by Kat Sorensen)
    Tangled Up in Blue: Snow day
    By Kat Sorensen • November 3, 2021 2:30 am

    A wet, sopping blanket of snow covered Seward this morning. Before sunrise, I could see the wisps of white pass…

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    Photo by Kat Sorensen 
The pedicure in question has seen many miles of hiking and walking since it was first painted on five months ago.
    Tangled Up in Blue: A perfect pedicure
    By Kat Sorensen • October 21, 2021 2:30 am

    There is just the smallest sliver of light pink nail polish left on my two big toes. Each time I’ve…

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    Author Kathleen Sorensen (252) and the rest of the field take off from the starting line at the Kenai River Marathon on Sunday, Sept. 26, 2021, in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)
    Tangled Up in Blue: Three halves
    By Kat Sorensen • October 7, 2021 2:30 am

    I ran my third Kenai River Half Marathon this weekend.

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    A thunderstorm is seen Aug. 3, 2021, in Okanogan County, Washington. (Kathryn Knowlton/submitted photo)
    Tangled Up in Blue: Shelter from the storm
    By Kat Sorensen • September 22, 2021 2:30 am

    I recently learned that the opposite of deja vu is jamais vu, meaning “never seen.”

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    Photo by Kat Sorensen 
Fireweed in Seward, Alaska.
    Tangled Up in Blue: Hand Dipped
    By Kat Sorensen • September 9, 2021 2:30 am

    The Lost Lake Run was a long one. I ran over 15 miles, from Primrose to the Bear Creek Fire…

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    Kathleen Sorensen, “Tangled Up In Blue” columnist, is from Seward, the Alaska tourist town mentioned in this week’s story. Pictured is Resurrection Bay in Seward on Aug. 21, 2021. (Photo by Sarah Knapp/Homer News)
    Tangled Up In Blue: Slowing down
    By Kat Sorensen • August 25, 2021 2:30 am

    I’m finding myself, more than ever, falling into bouts of anger, and it’s making me mad.

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    A scope looks out at a wetland at Pelican Island Wildlife Refuge on Nov. 27 near Vero Beach, Florida. (Photo by Kat Sorensen)
    Tangled Up In Blue: Running Through a Refuge
    By Kat Sorensen • December 4, 2019 2:30 am

    The Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge isn’t quiet.

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    Tangled Up in Blue: Love & Volleyball
    Tangled Up in Blue: Love & Volleyball
    By Kat Sorensen • November 20, 2019 5:30 am

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

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    The author ran a marathon in the snow on Sept. 21, 2019 in Fairbanks, Alaska and has been feeling pretty blue since. (Photo courtesy Kat Sorensen)
    Tangled Up in Blue: Tangled up in Runner’s...
    By Kat Sorensen • November 6, 2019 5:30 am

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

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    In April, a sunrise was often paired with rain in Seward, Alaska. (Photo by Kat Sorensen/Peninsula Clarion)
    Tangled Up in Blue: All this rain
    By Kat Sorensen • August 28, 2019 5:30 am

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

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    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)
    Tangled up in Blue: Thumbs up
    By Kat Sorensen • July 31, 2019 5:30 am

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

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    John Hakla from Eagle River heads back into the water while dipnetting on the North Kenai Beach on Wednesday, July 17, 2019. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)
    Tightlines: Fishing forecast
    By Kat Sorensen • July 17, 2019 5:30 am

    More than 225,000 late-run sockeye have gone through the weir as of July 15, doubling last year’s run — which…

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    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)
    Tangled up in Blue: A few Irish steps
    By Kat Sorensen • July 17, 2019 5:30 am

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

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    Homer News Editor Michael Armstrong, left, is presented with an award from Publisher Jeff Hayden on May 10, 2019 at the Homer News office in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Malia Anderson)
    Homer News editor celebrates 20 years
    By Kat Sorensen • June 12, 2019 5:30 am

    Armstrong joined Homer News team when the newspaper was owned by Washington Post managing editor

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