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    Out of the Office
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    Out of the Office: Bitter patience for sweet...
    By Delcenia Cosman • August 29, 2024 1:30 am

    The last time I wrote for this column, I was digging raspberry plants out of my friend’s backyard.

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    Forget-me-nots are in bloom on Tuesday, June 11, 2024 near a certain raspberry patch in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)
    Out of the Office: Forget not the little...
    By Delcenia Cosman • June 19, 2024 1:30 am

    I’ve been seeing a lot of chatter recently about how difficult it is, and how deliberate one must be, about…

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    Me and my former coworker, reporter Camille Botello, goofing off in the Peninsula Clarion newsroom.
    Out of the Office: Next chapter
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • May 22, 2024 2:30 am

    Like a lot of people who do what they love, I can remember the moment I decided I wanted to…

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    The World Cup cross-country ski races in Minneapolis on Feb. 17, 2024. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)
    Out of the Office: Remembrance
    By Jeff Helminiak • May 8, 2024 1:05 am

    Sometimes I forget how I got to be this way.

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A group of caribou mosey across Murwood Avenue near Soldotna, Alaska, on Sunday, April 14, 2024.
    Out of the Office: ‘Let’s mosey’
    By Jacob Dye • April 25, 2024 1:30 am

    Sunday, I photographed some caribou close to my home.

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    Blackwater Railroad Company and Silas Jones (front left) play at the 30th annual Homer Winter King Salmon Tournament on Saturday, March 23, 2024 at the Deep Water Dock on the Spit in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)
    Out of the Office: Good gathering, good vibes
    By Delcenia Cosman • April 10, 2024 1:30 am

    It’s been a while since I’ve attended a good-old-fashioned social event — albeit this one was technically still for work.

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    Me working in the Alaska House of Representatives on Tuesday, March 12, 2024 in Juneau, Alaska. (Mark Sabbatini/Juneau Empire)
    Out of the Office: Juneau
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • March 27, 2024 2:30 am

    It was kind of happenstance that I spent the last month living and working in Juneau.

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    Out of the Office: Early sunsets over Homer
    By Delcenia Cosman • January 31, 2024 1:30 am

    It’s not much of a secret, I think, that winter is not my favorite season. Ironic, perhaps, considering I’ve made…

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    Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion
Skating on Arc Lake.
    Out of the Office: New year, new hobby
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • January 17, 2024 2:30 am

    As the saying goes, you can’t teach an old dog new tricks. I don’t know if the word “can’t” is…

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    Out of the Office: Finding inspiration over the hill
    Out of the Office: Finding inspiration over the...
    By Finn Heimbold Homer News • December 27, 2023 1:30 am

    I’m standing atop a newly discovered snow mound, a sense of triumph installed in me. I feel the soft crunch…

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    Emilie Springer/ Homer News
Looking up from the stage of the Mariner Theater during a cast warmup before the first weekend of Homer’s “Nutcracker” performances.
    Years of Homer ‘Nutcracker’ magic
    By Emilie Springer • December 6, 2023 1:30 am

    I am in the back row of “Nutcracker 2023” warmups on the high school stage. My head is by the…

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    Delcenia Cosman/Homer News
A female moose sunbathes in October 2023 in Anchor Point, Alaska.
    Out of the Office: Take a breather
    By Delcenia Cosman • October 25, 2023 1:30 am

    Sometimes I need a reminder to just breathe.

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    North Kenai Beach, Aug. 1, 2023. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)
    Out of the Office: The Circle Game
    By Jeff Helminiak • September 13, 2023 2:30 am

    I don’t feel like I’ve been outside much lately. The problem is I have been outside a lot lately.

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