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The author hikes up a ridge on the way to Lost Lake on Aug. 28, 2020 near Seward, Alaska. (Photo by Lauren Jerew)

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Out of the Office: Out of your bubble

People say that Alaska is their backyard, their playground — that they know this or that mountain like…

A sign welcomes travelers to the Kenai Peninsula on Sept. 1, 2020. (Photo by Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Out of the Office: From Anchorage to Soldotna for the 1st time

Beauty overwhelms on initial drive

Out of the office: Checking items off the list

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Out of the office: Checking items off the list

Hail to the king

Out of the Office: COVID camping is about slowing down and relaxing

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Out of the Office: COVID camping is about slowing down and relaxing

Recreating during a pandemic presents some challenges. Is the great outdoors great enough? How do you social distance…

Out of the Office: There and back again

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Out of the Office: There and back again

In a recent display of tenacity, mediocre coordination skills and a deep love for the outdoors, some friends…

The view from Slaughter Gulch trail on June 20, 2020 in Cooper Landing, Alaska. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)

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Out of the Office: Life on the Edge

Are you a planner? An organizer? A list-maker?

Out of the Office: In the midst of a pandemic, birds are constant

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Out of the Office: In the midst of a pandemic, birds are constant

Scattered on my desk I have three journals: my bullet journal, the daily planner that sort of keeps…

Out of the Office: Trails that wind, hearts that find

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Out of the Office: Trails that wind, hearts that find

As with a lot of things, Alaska has been lucky to be far removed and largely untouched by…

Photo credit: USFWS                                 A morel mushroom grows in disturbed gravel on the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge.

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Out of the Office: Morels surge confidence

I’m writing this in the car on the drive to Anchorage. My boyfriend, Nate, and I are in…

Mills Creek on April 29, 2020 in the pass between Cooper Landing and the Turnagain Arm. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak)

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Out of the office: Summer arrives

What was I doing?

A painting by the author. (Photo provided by Erin Thompson)

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Out of the Office: Painted blue

I went to Homer a few weeks ago to find blue.

The view of Turnagain Arm, as seen from Hope Point in September 2018. Hope, Alaska, would be a good meeting place for a date once restrictions caused by the new coronavirus are lifted. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Out of the Office: Love in the time of corona

How do you find “the one” if you can’t even leave your home?

Out of the Office: Nature in a time of pandemic can heal

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Out of the Office: Nature in a time of pandemic can heal

As I write this I am in my third day of working at home — or, as I…