by Hank Nuwer | Aug 22, 2024 | Alaska Tales, Travel Reviews
For my wife Malgorzata’s recent birthday, I bought a floral bouquet and, trying to be creative, a black-and-tan Louie’s Lunch Bucket from Duluth Trading Company ($89.95) to take to work. The bucket proved big enough to hold a six pack of soda pop,...
by Hank Nuwer | Nov 18, 2023 | Alaska Tales, Kurt Vonnegut: The Man in the Hole
Time has flown since a job recruiter contacted me and I inked a contract in November 2022. My first columns for the Daily News-Miner told of the driving challenges my wife Gosia and I faced as we moved from a house on the Indiana-Ohio border to Fairbanks by navigating... by Hank Nuwer | Sep 1, 2023 | Alaska Tales, Travel Reviews
Many years ago, on assignment for the AARP, Country Gentleman and Outside magazines, I stayed at more than a dozen century-old hotels in the American West. Some like the Copper Queen in Bisbee, Arizona, were under renovation at the time, but their lobbies and dining...
by Hank Nuwer | Jul 23, 2023 | Alaska Tales
Romeo and Juliet opened with Shakespeare’s oft-recited prologue as the entire cast assembles. Photo by Bryan Kramer Review by Selena Moore “Romeo and Juliet” is arguably Shakespeare’s most well known play. There are numerous film adaptations, it’s the inspiration for... by Hank Nuwer | Apr 18, 2023 | Alaska Tales, Hank Nuwer Autobiography, Humor
Link: Fairbanks Daily News-Miner Golden Heart Tales Cutting through my first Alaskan winter Hank Nuwer I recently sat for a fourth haircut since my arrival in Fairbanks mid-January. My wife Gosia cut me first. The second was a stylist shop near the Daily News-Miner....
by Hank Nuwer | Mar 23, 2023 | Alaska Tales, Hank Nuwer Indiana & Ohio Stories
You probably imagined I’d cry tears of joy, and I did. Eight years from application to citizenship for my bride. We are so proud of being American and no less proud of our roots in Poland. Just take a bow, Gosia. You took the oath today, and America has one...
