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...
by Hank Nuwer | Mar 5, 2023 | Alaska Tales, Hank Nuwer Autobiography, Hank Nuwer Indiana & Ohio Stories
My wife Gosia earned her Green Card in October 2019. She gave eight-weeks’ notice at her chief accountant job in Poland and shipped what she could to Indiana. Update: On March 22, she raises her hand for the citizenship oath and comes to Alaska eligible to vote. (She... by Hank Nuwer | Feb 27, 2023 | Alaska Tales, Hank Nuwer Autobiography
This business of transitioning from cheechako to sourdough sure is challenging. On Monday I drove back from work and stuck the little Jeep in the driveway like a bug in amber. Nobody was around to help. This cheechako is fast learning that Alaska folks like...
by Hank Nuwer | Feb 27, 2023 | Alaska Tales, Hank Nuwer Autobiography
Singing, “Let it snow, let it snow, let it stop” Well, it happened again. I went cheechako again and had to call AAA to rescue me out of the snow. My little Jeep Renegade lost all traction on High Grade Way. I threw on the red flashers as I waited... by Hank Nuwer | Feb 27, 2023 | Alaska Tales
Golden Heart Tales: by Hank Nuwer With my sweetheart thousands of miles away at our big house on the Indiana stateline, I had time on my hands this weekend. What better way to spend it than to look up past Valentine’s Day celebrations in the Fairbanks paper?...
