by Hank Nuwer | Mar 27, 2023 | Uncategorized
Three self-described “Old Guys” who share a passion for snowmachines are nearing the end of a month-plus-long quest to motor from Grand Rapids, Minnesota to visit the Golden City between April 3 and 5. That puts the trio a few days behind the original scheduled April...
by Hank Nuwer | Mar 24, 2023 | Uncategorized
Good samaritan Jim Burton saved Gosia Nuwer’s bacon. Hank Nuwer/News-Miner “Hank, we have a problem,” my wife Gosia said from the open window of her Jeep. We were just 10 feet into Alaska after a 3,500-mile drive. The temperature was 11 below zero. Five minutes...
by Hank Nuwer | Mar 23, 2023 | Uncategorized
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 21, 2023 | Uncategorized
Golden Heart Tales Today was the fourth haircut since my arrival in Fairbanks mid-January. Gosia cut me first. The second was horrible. The male barber snipped and snipped, but little came off. The last two times have bee on Sixth Street downtown. A handsome, grey...
by Hank Nuwer | Mar 16, 2023 | Uncategorized
Today I put back the mailbox I stole. Well, of course, I didn’t really steal it. What happened is that I thought a rural mailbox on the left side of my driveway was mine. In fact, it was the mailbox on the right side of the driveway was mine. It hardly mattered...
by Hank Nuwer | Mar 13, 2023 | Uncategorized
Farewell to the best of us journos. By Hank Nuwer John Carlson started as a copyboy in the 70s at Muncie’s evening paper. Years later, gruff World War II veterans like Dick Stodghill asked him to bring over a coffee. But jokes aside, at a newspaper with many good...
