by Hank Nuwer | Sep 5, 2024 | Uncategorized
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 | Sep 4, 2024 | Uncategorized
Link to the video review with photos
by Hank Nuwer | Sep 4, 2024 | Uncategorized
On November 11, 1942, an escaped elephant stole headlines, including a story with an oversized photo in the Union City Times-Gazette. The Great American Circus with three starring elephants came to Wabash to put on a show as a fundraiser at the local high school...
by Hank Nuwer | Aug 30, 2024 | Uncategorized
Alaska’s state bird is the “moose-quito,” so named by me because of their immense size and toughness. Our state’s mosquitoes are so mean that when you slap them, they slap you back. A 2017 report in the Cordova Times blamed climate change for sturdier...
by Hank Nuwer | Aug 26, 2024 | Uncategorized
My wife Gosia and I love visiting small cities in Alaska. The last two years, we’ve popped over to Sitka, King Salmon, Kodiak, Seward and Nome. This time we chose Cordova, Alaska. On the plane to Cordova we met our...
by Hank Nuwer | Aug 22, 2024 | Uncategorized
Ended my weekly column for Winchester, IN paper to put more time into something I’ve only dabbled in: writing short stories and longer memoir. Change is hard for me, where once it was easy, but this may be the right time. I’ve enjoyed seeing my stories and...
