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Welcome. Grab a coffee and enjoy the story clearinghouse of two-time Alaska Press Club Suzan Nightingale Best Columnist Hank Nuwer with occasional photos by Malgorzata (Gosia) Nuwer. Scroll down for archived Realalaskadaily stories.
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Gosia Nuwer photographs Alaska and its wildlife. She and Hank reside in Fairbanks, Alaska, with 5 acres in remote Alaska and a vacation cabin in Poland.
Gosia and her husband Hank recently were profiled by CNN and People magazine.The “Gosiaandhank” team collaborated on an article about Alaskan road trips for Phi Kappa Phi’s Forum Magazine.
Hank recently reviewed a biography of Kurt Vonnegut by Charles J. Shields
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Podcast of “Weed in the Garden of Academe” by journalist Ian Mandt with interviewee Hank Nuwer
Nuwer interviewed by NPR’s Audie Cornish
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Review: Union City Hometown Coffee on the Indiana side of Stateline.
Near Darke (reprinted from Greenville Daily Advocate) By Hank Nuwer Thar’s a new business in town, Friends. It’s the Union City Hometown Coffee on the Indiana side of Stateline. Word reached us from a neighbor who has taken a part-time job in the shop. Yes, the folks...
Archives: Remembering those who died at Camp Morton
This was a column from a few years back. It generated a few letters to me. I always enjoy hearing other people's viewpoints. Indianapolis now has removed the Confederate statue from Garfield Park. This dramatic move coincided with the “Black Lives Matter”...
The Moose Visitor
Far From Randolph A Stranger Comes to Call By Hank Nuwer When we lived in Union City, our backyard neighbor was a mama opossum. The first time Gosia saw her with hanging babies, she couldn’t believe such a species existed. At our summer cabin in...
The Raven Whisperer
Hank Nuwer Once upon an evening dreary, while I pondered, eyes quite bleary, Over many a quaint and curious press release — Then, while I plodded toward my Jeep, I saw a heap so eerie, Thai food takeout I dropped earlier in a stew of grease. Thus begins my...
Auld Acquaintances Never Forgotten
Every successful person I know has given credit for that success to a mentor. The few successful people I know lacking a mentor always say the lack of one delayed or detoured their careers. Today, young men and women seek inspiration from seasoned pros in business,...
The One That Got Away (Thank Goodness)
My switch to Alaska citizen is complete. I have an Alaska voting card. I'm paying Alaska property taxes. My vehicles have Alaska brown bear license plates. But most important, I qualified with Alaska DNR (at my advanced age) for an Alaska fishing, hunting, and...
Troy L. Puckett’s Field of Dreams: Two Innings in the Major Leagues
by Hank Nuwer My column today profiles a Winchester member of the Cup of Coffee Club. That club consists of baseball players who participated in a single major league game. Troy Levi Puckett was a descendent of close-knit kin who held a family reunion each year in...
The Monster
On February 21, 1998, a 19-year-old gentle soul named Lynn Topp from North Star, Ohio, walked for exercise on a less-traveled road off Ohio 49. A student at Wright State University’s Lake Campus in Celina, she had thick, abundant hair and a cheerful smile always on...
Murder Most Foul
Philip Kabel of Randolph County penned occasional pieces on Randolph County history for the Union City paper. One such story, addressed the hideous March 22, 1824, murders of peaceful Native Americans by white settlers on Fall Creek hunting grounds in Madison County....