...investigator. My wife is convinced that I really only liked "Pain and Gain" because I was lucky enough to watch it with a friend of mine who just happened to show up with his father and brother at the same time I did. Maybe she has something. Maybe...

For those who made it to Marion Nelson's "Encaustic Works" show at Kenai Peninsula College interest in an ancient art form has been re-kindled. Encaustic painting, also known as hot wax painting, involves using heated beeswax to which colored pigments are added. The liquid/paste is then applied to a surface, usually prepared wood, canvas or other materials.

Since 2010, Byers has been running his own dairy farm just off the Sterling Highway in Kasilof. And though he works hard, and the pay is poor, he is content knowing he is sharing a healthy product with his community while living the only life he's known, he said. And his business is growing rapidly, he said.

...dread disease and the mask "eases his pain." How? Is it hooked up to something? Is it filled with morphine? As a friend of mine noted, rather than easing his pain, it really just eases his ability to eat or drink anything. Looking back, nearly...

...scar, but a few lose an eye to a hook or sinker. Always wear a hat and glasses, even when you're not fishing. A friend of mine was hooked in the ear while filleting fish on the bank.We're very fortunate to have such a wonderful, accessible...

About a week or so ago a friend of mine, who is an excellent cook and a frequent contributor to this column, excitedly shared news of a cookbook she received for Christmas -- "Caseus Fromagerie Bistro Cookbook: Every Cheese Has a Story." Her enthusiasm for the book was so exciting, that I promptly sent a request to the publisher for a copy of my own and literally, within days, here it was. And, so goes the exuberance and pace for "Caseus," both the name of the cookbook written by Jason Sobocinski and his award-winning bistro/cheese shop, located in New Haven, Connecticut.

...thriller, "The Girl Who Played with Fire." Knowing what movie I was going to see this weekend, I finally had a friend of mine lay out the first "Paranormal Activity" beat for beat, and you know, it does sound pretty scary. So I had the...

...a wolf, look for their prey in the dark," Blakely says. His other piece of advice is to "stay after it." "A friend of mine has been fishing Hidden Lake for five years and has never caught a fish there," he says. As always, anglers should...

...migrate down to the lowlands, showing up in odd places like Ski Hill Road or along the Soldotna airport fence. But a friend of mine, who I skied with through Crescent Lake recently, was unaware that there are three ptarmigan species on the Kenai...

...box was not acceptable by the powers that be, at KPC. This spring KPC Anthropology Professor Alan Boraas invited a friend of mine and I speak to his class, regarding our faith and how it relates to the Second Amendment. We were well received...