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NEIGHBORS: A year’s supply of rice and 15 mustards: Alaskans’ overstocked pantry shelves tell the story of anxious years

May 29, 2022

You could say our pantries reflect our collective state of mind and the state of the world. They also tell us how we’re recovering from the pandemic years.

NEIGHBORS: Acts of kindness multiply: The story from one Midtown Anchorage drive-thru

May 11, 2022

For much of the past two years, a lot of us have been isolated from people we know, but also from the world of strangers, from small talk in line for coffee and smiles in the grocery store, and the sense of community that comes with it. That makes acts of kindness more meaningful

NEIGHBORS: Mothers of pandemic babies in Anchorage remember isolation, anxiety and deep resolve

May 08, 2022

Some women who gave birth to pandemic babies in Anchorage hospitals say their transitions to motherhood showed them they were more capable than they imagined.

NEIGHBORS: After two years, and against the odds, a downtown Anchorage restaurant returns to life

April 19, 2022

Orso almost shuttered for good during the pandemic, but an employee’s gamble saved it.

NEIGHBORS: Her husband was dying of COVID. A world of Twitter friends in Anchorage reached out to comfort her.

April 07, 2022

The other side of the isolation of the last two years is the collection of people we’ve hung onto. Wendi Gratrix hung on to her Twitter friends. And they hung onto her, too.

My book is now available on Audible

October 05, 2021
shadow of woman and dog

For ADN: Sometimes I feel like I don’t know Anchorage anymore. Then I take a walk.

August 23, 2021

There was a secret I had been carrying since I had COVID-19 in January.

Cooking segment: White fish with Moroccan oil and couscous with Maya Wilson

March 15, 2021

Maya and I made white fish with Moroccan oil and couscous for a special event for Milk Street. Take a look. (Recipe inside)

For NYT Opinion: Our Normalness Made Me Drunk. Maybe It Made Me Stupid.

August 25, 2020

Here is an essay I wrote on the human impulses that kept us from protecting ourselves during the pandemic.

For NYT: How Covid-19 Is Threatening Alaska’s Wild Salmon Fishing Season

June 25, 2020

During the first summer of the pandemic I wrote about a Brooklyn winemaker as he traveled to Bristol Bay for a fishing season like no other.

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