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Odds and ends
Originally published in the Ketchikan Daily News, September 2017; written by Lisa Pearson. Over Labor Day weekend, the Ketchikan Public...
Travel
Originally published in the Ketchikan Daily News, July 2017; written by Lisa Pearson. Going somewhere? If your future plans include a...
Technology, with a grain of salt
Originally published in the Ketchikan Daily News, May 2017; written by Lisa Pearson. How are you reading these words? At your breakfast...
Random reads
Originally published in the Ketchikan Daily News, March 2017; written by Lisa Pearson. Usually when I write an Ad-Lib column, I like to...
Korea
Originally published in the Ketchikan Daily News, January 2017; written by Lisa Pearson. Our Outreach librarian, George Pasley, had the...
Guy reads
Originally published in the Ketchikan Daily News, November 2016; written by Lisa Pearson. I had a conversation recently with a library...
Regional histories
Originally published in the Ketchikan Daily News, September 2016; written by Lisa Pearson. We Alaskans are accustomed to thinking of our...
Hunting
Originally published in the Ketchikan Daily News, August 2016; written by Lisa Pearson. The hunting and fishing seasons are in full swing...
National Park Service
Originally published in the Ketchikan Daily News, July 2016; written by Lisa Pearson. This August is the centennial anniversary of the...
Gentle reads
Originally published in the Ketchikan Daily News, May 2016; written by Lisa Pearson. Unless you have been huddled in your house the last...
Woodworking
Originally published in the Ketchikan Daily News, February 2016; written by Lisa Pearson. Despite the gloomy weather, spring is on its...
Gift suggestions
Originally published in the Ketchikan Daily News, December 2015; written by Lisa Pearson. As the holiday shopping season shifts into high...
Wolf Hall
Originally published in the Ketchikan Daily News, September 2015; written by Lisa Pearson. There have been many times when a film...
Word chain
Originally published in the Ketchikan Daily News, July 2015; written by Lisa Pearson. When it gets really hot, your mind tends to wander...
The Armenian Genocide
Originally published in the Ketchikan Daily News, April 2015; written by Lisa Pearson. There has been a great deal of discussion in the...
New website
Originally published in the Ketchikan Daily News, January 2015; written by Lisa Pearson. In our current culture of social media, smart...
Healthy family cooking
Originally published in the Ketchikan Daily News, January 2015; written by Lisa Pearson. My New Year’s resolution for 2015 is to...
Irish fiction
Originally published in the Ketchikan Daily News, November 2014; written by Lisa Pearson. Ireland has a well-deserved reputation as an...
Far-flung history
Originally published in the Ketchikan Daily News, August 2014; written by Lisa Pearson. For an historian, there seems to be a few general...
Summer reading
Originally published in the Ketchikan Daily News, May 2014; written by Lisa Pearson. Summer is finally here, and the library is ready to...