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Classic crime novels
Originally published in the Ketchikan Daily News, March 2020; written by Lisa Pearson. This is the perfect time of year for a good,...
Lew Williams III
Originally published in the Ketchikan Daily News, January 2020; written by Lisa Pearson. As a librarian, I have a tendency to try and tie...
Widowhood
Originally published in the Ketchikan Daily News, November 2019; written by Lisa Pearson. What do you do when your spouse dies? How do...
Parenting teens
Originally published in the Ketchikan Daily News, September 2019; written by Lisa Pearson. I have the dubious good fortune of having both...
Speaking French
Originally published in the Ketchikan Daily News, July 2019; written by Lisa Pearson. My first year of college I took a trip to Montreal...
Gardening
Originally published in the Ketchikan Daily News, March 2019; written by Lisa Pearson. As evidenced by the strong turnout for our recent...
Organizing
Originally published in the Ketchikan Daily News, December 2018; written by Lisa Pearson. It’s Christmas Day. The presents are...
Author visits
Originally published in the Ketchikan Daily News, November 2018; written by Lisa Pearson. As much fun as fiction can be, there is...
Implosion
Originally published in the Ketchikan Daily News, August 2018; written by Lisa Pearson. This Wednesday at 6:30 pm we will be hosting a...
Summer reading
Originally published in the Ketchikan Daily News, June 2018; written by Lisa Pearson. The weather might seem like March, but summer is...
Biographies
Originally published in the Ketchikan Daily News, March 2018; written by Lisa Pearson. Is it possible to tell a sad, difficult story in a...
Cemeteries
Originally published in the Ketchikan Daily News, January 2018; written by Lisa Pearson. The last time you were on vacation, did you...
Vietnam
Originally published in the Ketchikan Daily News, November 2017; written by Lisa Pearson. Fifty years ago, military commanders in North...
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...