by Tele | Feb 29, 2012 | Alaska, Commercial Fishing, Culture, F/V Nerka, Reading & Writing, Women in Fishing
After my Saturday performance at the Fort George Showroom, Cap’n J, Ashley and I braced ourselves against the biting cold and hustled over to the Astoria Events Center. The 2012 Onsite Poem Contest would kick off at 10:30. Emceed by two of my lit star...
by Tele | Feb 24, 2012 | Commercial Fishing, Culture, Reading & Writing
When I was a teenager, there were a lot more boat kids running the docks than I see nowadays. Fishing time, of course, always came first, and we never knew when — or if — we’d see a dockside friend again. The August coho closure was the one moment of the...
by Tele | Feb 8, 2012 | Commercial Fishing, Culture, Reading & Writing
Hey, you guys — it’s almost time for the Fisher Poets Gathering! Not familiar with FPG? Every February, men and women connected to the fishing industry flood into Astoria, Oregon, to share poems, songs, memoir, and visual art in celebration of this...
by Tele | Jan 20, 2012 | Commercial Fishing, From the Galley, Salmon Trolling
A framed photo sits above my writing space. Three fishermen in their late-20’s crouch on deck, wearing hoodies, rainpants, and matching end-of-a-long-day grins. Team ’77: friends born within several months of each other, together on a troller that shared...
by Tele | Jan 17, 2012 | Commercial Fishing, Culture
“In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.” — Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Snow’s coming down hard at our house today. Flocks of varied thrush have moved down...
by Tele | Jan 1, 2012 | Alaska, Commercial Fishing, F/V Nerka
Happy New Year, sweeties! Here’s to 2012 including blue skies, festive seas, and joyful companions. (Might turn down/mute the volume if you’re in public; we were rocking out this lovely July afternoon and I’m not tech-savvy enough to edit...
