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 16, 2012 | Alaska, Culture
You know this story: Mr. & Mrs. P were eager for their move into a new community. A nice house, conveniently located near Mr. P’s workplace. The deal was abruptly revoked when the property owner met his buyers. Though Mr...
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 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 | Dec 31, 2011 | Commercial Fishing, Culture
Life as a fisherman has skewed my relationship with time. Some folks live off the grid; we live off the calendar. Twenty-four years of following Southeast Alaskan fisheries has resulted in a seasonal dissonance that is never more evident than in...
