by Tele | Jan 1, 2014 | Reading & Writing
Happy New Year, friends! Finally, a postcard for you that actually is a postcard, thanks to Cap’n J’s Solstice photo shoot. (And how awesome is my many-legged friend? Socktopus is my crafty sister Ashley’s work.) It was...
by Tele | Dec 19, 2013 | Commercial Fishing, Culture, Reading & Writing
Hi friends – A month into my time with the North Cascades Institute, I’m thinking that a writer’s residency is something like a fishing season. As on the Nerka, I rely on routine here in Dogwood 2. Instead of getting the gear in the water...
by Tele | Nov 28, 2013 | Reading & Writing
Hi friends – Some of you know my Thanksgiving falls at the end of September. Fishermen’s Thanksgiving, where we celebrate a safe and successful season. The fourth Thursday of November doesn’t ring true to me in the same way. This year is different....
by Tele | Nov 20, 2013 | Culture, Reading & Writing
Shortly after my return Down South this September, I received a letter from my friend Sarah. A real, honest-to-goodness letter: USPS-ushered from Seattle to Bellingham, turquoise envelope double-stamped in honor of its heft. The card was...
by Tele | Nov 18, 2013 | Reading & Writing
“I feel anxious.” A redundant admission, if Joel glances from the winding country highway to my white-knuckled grip on my travel mug. “What if they don’t like me? What am I going to ask in this meeting?” Five months earlier, I’d approached the...
by Tele | Nov 8, 2013 | Alaska, Commercial Fishing, Family, Reading & Writing, Women in Fishing
For the most part, I’ve been relying on my Facebook page to promote the books I’m currently loving, the writers who inspire me, the paragraphs so fist-to-my-mouth moving that I want to pass them along to you like the gifts they are. An easy, immediate...
