by Tele | Oct 16, 2013 | Culture, Reading & Writing, Women in Fishing
You know when you have news to share, and maybe it’s nothing huge, but still you decide just to sit on it until a better time and place? And as you’re waiting, your originally not-such-a-big-deal news unfolds to reveal a new layer, and another, until...
by Tele | Jun 18, 2013 | Commercial Fishing, Longlining, Reading & Writing
When Joel’s injury made it apparent that neither he nor the Nerka would be fishing this season, some of my writer friends saw an unexpected silver lining for me. “Now you can spend the summer working on your book!” My shaking head dashed their...
by Tele | Mar 22, 2013 | Hooked Favorites, Reading & Writing, Women in Fishing
(Hang on, sweeties… We’re going to take the scenic drive.) On February 22, after meticulously shepherding my proposal through revision after revision, my agent Pamela pronounced it ready to shop. “Let’s go,” she wrote. Time passed in a dizzying...
by Tele | Mar 20, 2013 | Reading & Writing, Salmon Trolling
Birthdays are important to me, but I’ve been slipping lately. Just last week, I kept a close eye on the calendar, eager to call my dad on his high holy day. And I did call him – only to learn that I’d circled a date two days past due. Oops....
by Tele | Mar 14, 2013 | Culture, Reading & Writing
I’ve been thinking about what it means to turn our experiences into words to be shared with others. Also, the disingenuousness of describing this process as “sharing.” Almost all of the writers I know hope to see their words valued not only in...
by Tele | Mar 5, 2013 | Commercial Fishing, F/V Nerka, Reading & Writing
Hot off the internet presses, sweeties: In the Tote has a shiny new site for showcasing Fisher Poets’ work! Great big thanks to veteran performer Pat Dixon for his tremendous devotion to documenting the Fisher Poets. The revamped site includes new...
