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...
by Tele | Mar 2, 2013 | Reading & Writing
November 2, 2012. I’m at Sitka’s maritime-themed Monthly Grind to read an essay. This is the first time I’m sharing this piece, and I’m afraid. I worry that the tone is overly intimate, presumptuous. It doesn’t help that Centennial Hall is...
by Tele | Mar 1, 2013 | Commercial Fishing, Culture, Reading & Writing
Some of you have asked how Fisher Poets went last weekend. I haven’t been able to write about it yet — have barely been able to think about it, without a giant, goofy grin, swelling heart, nostalgic sigh. The afterglow’s still burning pretty...
by Tele | Feb 22, 2013 | Commercial Fishing, Reading & Writing
Today’s a harbor day in Astoria, Oregon, friends, and the fleet’s all here. SW winds of 35 knots, gusting 45, 20-foot seas, and sideways rain… Pretty appropriate conditions to drawn folks in, nation-wide, to the 16th annual Fisher Poets...
by Tele | Feb 20, 2013 | Commercial Fishing
This isn’t the first time I’ve posted about fishermen lost at sea. It won’t be the last. Such is the nature of our profession. More than a profession: every time we leave the dock, we throw the dice because, for so many of us, this is a life we...
